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VMware appoints MDi as its Premier Enterprise Partner

MANILA, Philippines, March 3, 2008 - VMware, Inc., "the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center", and MSi-ECS (a local VMware Distributor) recently announced that Micro-D International (MDi), a trusted and pioneering information and communications technology solutions provider in the Philippines, has joined its roster of VMware's Premier Enterprise Partners in the country.

As one of its accredited and certified Enterprise Partners, MDi is authorized to sell a complete array of VMware's market-leading solutions for Server Consolidation, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery and Desktop Solutions. Similarly, MDi's dedicated technical sales team is privileged to have participated and completed VMware's rigorous sales and technical trainings and certification programs. By becoming VMware Certified Professionals (VCPs), they have achieved a higher level of VMware expertise and constantly demonstrated the ability to assist customers design, plan and implement both traditional computing infrastructures and virtual infrastructures.

MDi works effectively for companies who are faced with escalating data center costs and are looking for potential cost-savings measures by virtue of infrastructure/server consolidation through the use of VMware's virtualization solutions. MDi helps them analyze the risks and realize the potential benefits of virtualization.

Aside from providing VMWare products, MDi has the know-how to provide the following services:

• Server and Storage capacity planning, installation, upgrade and maintenance;
• High availability, backup, recovery and disaster preparedness;
• Technology architecture planning, staging, integration and rollout;
• Security planning and tools implementation, including assessments;
• Remote access design and management.

VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. Customers of all sizes rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green.

With 2007 revenues of $1.33 billion, more than 100, 000 customers and more than 10,000 partners, VMware is one of the fastest-growing public software companies. VMware is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Award-Winning Products. VMware offers a wide range of award-winning virtualization products, from free software for virtualizing desktops and servers to comprehensive enterprise-class platforms for optimizing data centers and IT infrastructure.

Proven Solutions. VMware's broad and proven suite of virtualization solutions addresses a range of complex challenges facing IT organizations, including Server Consolidation & Infrastructure Optimization, Business Continuity, Software Lifecycle Automation, and Enterprise Desktop Management.

Superior Technology & Value
VMware offers customers a superior choice for virtualization solutions through:

• Mature, production-proven products of unparalleled performance, robustness and reliability.
• The industry's only complete virtualization infrastructure, enabling virtualized assets to be aggregated and deployed as a shared utility for dynamic, automated, always-on computing.
• Platform neutrality and open standards for greater interoperability and the flexibility to create shared resource pools independent of specific OS and hardware platforms.
• Maximum value through rapid ROI, lower ownership costs, and a scale-as-you-grow adoption cycle of escalating value.