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VMware gibt Finanzzahlen für das erste Quartal des Geschäftsjahres 2018 bekannt

VMware gibt Finanzzahlen für das erste Quartal des Geschäftsjahres 2018 bekannt

Umsatz steigt im Vergleich zum Vorjahreszeitraum um 9 Prozent auf 1,74 Milliarden US-Dollar mit starkem Wachstum in allen Regionen

Palo Alto/München, 8. Juni 2017 – VMware, führendes Unternehmen für Cloud-Infrastruktur und Unternehmensmobilität, gibt heute seine Finanzzahlen für das erste Quartal des Geschäftsjahres 2018 bekannt.

Alle Informationen zu den Finanzzahlen entnehmen Sie bitte der englischsprachigen Pressemeldung wie folgt:

  • Revenue for the first quarter was $1.74 billion, an increase of 9% from the first quarter of 2016.
  • License revenue for the first quarter was $610 million, an increase of 7% from the first quarter of 2016.
  • GAAP net income for the first quarter was $232 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, up 48% per diluted share compared to $161 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2016. Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $412 million, or $0.99 per diluted share, up 15% per diluted share compared to $366 million, or $0.86 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2016.
  • GAAP operating income for the first quarter was $238 million, an increase of 24% from the first quarter of 2016. Non-GAAP operating income for the first quarter was $495 million, an increase of 11% from the first quarter of 2016.
  • Operating cash flows for the first quarter were $775 million. Free cash flows for the quarter were $726 million.
  • Cash, cash and short-term investments were $8.6 billion, and unearned revenue was $5.2 billion as of May 5, 2017.
  • Total revenue plus change in total unearned revenue grew 10% year-over-year. Excluding the impact on unearned revenue from the sale of vCloud Air, total revenue plus change in total unearned revenue grew 12% year-over-year.
  • License revenue plus change in unearned license revenue grew 7% year-over-year. Excluding the impact on unearned revenue from the sale of vCloud Air, license revenue plus change in unearned license revenue grew 10% year-over-year.

“We are very pleased with our strong Q1 results. Our strategy is resonating across the regions and driving increased customer interest for our SDDC and portfolio as well as our digital workspace offerings,” said Pat Gelsinger, chief executive officer, VMware. “We also drove momentum across our partner ecosystem, featuring announcements with Dell EMC, Google, Microsoft and Oracle providing customers solutions across clouds, and devices.”

Zane Rowe, executive vice president and chief financial officer, VMware, said, “Q1 was a great start to the year. We’re pleased with our performance and remain committed to providing value to our customers as they build out their private, public and hybrid cloud strategies.”

Recent Highlights & Strategic Announcements

  • In April, VMware introduced a new release of VMware vSAN™, featuring industry-first native hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) security, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and significantly higher all-flash performance. These combined benefits will help customers accelerate their data center modernization efforts.
  • At Mobile World Congress, Pat Gelsinger took part in a keynote with Patrick Adiba, Group Executive Vice President at Atos. The keynote highlighted how mobile technology enabled by VMware can play a pivotal role in today's event experience. In addition, VMware unveiled VMware vCloud® NFV™ 2.0, which is designed to modernize and transform network architectures and operations for global communications service providers (CSPs) as they evolve their networks to support 5G and the Internet of Things.
  • OVH Group, a global hyper-scale cloud and vCloud Air Network partner, completed the acquisition of vCloud Air, including data center and customer operations, customers and an enterprise-ready support team. OVH will continue operations of the acquired service as “vCloud Air powered by OVH” and will leverage VMware’s hybrid cloud technology. In addition, OVH will continue to partner with VMware on go-to-market and customer support.
  • Throughout the quarter, of alliances were expanded that enable VMware’s End-User Computing platforms to manage more devices, and endpoints:
    • VMware announced it will deliver VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure. The integration helps customers accelerate the move to Windows 10 and brings VMware virtual desktops to Azure in the enterprise.
    • VMware and Oracle announced a new relationship to simplify management and enable advanced security features for Oracle’s suite of mobile business applications and Oracle Mobile Cloud Service (OMCS) for mobile devices.
    • VMware and Google announced plans to accelerate the adoption of Chromebooks.
    • VMware announced a partnership expansion with Samsung to unify the mobile and desktop experiences for the benefit of business users with the Galaxy S8 and Workspace ONE.
  • At Dell EMC World 2017, VMware unveiled an extended strategic alliance with Pivotal to deliver new “Developer-Ready Infrastructure,” with the integration of VMware’s Software-Defined Data Center and Pivotal Cloud Foundry. The first example of this integration is with NSX.
  • VMware unveiled VMware Pulse IoT Center, a secure, Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure management solution that will help customers more efficiently manage, operate, scale and protect their IoT projects from the edge to the cloud.
  • For the third year in a row, VMware was named one of the 2017 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For, according to global research and consulting firm Great Place to Work and Fortune.

Über VMware

VMware, weltweit führendes Unternehmen für Cloud-Infrastruktur und Unternehmensmobilität, unterstützt Unternehmen dabei, die digitale Transformation zu beschleunigen. Durch die Cross-Cloud-Architektur und Lösungen in den Bereichen Rechenzentrumsinfrastruktur, Mobility und Security sind Kunden von VMware in der Lage, mittels eines Software-definierten IT-Modells ihr Geschäft voranzutreiben. Mit einem Umsatz von mehr als 7 Milliarden US-Dollar im Jahr 2016 verfügt VMware über 500.000 Kunden und über ein globales Partnernetzwerk aus 75.000 Partnern. Das IT-Unternehmen hat seinen Firmenhauptsitz im kalifornischen Silicon Valley mit Niederlassungen über den ganzen Globus. Die deutsche Geschäftsstelle befindet sich in München-Unterschleißheim. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter http://www.vmware.com/de.

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