VMware recently announced the launch of its Center of Excellence (CoE) in Bangalore. The center will be equipped with labs and replicas of infrastructure, enabling customers and partners to see VMware solutions at work in true-to-life business scenarios.

The CoE will be an extension to the VMware R&D center in Bangalore, which has been playing a research-and-development role that contributes to the company’s entire portfolio of solutions. In addition, the center will showcase new and prototype VMware virtualization and cloud offerings.
 
Dr Stephen Herrod, VMware’s CTO and Senior VP of R&D, said: “This proof-of-concept center will accelerate the delivery of quality, user-friendly and innovative offerings by VMware and our partners in India.”
 
VMware India & SAARC MD T Srinivasan said: “According to various industry analysts, virtualization technology and cloud computing will represent one of the fastest growing and evolving sectors within the IT industry in 2010. The introduction of this center will provide impetus to the adoption of virtualization by delivering time-proven, next-generation VMware solutions that are easy to implement, operate and grow.”