· Offerings to meet the needs of small and midsize businesses, enterprises and cloud computing customers, including VMware Ready Certified hardware platforms ideal for VMware vSphere 4 and a wide choice of HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers and HP StorageWorks systems.

· A comprehensive set of tools for both virtual and physical environments through HP Software solutions -- such as HP Insight software -- that are integrated with VMware vSphere 4.

· Seamless management and reduced network costs with HP Virtual Connect, the company's industry-standard virtual I/O fabric.

· Training to help customers maximize their VMware vSphere 4 investments, such as startup, migration, health check, technical support and education services. All of these services are backed by a staff of VMware Certified Professionals that are more than 800 in number.

"Customers in India, who want to divert more resources toward increasing revenue can rely on the combination of HP products and services and VMware vSphere 4 to deliver a truly business-ready technology infrastructure," said Aman Neil Dokania, vice president and general manager, Infrastructure Software, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. "HP has worked extensively with VMware to develop solutions that help customers realize the full business value of their virtualization technologies from desktop to data center."