Since inception a decade ago, VMware India has grown to become a strategic contributor to the companys global innovation engine. The R&D team in India plays a critical role in product development in all of VMwares strategic imperatives “the software-defined data center, hybrid cloud and end-user computing.

Gelsinger said: Innovation is central to our success, and our R&D teams in India have expanded rapidly in scale and capability to make a significant contribution to our global track record for innovation. This continues to be an important investment area, and we plan to grow the R&D team by 20% this year to build on our success so far, and also contribute to the government “Make in India” initiative.

R&D, Global Support Services, World Wide Customer Operations, IT and Sales & Marketing departments come together under one roof in an environment conducive to collaboration and innovation. VMwares expanding operations in India are second in size only to those at the companys Palo Alto headquarters in the U.S.

According to Empowering Organizations in a Software Defined World “an IDC report commissioned by VMware “customers in India are expected to save an estimated $4 billion between 2014 and 2020 by adopting a software-defined approach to managing IT. The corresponding figure for Asia Pacific and Japan is $92.4 billion. These figures reflect costs normally associated with servers, power consumption, cooling, real estate and server administration.

Today, VMware employs over 3,300 employees in India, a figure expected to grow by more than 16 percent by the end of 2015.

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