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VMware's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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VMware (VMW)

Q1 2012 Earnings Call

April 18, 2012 5:00 pm ET

Executives

Michael Haase -

Mark S. Peek - Executive Officer

Paul A. Maritz - Chief Executive Officer, Director and Member of Mergers & Acquisitions Committee

Analysts

Brian Marshall - ISI Group Inc., Research Division

Kash G. Rangan - BofA Merrill Lynch, Research Division

John S. DiFucci - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division

Laura Lederman - William Blair & Company L.L.C., Research Division

Adam H. Holt - Morgan Stanley, Research Division

Mark L. Moerdler - Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC., Research Division

Walter H. Pritchard - Citigroup Inc, Research Division

Heather Bellini - Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Research Division

Richard G. Sherlund - Nomura Securities Co. Ltd., Research Division

Brent Thill - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division

Philip Winslow - Crédit Suisse AG, Research Division

Jason Maynard - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division

Presentation

Operator

Welcome, and thank you for standing by. [Operator Instructions] Today's conference is being recorded. If you have any objections, you may disconnect at this time. I would now like to turn the call over to Mike Haase, Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasury. Sir, you may begin.

Michael Haase

Welcome to VMware's First Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call. On the call, we have Paul Maritz, our CEO; and Mark Peek, our CFO. Following their prepared remarks, we will take questions. Our press release was issued after close of market and is posted on our website, where this call is being simultaneously webcast.

Statements made on this call include forward-looking statements such as those with the words will, believe, expects, continues and similar phrases that denote future expectation or intent regarding our financial outlook, product offerings, customer demand and other matters.

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