Dell’s largest and fastest growing subsidiary VMware, will invest $2 billion in India to boost its R&D and employee strength over the next five years.

VMware, which has over 5,000 employees in Bengaluru and Pune, plans to expand its base as it taps into Indian talent and business opportunities.

“The biggest piece of our investment will be to continue to expand our talent base in the country,” Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, toldBusinessLine.

India is among the fastest growing markets for VMware but that still seems like scratching the surface, given the opportunity here.

VMware looks at India market in really three different categories. One is, we need to expand our presence in the big enterprises of India. Second, we should have a much larger reach for the medium and small businesses in India and third is working with particularly the system integrators, who deliver our technologies, not just for their internal use, but also for their customers as well.

According to Gelsinger, a large portion of the investment will go into training partner companies, which includes sending VMware executives to work with companies such as TCS, Infosys and Wipro and help them develop expertise on VMware technologies and help them win deals in these technologies.



VMware’s India operations already help build and support every single product built by the company. The company will also be looking at acquisitions in India. “That will be over and above this $2 billion investment,” he said.

Cloud, networking, security, mobility and IoT are among the key areas where VMware is considering acquisitions. CloudHealth, which is recently acquired has a large presence in India.

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