Leader Of VMware’s Cloud, SaaS And Subscription Strategy

Ramaswami joined virtualization and hybrid cloud software superstar VMware in 2016 and has served as chief operating officer of products and services at VMware until this week. Ramaswami understands VMware’s cloud strategy inside and out and has been influential in the company’s global cloud strategy, co-leading all the business units developing products, cloud services and cloud operations for VMware.

He was responsible for driving new areas of growth and was key to VMware’s successful transition to Software as a Service and subscription. For the first time in the company’s history, subscription and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) revenue is surpassing on-premises licensing sales as VMware continues to double down on areas like VMware Cloud on AWS and hybrid cloud management.

For its recent third fiscal quarter, VMware generated $676 million in SaaS and subscription revenue, up 44 percent compared with $470 million one year ago. VMware’s SaaS and subscription revenue now makes up 24 percent of the company’s total revenue, a figure that continues to climb quarter after quarter.