VMware has announced financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2021, reporting revenue for the second quarter as $2.88 billion, an increase of 9 percent from the second quarter of fiscal 2020.
“In light of these uncertain times, we delivered solid execution and financial performance in Q2 FY21,” said Pat Gelsinger, VMware CEO. “With our Any Cloud, Any Application, Any Device strategy, we are helping customers solve their hardest technology challenges and meet and exceed their business objectives.”
VMware announced that the combination of subscription and SaaS and license revenue was $1.35 billion, an increase of 11 percent from the second quarter of fiscal 2020, and Subscription and SaaS revenue for the second quarter was $631 million, an increase of 44 percent year-over-year.
The company’s GAAP net income for the second quarter was $447 million, compared to $5.30 billion, or $12.47 per diluted share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2020. Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter was $766 million, up 18 percent per diluted share compared to $650 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2020.
GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $534 million, an increase of 15 percent from the second quarter of fiscal 2020. Non-GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $950 million, an increase of 20 percent from the second quarter of fiscal 2020. VMware’s operating cash flow for the second quarter was $719 million. Free cash flow for the second quarter was $643 million.
VMware reported the RPO for Q2 totaled $10.3 billion, up 17 percent year-over-year; total revenue plus sequential change in total unearned revenue grew 2 percent year-over-year. The combination of subscription and SaaS and license revenue plus sequential change in unearned subscription and SaaS and license revenue grew 12 percent year-over-year.
Within VMware’s business highlights, the company reported that it has continued to expand the multi-cloud strategy with advancements across the cloud platform and ecosystem. VMware made available the second generation of VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, a VMware service that delivers simple, more secure and scalable infrastructure as-a-service to customers’ on-premises data center and edge locations.
Microsoft Corp. also previewed the next generation of Azure VMware Solution, a first-party solution designed, built and supported by Microsoft and endorsed by VMware. VMware announced new capabilities designed to further improve the economic value of VMware Cloud on AWS while meeting an evolving set of requirements for application modernization, business continuity and resiliency, and cloud migration.
“Our performance in Q2 reflected strength in our Subscription and SaaS product offerings, which grew 44% year-over-year,” said Zane Rowe, executive vice president and CFO, VMware. “We plan to accelerate certain product initiatives through the remainder of the year, which will further support customers’ digital transformations and grow our Subscription and SaaS product offerings.”
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