Vmware, Inc.

ladies and gentlemen thank you for standing by and welcome to today's vmware's q2 fy 2021 earnings call i would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today mr paul zayas thank you please go ahead sir thank you good afternoon everyone and welcome to vmware's second quarter fiscal 2021 earnings conference call on the call we have pat gelsinger chief executive officer and zane roe executive vice president and chief financial officer

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. Slides which accompany this webcast can be viewed in conjunction with live remarks and downloaded at the conclusion of the webcast from ir.vmware.com. On this call today, we will make forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially as a result of various risk factors described in the 10-Ks, 10-Qs, and 8-Ks VMware files with the SEC. We assume no obligation to and do not currently intend to update any such forward-looking statements. In addition, during today's call, we will discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures, which are used as measures of VMware's performance, should be considered in addition to, not as a substitution for, or in isolation from GAAP measures. Our non-GAAP measures exclude the effect on our GAAP results of stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions, acquisition dispositions, certain litigation matters, and other items, as well as discrete items impacting our GAAP tax rate. You can find additional disclosures regarding these non-GAAP measures, including reconciliations with comparable GAAP measures in the press release and on our investor relations website. Unless otherwise indicated, all financial metrics provided on this call are for the consolidated VMware entity, including Pivotal. Growth rates compare our Q2 FY21 results with the recast of prior period financial information to include Pivotal due to the Pivotal acquisition, which is accounted for as a transaction by entities under common control in accordance with GAAP. The webcast replay of this call will be available for the next 60 days on our company website under the Investor Relations link. Our third quarter, fiscal 21 quiet period, begins at the close of business Thursday, October 15, 2020. With that, I'll turn it over to Pat.

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