Singapore-based telecommunications service provider SingTel has partnered up with VMware to integrate a part of the virtualization giant’s offerings portfolio, the VMware vCloud Datacenter Services, into its newly launched SingTel PowerON Compute cloud solution. The private cloud offering, and offers simplified integration – as well as a highlighted “no-one-cloud-fits-all” approach:

“Companies will be able to expand the resources of their private cloud infrastructure seamlessly into PowerON Compute’s secure public cloud without the hassles of re-installing and re-configuring their software applications.”

PowerOn Compute, which leverages SingTel’s massive IP network, can reportedly reduce prospective enterprise customers’ move to the cloud by 73 percent, compared to the ‘normal’ in-house alternative. It’s no wonder VMware is interested in expanding its share of the Asian and Singapore market in particular.

Asian general manager at VMware Ed Lenta cited a Springboard Research study noting 37 percent of all surveyed customers were either considering or were using private cloud deployments. 23 percent of Singapore-based businesses are already utilizing the cloud.

SingTel is certainly not the only company who jumped on the VMware bandwagon lately. London based business-class web hosting solutions provider Virtual Internet has announced a few short hours ago it is has obtained the VMware Enterprise Partner status. Virtual Internet’s offerings, including its Enterprise Cloud platform, are based on VMware technology, which means VI’s new status a pretty big for the company.

Being one of the most notable presences in the cloud industry, VMware’s reach extends all the way to the back-up segment. Arkeia recently announced the release of the latest version of its VMware vStorage agent, with new features including the ability to restore a single file or a directory.

It’s not all good news for VMware though.

Xcedex, a physical, virtual and cloud migration solutions provider yesterday announced it has filed a lawsuit against the virtualization giant for breaching over 6 counts. Not much was detailed, but the release did note that breach of contract and copyright infringement are among Xcedex’s claims.