VMware ships software for securing PCs

VMware, which sells software to let multiple operating systems run on the same computer, has begun selling a new tool to help customers lock down computers so people can't print, copy or transfer data unless authorized. The software, called the Assured Computing Environment, costs $99 per computer and also requires a $795 administration package.

In addition, VMware, acquired last year by storage specialist EMC, had revenue of $71 million in the fourth quarter of 2004, a 159 percent increase over the year-earlier period.