VMware hit with $236M verdict in patent suit, says it plans to 'vigorously' fight ruling

A federal jury has called for Palo Alto-based VMware to pay $236 million to a Canadian software company for infringing on two of its patents for virtualization technology, but VMware — a company worth more than 1,000 times as much as the plaintiff — plans to fight the ruling. Densify, a 21-year-old Ontario hybrid cloud company with 150 employees listed on LinkedIn, filed the patent infringement suit last year in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The company’s legal name…