The frenetic activity of VKernel in the last months seems to have repaid the US startup.

Today the company reports the results of its first year of activity:

• 164% revenue increase in Q4 2008
• 100 paying customers
• 8,000 products downloads

It’s certainly a good result considering the current economy, but VKernel may find a hard time to keep these results in 2009, as VMware is entering the chargeback and performance analysis segments where the startup is focusing.