Salesforce.com and VMware have joined hands to deliver, sell and support a new enterprise Java cloud called VMforce. To be announced at an event in San Francisco hosted by the Chief Executive Officers of both the companies, VMforce will bring together the technologies, expertise and communities of the two leading cloud computing companies driving the tectonic shifts in the information technology industry. VMforce will combine the world's most popular language, Java, the world's most popular Java framework, Spring, the leading virtualization platform, VMware vSphere and running on the world's most-trusted cloud platform, Force.com.
With VMforce, the more than 6 million enterprise Java developers, including over 2 million developers using the Spring framework backed by the SpringSource division of VMware, will have an open path to cloud computing. CIOs and IT departments will be able to leverage their existing programming skills and investments in Java applications and take full advantage of the industry-leading Force.com platform to build Cloud 2 enterprise applications that are social and work on any mobile device in real time. VMforce will dramatically simplify how enterprises and enterprise Java developers can harness the economics of cloud computing without compromising the flexibility, control and choice they require. VMforce is designed to deliver the first enterprise Java cloud that is trustworthy, open, elastic and complete.
“Enterprise Java developers, welcome to Cloud 2," said Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO, salesforce.com. "This fundamental shift incorporates cloud computing, real-time collaboration and mobile devices like the iPad to meet the new needs of the enterprise. Now, in partnership with VMware, we are delivering VMforce and bringing Java to Force.com so enterprise Java developers can create powerful new innovative Cloud 2 apps."
“Companies are looking for solutions that deliver the benefits of cloud computing while leveraging existing resources, expertise and infrastructure,” said Paul Maritz, President & CEO of VMware. “By creating a dramatically simplified solution for modern application development, VMforce is a significant step forward in offering our customers a path that bridges existing internal investments with the resources and flexibility of the cloud.”
