Salesforce and VMware form strategic alliance

DQC News Bureau

Salesforce.com and VMware have announced a partnership to jointly deliver,
sell and support a new enterprise Java cloud called VMforce. This was announced
at an event in San Francisco hosted by the CEOs of the two 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.

With VMforce, the more than six million enterprise Java developers, including
the over two million developers using the Spring framework backed by the
SpringSource division of VMware will have an open path to cloud computing. Now,
CIOs and IT departments will be able to leverage their existing programming
skills and investments in Java applications and take full advantage of the
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.

“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,” said Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com. “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,”
said Paul Maritz, President and CEO, VMware.