Apr 28, 2010 : Salesforce.com Partners with VMware

📅 April 28, 2010 - The company collaborates with VMware to jointly deliver, sell and support a new enterprise Java cloud called VMforce.

Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company and VMware, Inc., a cloud infrastructure provider, yesterday announced a partnership to jointly deliver, sell and support a new enterprise Java cloud called VMforce. To be announced at an event today in San Francisco hosted by the Chief Executive Officers 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.

The company articulates that with VMforce, enterprise Java developers, including the ones using the Spring framework backed by the SpringSource division of VMware, will have an open path to cloud computing. It states that 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. The company adds that 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.

The company explains that VMforce will be the first mission critical deployment environment for enterprise Java apps in the cloud. VMforce will be jointly delivered by Salesforce.com and VMware, combining Java, Java framework Spring, virtualization platform VMware vSphere, and running on the cloud platform, Force.com.

It avers that VMforce is designed to deliver the first enterprise Java cloud that is:

• Trusted: Running on company's global infrastructure, VMforce will inherit the benefits of a service delivery infrastructure that has received some of the most stringent security industry accreditations including ISO 27001, SysTrust and SAS70 Type II
• Open: VMforce will support standard Java code: plain old Java objects (POJOs), Java Server Pages (JSPs), Java Servlets, and more through the Spring Framework. By building enterprise Java apps with Spring, companies will be able to easily port enterprise Java apps onto VMforce or vice versa
• Elastic: With VMforce, applications can scale automatically. VMforce customers will not have to worry about scaling up app servers, databases or infrastructure to meet performance demand
• Complete: VMforce will provide a comprehensive solution for enterprise Java development in the cloud, including the trusted global infrastructure, virtualization platform, orchestration and management technology, relational cloud database, development platform and collaboration services, application run time, development framework, tooling and more
• Cloud 2: Cloud 2 combines next generation mobility, social collaboration and real-time information access, creating new levels of productivity and taking enterprise cloud computing the next level
  

The company adds that VMforce will be designed to include:

• Spring Framework: VMforce will use the Spring Framework, the leading Java development framework which is backed by VMware's SpringSource division
• SpringSource tc server: VMforce applications will run on the tc Server runtime, the Enterprise version of Apache Tomcat
• Force.com Chatter Services: As the world migrates towards Cloud 2 social and mobile applications, developers will be able incorporate collaboration services from Chatter in their applications
• Force.com Development Platform and Services: Since VMforce will run on the Force.com platform, developers have access to pre-built business services that can be configured into their apps without requiring any custom coding
• Force.com Database: Developers using VMforce will get the benefits of the proven Force.com relational database, including automatic scalability, high availability, auto-tuning, back up and disaster recovery
• VMware vCloud technology: VMware's vCloud technology automatically manages the software stack that powers VMforce applications, freeing developers from the cost and complexity of managing hardware and software
• VMware vSphere: Provides the building blocks for VMforce by providing the resource isolation, management, and virtualization for the Java applications
  

"Enterprise Java developers, welcome to Cloud 2," said Marc Benioff, Chairman and 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 and 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."