VMforce – How it will work
Apr/100
Well today is the day of the big news around VMware and SalesForce.com. If you are an enterprise developer and wanted to get your app in the Cloud, you already had a few options like googls apps, Microsoft Azure or Salesforce.com Apex platform, but soon there will be a nice option for all you Java Fans out there. VMware and SalesForce.com announced today the vmforce platform. This will enable Java developers to develop like normal their Java apps on the springsource platform and with a drap-and-drop feature will be able to run their application on the force.com infrastucture in the Cloud and gaining access to the salesforce.com databade and other services.
The actual service is not available yet, but a developer preview will be made available later this year, including the cost aspect.
More info: www.vmforce.com
UPDATED:
Rod Johnson, General Manager@springsource just posted a blog about the new vmforce.
http://blog.springsource.com/2010/04/27/vmforce-spring-cloud/
Steve Herrod, CTO@vmware also posted a blog on his take with some great background info.
http://blogs.vmware.com/console/2010/04/vmforce-and-vmwares-open-paas-strategy.html