RabbitMQ is acquired by VMware / SpringSource

Why is this important to the Cloud? The RabbitMQ acquisition could be a component in a wider strategy by VMware to compete with Amazon. Amazon having recently announced (last week) their Amazon Simple Notification Service – SNS to compliment their Amazon Simple Queue Service – SQS service, showing their interest in backend messaging platforms. As […]

VMforce – VMware and Salesforce.com to partner?

The Cloud twitter/blogosphere is set ablaze once again with the news of VMforce , a partnership between VMware and Salesforce.com. Speculation has already begun with several sites picking up on the news / rumors. I will update this post with relevant links as they appear. VMware and Salesforce to announce partnership, VMs hosting rumored ZDNET […]