Salesforce took a bold step toward a more fully integrated cloud platform by announcing VMForce, an exciting collaboration with VMware.

Both VMware and Salesforce are leaders in cloud computing. VMware is known for virtualization, while Salesforce for software-as-a-service via the Force.com platform.

VMforce is significant because it opens the Force.com platform to 6+ million java developers worldwide, allowing any company with Java developers to easily develop Java apps locally and deploy them to the cloud. Because all Java apps on VMforce are elastic, you don’t have to worry about scaling up app servers, databases, or infrastructure. You also inherit rich Force.com functionality like reporting and dashboards, full text search, calendaring, contact management and workflow.

We anticipate this will accelerate adoption of the cloud. Everyone at Myriad Minds is excited to see what innovative Java applications will soon be hosted on the Force.com platform.