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CloudFoundry Acquired by SpringSource

After few days after SpringSource was acquired by VMWare for $420M, SpringSource acquired also CloudFoundry to support their cloud deployment platform.

http://www.springsource.com/newsevents/springsource-launches-enterprise-java-c

http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/08/19/springsource-picks-up-cloud-foundry-launches-new-cloud-platform/

The amount of acquisition for CloudFoundry is undisclosed and Chris Richardson is now the head of cloud development at SpringSource.

The interesting part now is the strategy of VMWare to integrate these products (VMWare, Hyperic HQ,Spring,CloudFoundry) to create full stack of Java Cloud Enterprise Solution.