SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 14, (APP/AFP) – Cloud computing rivals VMware and Amazon Web Services on Thursday announced an alliance that will let them play off each other’s strengths. The powerful cloud computing arm of online retail giant Amazon will be able to handle VMware software and tools popular with businesses, according to the companies. The move was described as being tailored to integrate the world’s leading private cloud (VMware) with the world’s leading public cloud (AWS). “VMware Cloud on AWS offers our customers the best of both worlds,” said VMware chief executive Pat Gelsinger. “This new service will make it easier for customers to preserve their investment in existing applications and processes while taking advantage of the global footprint, advanced capabilities, and scale of the AWS public cloud.” The new service was said to represent a significant investment in engineering, operations, support and sales resources from Amazon and VMware.
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Amazon and VMware form alliance in the cloud
