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May 21 article: Techcrunch

June 10 article: Daily Tech

VMware is a cloud computing and virtualization leader.

VMware is actively acquiring a suite of cloud-based enterprise productivity and collaboration capabilities. 

Recently Launched:

- Cloud Foundry is VMWare's strategic PaaS (Platform as a Service). It is open and supports multiple frameworks.

- Horizon App Manager allows companies to manage security and access entitlements for employees to access cloud services, while keeping their passwords and entitlement directories behind the firewall.

IT Management Acquisitions

- Wavemaker : Based on the Spring framework, allows non-expert developers to build web apps quickly and deploy them to the cloud

- Digital Fuel : Financial Management for companies to measure ROI from their Cloud investments. Paid 85MM according to this article

- Shavlik : cloud-based IT Managment for small end medium companies.

Collaboration and Productivity Acquisitions

- Socialcast : Enterprise microblogging. Enables rapid discussions, town halls, questions.

- Slide Rocket : Collaborative presentations. Powerpoint rebuilt for the web, with a shared slide library, live data from Google spreadsheets, Twitter feeds, and ether embedded widgets.

- Mozy : Backup and storage in the cloud

- Zimbra : Email server (like Microsoft Exchange) delivered as a cloud appliance