SpringSource announced the acquisition of Cloud Foundry

Just nine days after SpringSource (Java application infrastructure developer) was acquired by VMWare, the company announces the acquisition of Cloud Foundry, a Java platform-as-a-service provider.SpringSource will now launch the Enterprise Java Cloud, which it claims will “enable developers to deploy and manage Spring, Grails, and Java applications within a public cloud environment.” Over the coming months SpringSource will build upon the product with enhanced cloud management features and other custom services. The merged product, dubbed SpringSource Cloud Foundry, is immediately available at CloudFoundry.com in free public beta. Normal cloud service provider fees still apply, and further pricing information is set to be announced after an extended beta period. SpringSource claims that the service will be made available to users of Amazon Web Services and VMWare’s vCloud partners.