Salesforce & VMware Set to Launch VMForce

In an interesting turn of events, Salesforce.com and VMware are set to launch VMForce. Any ideas what this will entail? They will be announcing the details on April 27. If you know something, please comment.

Here is the story:

Salesforce.com and VMware are forging a high-profile partnership, according to a Web site announcing an April 27 event being held by the companies.

The site, VMForce.com, includes few details about exactly what is planned, saying that Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and VMware CEO Paul Maritz will “make an exciting joint announcement on the future of cloud computing.”

“VMForce is coming,” a headline reads. “See it here live on April 27.”

Read the rest of the salesforce.com story here.

A Bundled Report on the ERM Software & Application Management Services Market: Providing a Detailed Market Analysis With Forecasts to 2010

DUBLIN, Ireland, Oct 31, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7ec7b3/erm_software_app) has announced the addition of the “ERM Software & Application Management Services Market 2007-2010 – Bundled Report” report to their offering.
Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) applications integrate content value chain and business support processes providing insight into critical business data. Stiff competition and rising costs are forcing companies to realign their processes, resources, financials etc, obtain a single view of spending levels and maximize usage of people and assets ensuring positive return on investment.
The SMB segment is expected to account for significant share of the ERM market, over the period 2008-2010. With the advent of on-demand or the SaaS (Software as a Service) model of ERP and other ERM applications, it has become affordable for a large number of companies. Further, the vendors have acquired the expertise and initiated channel programs to tap this segment. Continue reading A Bundled Report on the ERM Software & Application Management Services Market: Providing a Detailed Market Analysis With Forecasts to 2010