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SpringSource is a division of VMware
VMware
VMware, Inc. is a company providing virtualization software founded in 1998 and based in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2004, and operates as a separate software subsidiary ....

 that provides a suite of software products that accelerate the entire enterprise Java application life cycle of build, run, and manage. SpringSource employs open source leaders who created and drive innovation for Spring, a programming model for enterprise Java applications. SpringSource also employs multiple prominent members of the Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat is an open source web server and servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation...

, Apache HTTP Server
Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache , is web server software notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. In 2009 it became the first web server software to surpass the 100 million website milestone...

, Hyperic, Groovy and Grails
Grails (Framework)
Grails is an open source web application framework which uses the Groovy programming language . It is intended to be a high-productivity framework by following the "coding by convention" paradigm, providing a stand-alone development environment and hiding much of the configuration detail from the...

 open source communities.

SpringSource provides support for the open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 application frameworks Spring and Grails which run on the Java Virtual Machine
Java Virtual Machine
A Java virtual machine is a virtual machine capable of executing Java bytecode. It is the code execution component of the Java software platform. Sun Microsystems stated that there are over 4.5 billion JVM-enabled devices.-Overview:...

. It also employs leaders from those as well as other open source projects and is an active participant in the Java Community Process
Java Community Process
The Java Community Process or JCP, established in 1998, is a formalized process that allows interested parties to get involved in the definition of future versions and features of the Java platform....

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The Spring Framework is a framework in the Java web development industry, while Grails is a web application framework for the Groovy programming language
Groovy programming language
Groovy is an object-oriented programming language for the Java platform. It is a dynamic language with features similar to those of Python, Ruby, Perl, and Smalltalk. It can be used as a scripting language for the Java Platform....

.

SpringSource provides trainings on Spring framework, Apache, Tomcat, tc Server and Groovy/Grails through its educational services unit SpringSource university and its certified partner SpringPeople.

SpringSource has made a number of acquisitions including Covalent, G2One, Cloud Foundry
Cloud Foundry
Cloud Foundry is free, open source cloud computing platform as a service software developed by VMware released as free software under the terms of the Apache License 2.0. Written in Ruby....

, Hyperic, RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ is an open source message broker software , using the standard Advanced Message Queuing Protocol . The RabbitMQ server is written in Erlang and is built on the Open Telecom Platform framework for clustering and failover. Rabbit Technologies Ltd., acquired in April 2010 by VMware, develops...

 and Gemstone. Since the acquisition of SpringSource by VMware in August 2009, the company has announced strategic partnership and collaboration efforts with Salesforce.com and Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...

.

SpringSource was purchased for $420m by VMware
VMware
VMware, Inc. is a company providing virtualization software founded in 1998 and based in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2004, and operates as a separate software subsidiary ....

in August 2009, and is now a division of VMware. This acquisition has helped VMware to partner with Salesforce and launch VMforce - an enterprise cloud.

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