Mashery, API management solutions provider, announced today the launch of its API Packager tool that allows companies to easily create customized API access plans for partners, customers and developers.  With growing integration through the use of APIs, there is a demand for providing different API access offerings.  APIs are now their own product with targets for revenue, reach and branding.

On Thursday at the SpringOne 2GX developer conference, VMware announced with Google the general availability of the first in a series of technology collaborations to make enterprise software developers more efficient at building, deploying and managing applications within any cloud environment on any device. The collaborative projects that will be available in the next two weeks include Spring Roo and Google Web Toolkit; Spring Insight and Google Speed Tracer; and SpringSource Tool.

"Together, Google and VMware enable enterprises to develop and deploy rich Spring Java applications across multiple clouds and devices," said Rod Johnson, SVP, application platform division at VMware. "Today we have reached an important milestone where these modern applications can run smoothly within the firewalls of a company's production datacentre or in a trusted provider's cloud environment."

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