Another day another cloud alliance: This time its VMware and Capgemini

A layer of cloud orchestration includes components for integrated VMware, Capgemini will help enterprises to create vertical suite of cloud services to meet their needs, says an executive at Capgemini .If the number of ads that derive supplier alliance is any indication, cloud computing is actually gaining ground. The Thursday, VMware and Capgemini said they are working together to build a layer of cloud orchestration. The news comes just days after giant systems integration CSC (s (CSC and HCL Technologies has announced a global alliance to move legacy applications to the cloud and Google announced plans for a revised program on socio cloud.

Capgemini and VMware have worked together before - in fact, partners with Capgemini is headquartered in Paris, with a variety of cloud providers. The difference now is that they are collaborating to build the joint intellectual property. This “cloud platform will enable the orchestration of business that you could not do otherwise," said Raf Howery , Capgemini senior vice president leading the charge.

Enterprise customers can use this cloud layer to collect a set of infrastructure services - as- a-Service ( IaaS) providers such as Amazon Web Services , VMware vCloud hybrid services ( VCHS ) and, potentially, Microsoft Azure.

This common platform, now pilot incorporate several components, including VMware vCloud Automation Center , vCenter Operations Management Suite and Business Management Suite. VMware and go to the market Capgemini Capgemini together , but they have the exclusive rights of sale for the first year , Howery said. General availability is scheduled for the first half of this year.

In the scenario described Howery , there are three layers of clouds. At the base is the infrastructure - provided by AWS said, VCHS, Microsoft Windows Azure cloud. Then there is an intermediate layer, as described above, allowing added services customers need infrastructure providers. Then on top of that is a layer of business applications that also aggregates Software-as- a-Service applications from many vendors - say Salesforce.com CRM, BMC Remedy OnDemand help desk ticketing and business intelligence tools from SaaS provider of choice.

Using these layers, a company can create their own cloud vertical -specific solutions, he said.The appeal to large enterprises is that this could alleviate the concerns of too rely heavily on a single cloud provider - even if it is true that you will use Capgemini as a unique partner integration and also a lot of VMware technology to achieve it. So it is a kind of withdraw their addiction,