Amazon and VMware Are Now Best Friends When It Comes to the Cloud Former foes are now best buds.

It’s official: #Amazon Web Services and #VMware are now partners when it comes to cloud computing. The two technology giants and former rivals said Thursday during a press event in San Francisco that they are now partners and are collaborating on new technology that will let customers use VMware data center management software on Amazon’s cloud computing service. Fortune’s Barb Darrow reported on the partnership last week. As part of the deal, Amazon AMZN -0.76% will be VMware’s “primary public cloud partner” while VMware VMW -0.07% will be Amazon’s “primary private cloud partner.” The public cloud refers to a cloud service like AWS in which companies can buy computing and storage resources on demand. The private cloud, on the other hand, refers to a company’s internal data center that’s been outfitted with specialized software that mimics some of the flexibility and features of the public cloud. AWS CEO Andy Jassy said that some of Amazon’s big business customers wanted a way to more easily use their existing data center hardware in conjunction with Amazon’s cloud service to power their existing corporate software.
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