Google and VMware have launched a series of collaborative java tools at the SpringOne 2GX conference. It is hoped that the tools will help and encourage developers to look at new innovative ways to build applications with the cloud environment.

Rod Johnson, vice-president at VMware, said: “Together Google and VMware enable enterprises to develop and deploy rich Spring Java applications across multiple clouds and devices.”

Google plans to incorporate mobile-influenced features in the longer term such as user interfaces, app cache and local databases.

Vic Gundotra, Google vice-president of developer platforms, said: “By making deployments of Spring Java applications on Google App Engine using Google Web Toolkit generally available, developers can deploy Java applications in production environments of their choice while leveraging rich web front-end across multiple devices.”