Integrating Cloudify with vCloud - vmware

I am working on using Cloudify for vCloud. So far the information I gathered , this intgegration is possible as jCloud has interfaces for vCloud too. I am yet to explore the jCloud too. I am looking for if any effort has been put to integrate Cloudify with vCloud. Any pointers to documentation or earlier Qs/blogs which I couldn't find myself will be valuable.
Thanks
Raghavendra

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