Some use cases and articles:
Run Spring Apps 60x Faster with Spring Data + Pivotal GemFire | Pivotal P.O.V.
http://www.gemstone.com/pdf/GF_Ent_Tech_UseCase.pdf
Claimcheck Pattern with vFabric RabbitMQ and Gemfire | Architects Zone
You may find some other use cases based on the Main Features of vFabric GemFire page.