Monday, January 2, 2012

Cloud startups to watch in 2012

10 cloud startups to watch in 2012
GigaOm
1, 2012, 5:00am PT 1 Comment The past few years have been nothing if not a boon for entrepreneurs looking to cash in on venture capitalists' lust for all things cloud. All the activity has been great, and we've seen some exciting new companies emerge ...

GigaOm

Forecast for Cloud Company Red Hat: CEO Positive: 24% Increase in Staff
Technorati
According to its website, Red Hat®, launched in 1993, "delivers the world's leading solutions for private clouds, hybrid clouds, and public clouds," as well as "CloudForms for building and managing" one's own cloud and the "revolutionary OpenShift ...

Technorati

Selling Functionality of Cloud Computing to Bring Mobile Devices into the ...
Technorati
"Cloud computing has been a natural extension for consumer devices due to the relative ease of access allowed in Public and Private Cloud infrastructure," says Greg Pierce, Managing Director of Cloud Computing at Tribridge. ...

Technorati

Forecast for 2012: A Cloud-y Kind of Year
Barron's
By TIERNAN RAY | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR A cloud, in case you've been living in one of them, isn't just a collection of vapors but the term for a group of server computers working together to supply vast computing power accessible via the Internet. ...

Top10CloudStorage.com Choosing a Cloud Storage Service, but Easy
ADI News
Cloud storage, it's much more than a buzzword now; it has become a part of the overall technological existence. How many devices do you have? The average American household now has at least one tablet pc, laptop or PC and at least two smartphones or ...

ADI News

Informatica Cloud Improves Ties Between Salesforce CRM, Microsoft ERP at Pac-Van
Integration Developers
Pac-Van, a provider of permanent and portable buildings and storage containers, is using Informatica Cloud to automate and accelerate integration between sales, CRM and fulfillment systems. The project lets Pac-Vac automate and accelerate data sync...

Integration Developers

Here's what cloud computing means in healthcare (Best of MedCitizens)
MedCity News
A definition of cloud computing (and how healthcare can best use it). “My strong recommendation to all senior healthcare executives is that we not come up with our own definitions for cloudcomponents — instead, when communicating anything about the ...

Why Gartner termed IBM, SAP, Oracle long-term risky
Times of India
Oracle bought RightNow for $1.5 billion to strengthen its cloud presence. SAP purchased SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion for the same reason. Oracle bought RightNow for $1.5 billion to strengthen its cloud presence. SAP purchased SuccessFactors for $3.4 ...

Five tech predictions for 2012
Washington Post
And there is clearly another bubble inflating in the cloud computing sector, with every company that uses a distributed architecture now calling itself a “cloud company.” So what does 2012 have in store? Here are my predictions. 1. ...

Cloud-Ready Buildings and Open Source
AutomatedBuildings.com (press release)
It is inevitable that the future of building systems operations is in the cloud. In the best run corporations, whose enterprise operations are in a private cloud, building system operation has already joined other enterprise operations. ...

Cloud Society: how's your cloud risk appetite?
Cloud Pro
At the recent Business Cloud Summit held in London, I was fortunate enough to host a panel of lawyers. One doesn't normally see the terms 'fortunate' and 'lawyers' in the same sentence, so I thought it was worth elaborating why. ...

Tech To Watch 2012: The Cloud Eclipses Gadgets
LAPTOP Magazine (blog)
“The current state [of the cloud] is this type of digital locker,” explained Gartner Research's Michael Gartenberg. But with last year's release of iCloud and Microsoft improving its Windows Live Skydrive, the cloud has begun to move toward a ...

LAPTOP Magazine (blog)

Defining, differentiating and debunking common assumptions when making cloud ...
Smart Business Network
Distinguishing cloud computing reality from cloud hype can be a daunting task. Smart Business met with Christian Teeft, vice president of Engineering at Latisys, to examine some of the key assumptions, myths and drivers that decision makers face as ...

Cloud computing expert Onyx hits IT acquisition trail with £15m
Scotland on Sunday
He said: “We'll be investing heavily in expanding our cloud computing business early in the New Year. Our data centre in Edinburgh is already two-thirds full and we've got plans to expand our existing site in Glasgow. “After that, we'll be on the ...

Another year, another Telstra privacy slip
Register
This time, according to Musicfeeds.com.au, the breach involves customer data being posted to acloud-based spreadsheet service. The site says the data was apparently put on the Editgrid.com site by a consultant in training (apparently and stupidly ...

25 big ideas for 2012: Cloud gaming
Wired.co.uk
However, the video-game industry, which is worth around £30bn globally, is hoping to avoid a similar fate by heading to the cloud. OTOY, OnLive, Happy Cloud and Gaikai are cloud-based services offering consumers a way to access games without ...

Wired.co.uk

Up in a cloud for processing computer data
Jerusalem Post
A declining amount of computing is conducted today on desktop computers; instead, cloudcomputing – in which operations are carried out on a network of shared, remote servers – is expected to rise as the demand for computing power increases. ...

Intel Sales Jacked Up - Thanks to Cloud Computing
Retirement Planning
After having such sales, the company immediately shifted its main focus on chips and data centers that support cloud computing. The cloud computing industry seems to be a need as Androids, smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices rises. ...

Retirement Planning

Copia Partners with Catch Media, Creating Anytime/Anywhere/Any Device Cloud ...
PR Web (press release)
Users can access content on all their devices, and Copia keeps everything up to date through thecloud. Copia is available now on a multiplicity of devices, including desktop readers, iPad, Windows 7 touch, Android tablets, and the Blackberry Playbook. ...

Dropbox Automator extends the functionality of your cloud storage
The Verge
By Nathan Ingraham on January 1, 2012 07:02 am 7Comments If you want your Dropbox account to do more than simply store your files, the new web tool Dropbox Automator might be worth your while. Once you link up your Dropbox account, you can specify ...

KM past and present-Categories blur ... cloud, social and mobile dominate
KMWorld Magazine
Cloud technology continues to grow as a model for delivery, with most vendors now offering that option even if their product was not originally developed for the cloud. Illes Seasonings and Flavors is a family-owned business that manufactures and sells ...

Our Sponsors 2012
TalkinCloud (blog)
Need help finding information about cloud computing partner programs and cloud solutions? The Talkin' Cloud sponsors stand ready to assist you. Click on the logos below for product, service and contact information. The Google Apps Authorized Reseller ...

ICT innovations that will dominate 2012
Deccan Herald
Technology enthusiasts are virtually on cloud nine when it comes to doing things in the 'virtual space'. No wonder everyone is talking about 'getting on to the cloud'. The term basically defines the next level of data storage and processing without ...

Deccan Herald

You are here: Home » Pictures » 12 most likely and crucial sci-tech breakthroughs
Economic Times
Cloud computing has been one of the most discussed subjects in recent years. But it has so far remained just that: a widely discussed tech with few adoptions. This year will be an inflection point, as CIOs find the Cloud irresistible and start using it ...

Five Myths Of The Enterprise Startup
TechCrunch
But the cloud takes the category mainstream, letting us all participate in this world of enterprise software, and meaningfully changing how we work and communicate. We've seen an explosion of end-user-centric business solutions, finally making ...

TechCrunch

Five digital life ideas for the new year
Hindustan Times
Cloud Storage is a good idea: Sites such as Microsoft's Skydrive and Box.net offer storage on the Web. Cloud storage, as it is called, is worth paying for, though free services now offer a lot. Apart from enabling access your files from anywhere, ...

2011 Year in review: A timeline
Engadget
March 29: Looking to throw its hat in the music-streaming ring, Amazon rolled out its own service dubbed the Amazon Cloud Player. While the announcement wasn't exactly groundbreaking, it did shake things up a bit. Sony Music took the company to task in ...

Review: Protecting your Gmail and cloud data with Backupify ...
By Michael Stanclift
Backupify is a freemium cloud service that allows people to archive their Gmail and other Google data onto Amazon's S3 service. Neowin takes a quick look at this service and its uses.
Neowin.net

Predictions for 2012
By Robert Graham
Cloud. Cloud cloud cloud cloud cloud. Whatever products/services people come out with in the next year, they will position them as being perfect (or even necessary) for the cloud. SCADA/ICS. How many cybersec experts does it take to ...
Errata Security

How Netflix Gets Out of the Way of Innovation | Inside-Cloud.com
Netflix is now one of the largest sites that runs almost entirely on public cloud infrastructure. We have become a poster child for how to build an architecture that takes full advantage of the Amazon Web Services cloud. But when I talk to other ...
Inside-Cloud

Loving and Hating the Cloud | Texan at Tulane
By jim
So I have a love/hate relationship with the cloud. I love the potential. I hate the poor implementations. And when I say “poor” that means “doesn't work the way I think it should work.” I am, as an N of 1, the expert in all things I would like. ...
Texan at Tulane

Understanding What exactly is Cloud Computing and Advantages to ...
By Jonny
For people with international experditions, cloud computing will probably help you in several different solutions. The main benefit is such as flexibility. In it, your staff have the opportunity to access the feedback and data remotely. Providing you ...
NASpir

Cloud Computing Stocks Climb 13 Percent in 2011 | TalkinCloud
By Joe Panettieri
Our Talkin' Cloud Stocks Index, which tracks cloud computing stocks and cloud services stocks, rose 13 percent in 2011.
TalkinCloud

The Collaboration Cloud | Forrester Blogs
Cloud is the latest buzz in the IT market, and we at Forrester have covered this quite extensively. As I reflect on 2011, this is a theme that has also played ...
blogs.forrester.com/henry.../11-12-30-the_collaboration_clou...

A definition of cloud computing (and how healthcare can best use it)
Healthcare cloud computing is critical for the future of treatments. Learn the definition of cloudcomputing and how it helps hospitals.
www.medcitynews.com/.../a-definition-of-cloud-computing-a...

Cloud Storage, Deduplication and Post-Production Data ...
Cloud! Cloud! Cloud! A Not so Authoritative Look at What "Cloud" Terms Mean. This blog entry is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at all of the ways the word ...
www.dcig.com/.../cloud-storage-deduplication-and-postprodu...



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