Can Increased State Taxation Hinder Cloud Computing? – Part 1 “The best things in life are free, but sooner or later the government will find a way to tax them.” – Anonymous. Tax officials are usually the most hated representatives of the government, often without reason. However, some recent developments may well provide a valid reason to cloud component proponents to direct their ire towards state tax departments. Here’s a brief background before the specific facts. Will Vivek Kundra’s Departure Affect Government’s Flight to the Clouds?). The US military, normally the first in line to make use of new advances
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by sourya on August 30, 2011
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, SaaS, Security, Startups, Stocks, Storage, Technology, Venture Capital
Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money Startups have been an area of focus for this website, and not without reason. With cloud computing being such a new technology, there is a lot of innovation taking place. And startups are often the birthplaces of innovation. However, innovation, like most things in life, requires money, at least initially, in order to flourish. That is where venture financing comes into play. Thankfully for cloud computing startups, there are many financiers willing to back them. Here’s a recap of some recent developments in this area. Box.net: This is a company that I had covered
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US Military Asks for Private Sector’s Help to Understand Cloud Computing The US military has always been at the forefront of technology. From transportation to materials science, from detection to communication, US military technology has always led its commercial counterparts. The Internet, GPS, jet aircraft, even the non-stick material Teflon – all these were developed for military purposes before finding civilian applications. By anecdotal accounts, US military technology leads civilian technology by at least a decade, if not more. However, it seems to have dropped the ball as regards to one of possibly the most influential technologies of the future
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Startup Promises to Revolutionize Cloud Analytics with Social Media Techniques Social media is the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue. As the multi-billion dollar valuations of Facebook and Twitter have shown, social media is one of the defining phenomena of the modern age. Therefore, it is not surprising that a startup has found a clever way to combine social media with another revolutionary technology of our time, cloud computing. In this way, it has earned for itself the sobriquet of “Twitter for machines.” Nodeable, a San Francisco–based startup, looks to provide customers of cloud
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Sustainable Energy Sources to Power Cloud Computing Frankly speaking, the title of this article is somewhat optimistic, considering what I am about to write about is merely a study on the subject. However, considering the big names behind this research project, it is not too much of a leap of faith to expect some concrete directions towards the use of sustainable energy sources to power cloud computing. Exploration of the relationship between energy consumption and cloud computing is not new on this website. Earlier, I had written on opposing studies that have feted and vilified cloud computing as regards its
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by sourya on August 16, 2011
in Certification, Cloud Computing, Computing, Education, Force.com, Google Cloud, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends
Cloud Computing Goes Mainstream with University Certification Course When does a technology actually become mainstream, an established part of our daily lives? Is it when it becomes part of the popular vocabulary, or when there’s an addition to the Oxford English Dictionary confirming its existence? Is it when companies make money selling that technology, or when people make money buying and selling shares of these companies? All of these go a long way in making cloud computing an integral part of our lives; however, I believe it’s now when there’s a university course actually teaching the technology that it’s actually
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by sourya on August 12, 2011
in Cloud Computing, Computing, iCloud, ipad, IT, Mobile, News, Security, Storage, Technology
The New Chinese Cloud OS While the bulk of cloud computing coverage, here and elsewhere, deals with news and events in the US, there’s a whole wide world out there that has taken to cloud computing with a storm. Over the last few months, I have tried to include locations outside the US in my articles. You can read them at: 1. Is India The Next Cloud Computing Superpower? 2. The Chinese Dragon and Cloud Computing 3. Where Does Europe Stand On Cloud Computing? 4. UK Lags Behind Other European Nations in Adoption of Cloud Computing 5. How India Stands
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Acquisitions of Cloud Computing Startups Speed Up A startup is defined as a company with a limited operating history. A startup is usually born out of an innovative idea, and the founder or founders have one of two objectives – grow the company until it is acquired, or continue to operate it themselves. When a larger company acquires a smaller one, it usually does due to one or more of the following reasons – its product, its people or its market. With cloud computing being such a new technology, there is a lot of innovation taking place. Consequently, startups have
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