by kiril on April 6, 2011
in Apps, Awards, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Email, Host, Invest, IT, Lists, Open Source, Phone, Reviews, Security, Social networks, Startups, Stocks, Storage, Technology
Top 25 European Cloud Computing Rising Stars To Watch Over the past couple of months, CloudTweaks offered to its readers corporate profiles of some of the most innovative and fast developing start-ups in Europe. Some companies on the list are already well-known in the cloud computing sectors while others are still developing their services. What distinguishes them is the fact that all the companies are based in Europe, although some of them have offices in North America and Asia, and are involved in developing innovative products that are almost entirely cloud-based. This is not a complete list of all promising
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by cloudtweaks on April 5, 2011
in Apps, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Host, IT, Lists, Reviews, SaaS, Storage, Technology, Web Hosting
Call Center Services and Solutions For Your Business On The Cloud Global Response Global Response is a leading provider of outsourced customer contact solutions and call center services for multichannel retailers, direct response advertisers, healthcare and insurance providers, government and higher education. Global Response offers many IVR applications: Lead generation, NACSZ capture, automated surveys, Help lines, FAQ’s, and Order Status. Global Response also offers Voice Broadcasting – the ability to send out thousands of calls communicating time-critical information. Five9 With over 170 employees world-wide, Five9 has one of the largest engineering organizations in the industry, allowing the
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by sourya on April 1, 2011
in Backups, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Education, How to, Invest, IT, Lists, Rackspace, SaaS, Security, Startups, Storage, Technology
Which Cloud Computing Quality Works For You? As any successful entrepreneur worth his millions will tell you, “The customer is always right.” However, in a technology paradigm as new as cloud computing, the customer does not always know enough to be right. In such a situation, the customer has to go ahead to what is more important to him, and then proceed down the list. Presented here are some of the possible things that you as a customer, may find especially important. While it is definitely possible to get multiple benefits from the cloud computing product or service you choose,
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by kiril on March 31, 2011
in Amazon, Apps, Browser, Cloud Computing, Computing, Lists, Reviews, SaaS, Smart Phones, Startups, Storage, Technology
iSpaces Revolutionizes Web-based Environment with A ‘Cloud Computer’ Dermot Doherty, Sunne Justice and Guillermo Söhnlein founded iSpaces in 2009 as they were tired of opening different email accounts and Web apps and synchronizing between various computers and mobile devices. The result of their efforts is an Ireland-incorporated company that offers a cloud-based operating environment; namely, a cloud computer or virtual desktop that currently runs best on Google Chrome, but will be released soon on other popular browsers. The platform is written in Object Oriented JavaScript and provides multi-desktop functionality to users who are non-stop in the web. Actually, the company
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by kiril on March 28, 2011
in Apps, Blogs, Cloud Computing, IT, Lists, Reviews, SaaS, Social networks, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital
Huddle Refines Cloud-based Project Management Software in Fierce Competition One can hardly say that Alastair Mitchell and Andy McLoughlin, co-founders of Huddle, entered an underdeveloped and non-competitive market when they started Huddle.com in 2006. The cloud-based platform competes with collaboration and project management solutions like those offered by 37signals and Cisco, while products like Central Desktop, Sosius, Ximdesk, LiquidPlanner, and Project Manager are directly competing with the Huddle’s platform. Huddle, like all major project management products, can be used online, on mobile devices and on desktops. In addition, the platform supports a number of businesses social networks and can be
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by cloudtweaks on March 28, 2011
in Amazon, Blogs, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Contributors, Guest Writers, Invest, Lists, Microsoft, Our Interviews, Partnerships, Programming, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology
Here is an older but still very insightful article contributed by Ray DePena What is cloud computing? What is the difference between a cloud and the internet? Some Twenty-One Experts Define Cloud Computing differently, and there are even more definitions out there. Among many that I’ve heard are some of the following: Cloud = Internet Cloud = Innovation Cloud = On Demand Cloud = Autonomic computing Cloud = Distributed computing Cloud = Grid computing Cloud = Hosting Cloud = Multi-tenancy Cloud = SOA Cloud = Utility computing Cloud = Virtualization Cloud = SLA-driven Cloud = SaaS Cloud = PaaS / OPaaS Cloud = IaaS / HaaS Cloud = Just a
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BlueTeach Aims To Revolutionize Person-to-person Learning In The Cloud Founded in 2009 and based in Paris, France, BlueTeach employs only seven professionals but already has a customer base calculated in thousands of users worldwide. The company self-describes its service as a knowledge sharing community in the Cloud and competes with services like eduFire and Livemocha to attract customers who are eager to gain new knowledge or provide tutoring services. The service, located at www.blueteach.com, requires only a web browser to run and no additional set-up of software or hardware is involved. Actually, it is a virtual classroom, called Eclass, featuring
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by Ray on March 21, 2011
in Awards, Cloud Computing, Computing, Contributors, Google Cloud, Guest Writers, Host, IT, Lists, Open Source, Rackspace, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Tools
Top 55 Cloud Computing Enablers Gaining Mind Share It’s that time again. Today we take a look at 1Q 2011 to see which Cloud players are gaining mindshare. You can guarantee that the Cloud computing segment will be even more exciting to watch in 2011 than it was in 2010 as large enterprise information technology companies continue their rapid restructuring to an on-demand cloud computing model by gobbling up tasty Cloud morsels seeking to save time and money in the process by adding proven, high quality Cloud solutions to their portfolios. The easy pickings are disappearing quickly as the giants
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