Cloud Computing Gaming Providers Cloud gaming, also called gaming on demand, is a type of online gaming that allows direct and on-demand streaming of games onto a computer through the use of a thin client, in which the actual game is stored on the game company’s server and is streamed directly to computers accessing the server through the client. (wikipedia) Onlive – OnLive provides the world’s highest performance Games On Demand service, instantly delivering the latest high-end titles over home broadband Internet to the TV and entry-level PCs and Macintosh® computers. Founded by noted technology entrepreneur Steve Perlman (WebTV, QuickTime)
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by cloudtweaks on March 23, 2011
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Top 25 European Cloud Computing Rising Stars: BlueTeach
by kiril on March 22, 2011
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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
Harvest Solutions Promotes Cloud Computing with Facebook
by Anuradha on March 14, 2011
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Harvest Solutions Promotes Cloud Computing with Facebook Cloud computing software specialist Harvest Solutions is expanding its online presence through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. The company is also promoting its products through a new blog, which went live last week. Apparently, Harvest Solutions is doing what most fast track companies are doing these days-leveraging social media to increase ROI. Today people turn towards social networking sites to exchange ideas and share views and beliefs. Marketers have recognized the huge opportunity this new marketing tool offers and are eager to tap the lucrative opportunity these websites offer. Harvest Solutions provides CRM systems for
IT Giants Battle for Virtualization and Cloud Dominance
by Ray on March 8, 2011
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IT Giants Battle for Virtualization and Cloud Dominance The Desktop and its Operating System was yesteryear’s battleground. We know how that story turned out – Microsoft won that war. Then the browser wars began and that battle rages on. Similarly with the rise of smartphone technology and other mobile platforms, Nielsen has even declared Android as the smartphone winner – only time will tell for sure. The bottom line is that the giants of IT are seeking out a winning control point in this new Cloud computing paradigm, and virtualization – the ability to run multiple operating systems on the same physical
The CIO Cloud Summit – June 14th-16th, 2011
by cloudtweaks on March 4, 2011
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Register with our event partner to meet and network with several leading CIOs on June 14th-16th, 2011 Check Out: Follow Us On: Agenda Call for Speakers Testimonials LinkedIn YouTube Flickr Event Description The CIO Cloud Summit, Jun 14 – Jun 16, 2011, will bring together CIOs and IT thought-leaders from various industries to discuss cloud computing topics and trends, including security, public versus private cloud, cloud optimization, and more. Meet And Network with Leading CIOs The CIO Cloud Summit will help C-suite executives better understand the true capabilities of cloud computing and the transformational opportunities it can bring to their
Top 25 European Cloud Computing Rising Stars: Mvine
by kiril on March 2, 2011
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Mvine Challenges Microsoft and Google with B2B Cloud-based Collaboration Platform Serial entrepreneur Frank Joshi founded Mvine Ltd. in 2005 as an online record label and music social network but he soon realized that B2B cloud platforms have great market growth potential and Mvine platform was re-designed to serve also as a social businesses software system. Recently, the company released its new social business platform in the United Kingdom and most experts agree that Mvine is trying to set foot at markets traditionally occupied by business collaboration platforms like Microsoft Sharepoint and Salesforce Chatter. The UK-based company also faces other serious
Mindgine Unveils First Social OS and Mini-computer To Power Cloud Networks
by kiril on March 2, 2011
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Mindgine Unveils First Social OS and Mini-computer To Power Cloud Networks Mindgine, a Chicago. IL.-based not for profit technology company is set to launch its Mindebian Micro and Mindebian X micro-computers that interface with a social cloud network, enabling users to take advantage of various open-source applications while saving significant amount of energy. Mindgine has created two versions of a plug computer that is environment friendly, provides unrestricted access to numerous applications and protects user’s privacy and security in the Cloud, the company said. It took two years of research before the company was able to unveil the new platform
Top 25 European Cloud Computing Rising Stars: Podio
by kiril on February 17, 2011
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Podio Provides Highly-Customizable Collaborative Web-Based Platform Anders Pollas and Jon Froda founded Podio in early 2009 with the idea to create a work platform that works like average customers do in their everyday job. Initially, the project was named Hoist, but entered the web space as Podio in August 2009. Actually, Podio offers a connected work platform boasting it is revolutionizing the way employees and professionals work and interact, and one cannot miss that its graphic design resembles the one of Facebook. Media experts and analysts called the new collaborative platform Facebook for professionals and enterprises that prefer to work
