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
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Top 25 European Cloud Computing Rising Stars: Mvine
by kiril on March 2, 2011
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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
Top 25 European Cloud Computing Rising Stars: Tradeshift
by kiril on January 20, 2011
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Tradeshift Challenges Traditional Invoicing Platforms with Cloud-based, Social Network-like Solution Three Danish e-business enthusiasts and former e-business pioneers working in the European Union and Danish government went on to establish the cloud start-up Tradeshift in 2009. The three were frustrated by expensive or inefficient invoicing solutions and lack of technological advancement in this field. “Back then we asked simple questions like, why are the smallest businesses paying the most to send electronic business documents? Why do it cost them EUR 1-5 to send an electronic invoice? When you can get an ADSL connection and send 10.000 emails a month if
Crunchie Awards Finalists – Best New Cloud Start Ups
by cloudtweaks on January 7, 2011
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Best New Cloud Start Ups The Annual Crunchie awards is hosted and put together by TechCrunch, GigaOm, and VentureBeat. Listed are the finalists in each category Best Internet Application ChartBeat Greplin Pandora Rdio Ujam Best Social App Cityville Dailybooth Foursquare GroupMe Twitter Best Social Commerce App Blippy Groupon Jetsetter LivingSocial One King’s Lane ShopKick Best Mobile App Bump Chomp Google Mobile Maps for Android Hashable Instagram Best Location Based Service Facebook Places Foursquare Gowalla SimpleGeo Uber Best New Device Boxee Box Google Chrome Notebook iPad iPhone 4 Kno Xbox Kinect Best Technology Achievement Blekko Google Self-driving cars Hunch Palantir Qwiki
Palo Alto Networks Named ‘Best Solution’ for 2010 by the Government Technology Research Alliance
by cloudtweaks on December 10, 2010
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Palo Alto Networks Named “Best Solution” for 2010 By the Government Technology Research Alliance Palo Alto Networks recognized for excellence by government technology sector SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 10, 2010 – Palo Alto Networks™, the network security company, has earned the prestigious “Best Solution” award from the Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) during its 2010 annual security council. The GTRA, comprised of more than 100 executive-level government technology leaders, establishes a collaborative platform and government-wide dialogue around critical technology initiatives such as cloud computing, virtualization, security, enterprise architecture, project management, health IT, green IT and leadership. “We are very honored by
Salesforce.com Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Heroku
by cloudtweaks on December 8, 2010
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Heroku is the leading Ruby application platform-as-a-service, powering more than 105,000 next-generation social and mobile cloud applications SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the enterprise cloud computing (http://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/) company, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Heroku, the fastest growing cloud application platform for writing Ruby-based applications, for approximately $212 million in cash, net of cash acquired. The transaction is expected to be completed in salesforce.com’s fiscal fourth quarter ending Jan. 31, 2011, subject to customary closing conditions. Comments on the News “The next era of cloud computing is social, mobile and
GigaSpaces’ and Yazino’s Visionary Technology Take Social Gaming to the Next Level
by cloudtweaks on December 7, 2010
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GigaSpaces’ and Yazino’s Visionary Technology Take Social Gaming to the Next Level GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform supports Yazino’s proprietary technology with high-throughput and high performance on a Cloud-Data Center Hybrid Infrastructure. New York & London, December 7, 2010 – GigaSpaces Technologies, a leading provider of a new generation of application platforms for Java and .Net environments, has provided Yazino, a massively multiplayer online casino, the application infrastructure used to build the first cloud-based, social casino platform. Yazino is using GigaSpaces’ eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) to scale on demand while reducing costs and speeding time to market. “As a social gaming
