Benefits From Cloud Computing “God must love the common man, he made so many of them.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), legendary American President. Three months back I had written an article on the benefits of cloud computing to various stakeholders, such as the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the IT manager, the system designer, the environmentalist and the end consumer, or in other words, the common man (and woman) referred to by President Lincoln above (See: How Cloud Computing Affects Real People). Today, I will elaborate more on the last stakeholder – the end consumer. Most
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How The End Consumer Benefits From Cloud Computing
by sourya on May 18, 2011
in Amazon, Apps, Backups, Cloud Computing, Computing, Gaming, Google TV, Movies, Music, Startups, Storage
VMware Acquires Cloud-based Presentation Provider SlideRocket
by sourya on April 28, 2011
in Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Host, Press Release, SaaS, Startups, Stocks, Technology, Venture Capital
VMware Acquires Cloud-based Presentation Provider SlideRocket Palo Alto-based cloud computing company VMware has announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based SlideRocket for an undisclosed sum. While the former focuses on virtualization and cloud infrastructure, the latter is a cloud-based online presentation application that produces slideshows and is used by over 20,000 customers and 300,000 users. Considering that presentation software is second only to email as the most widely used business software, this acquisition can considerably expand and enhance VMware’s portfolio. The benefits of using a cloud-based product like SlideRocket’s eponymous product were outlined in a blog posted by VMware CTO and
