It’s been a busy week in the music industry – here’s what caught our attention. Facebook’s expansion into music has stimulated all kinds of exciting startups since the f8 introduction of the Open Graph. 3rd party developers can display users’ activities on their Facebook pages, and on the real-time Ticker. So, users see what songs [...]

Last month Business Insider produced a piece called  ‘no more like this or we’ll scream’ which talked about the categories of startup which are now so saturated that there’s no point in trying to penetrate them. We probably recognise these ourselves – “not another photo sharing service”, more “very similar to what I saw yesterday daily [...]

This week is Dreamforce week in San Francisco. It’s probably an insult to call it a user event: although targeted at users of Salesforce it’s become an industry highlight,  one of those where tech press will wait for the big news in the Cloud and beyond. Although by no means can we think of Salesforce [...]

Last night, I attended an event at TechHub, an East London hub dedicated to supporting the start-up community in London.  The event, Publishing for Tablets and Monetizing Content – How to Marry the Two?, brought up some interesting issues regarding the digitization of content.  If you’re creating a game, how do you price it?  Where [...]

On Monday we pondered whether cloud computing has reached maturity yet…or whether it’s still a fledgling technology. We arrived at the conclusion that because cloud computing is seeing such great innovations, that it most certainly has reached a mature stage in its life. Coupled with the fact that a digital dalai lama such as Google [...]

You know a niche has made it in to the mainstream when an awards show is set up in its honour. Well, Cloud Computing has gone one step better with two big events, both in the same venue in London this June… Olympia in London, plays host to the Cloud Computing World Forum this June [...]

Cloud computing – great for I.T boffins and businesses, but what about creative types? Well if you’re into music, read on… Earlier this week, Amazon launched a new cloud-based service called the ‘Cloud Drive,’ accompanied by a media player called ‘Cloud Player.’ The two offerings combined, give the user the chance to store, upload, listen and download [...]

We have long argued the point that the Cloud is a vital innovation in computing, and Cirtas have certainly done a good job of convincing investors the same thing… “The cloud opportunity is huge and cloud spending, as part of the overall IT budget, is expected to continue to grow worldwide,” said Ravi Mohan, managing director [...]

Were you forever being told as a child to ‘get your head out of the clouds’? You may well have just been preparing for your startup… Cloud computing is a relatively new development. It was seen as crazy a few years ago to set up a business based around this type of computing. The cloud [...]

Thanks to Cloud computing and Web 2.0 start-ups can now afford to have some of the most advanced IT systems around. You can rent servers, bandwidth, CPU, support and any kind of maintenance. You can run all manner of software either on a hosted platform or in a SaaS environment. Google and Microsoft are battling [...]

Rob Kurver, serial entrepreneur at Innovatrs, explains how he entered into the world of Cloud Computing. He co-founded Voipro in 2005, a hosted voice (SaaS telco) leader in the Netherlands, currently expanding to other countries. Rob is also a creator of websites, interactive magazines and communities for the iPad generation.

Cloud computing has become one of the most talked about opportunities for start-up’s and small businesses. Today millions of SME’s use cloud computing to radically reduce their cost of IT, Web sites and social media marketing.

Ron Conway, the iconic Silicon Valley investor, predicts how Cloud Computing will change the way technology is designed and delivered. It was filmed 18 months ago. Looks like he was right. Cloud Computing is disrupting traditional software and infrastructure models – for the better.