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 [...]

So, it seems that with all the innovations currently going on, cloud computing has reached maturity, as we revealed in Monday’s post. And yesterday, we noted how cloud computing can be used as a virtual storage facility, and it is currently being used as such by the music production industry. In day three of this [...]

Cloud computing: a term you’ve probably encountered a lot in recent years. If not, which cave have you been hiding in? As with many buzzwords, ‘cloud computing’ has been somewhat hijacked to mean pretty much anything that’s based ‘on the web’, which isn’t particularly helpful for those people that are truly harnessing the power of [...]

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 [...]

We’ve come a long way from computers that filled a large room and gave out the processing power of a peanut, all the way to smartphones and 8 core Mac Pro desktops that could probably send a rocket to Mars and back. It is with a sense of nostalgia and wonderment then, not to mention [...]

As the new year approaches, we look back on 2010 and ask: Who have been the stand out startups? About.me: About.me was bought out by Internet giant A.O.L, less than week after the year-old company went live. The site serves as a homepage for a person’s online profiles, which guarantees it a huge potential market. [...]

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 [...]

Marc Andreessen, techno star, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz talks to Stanford University about how companies can take advantage of cloud computing. He goes on to comment about and rate the latest cloud computing services available.

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.