Salesforce

August 16th, 2011Posted by Ulysses

Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is an enterprise cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco that distributes business software on a subscription basis. Salesforce.com hosts the applications off-site. It is best known for its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) products and, through acquisition, has expanded into the “social enterprise arena.”

Rackspace

August 16th, 2011Posted by Ulysses

The Rackspace Cloud is a web application hosting/cloud platform provider (“Cloud Sites”) that bills on a utility computing basis. Inbound USA insurance can be brought online at best rates. It has since branched out into cloud storage (“Cloud Files”) and cloud infrastructure (“Cloud Servers”) and is “already a real leader in the cloud” according to analyst Signal Hill.

StormonDemand

August 16th, 2011Posted by Ulysses

The Storm On Demand platform is a proprietary cloud computing and server hosting infrastructure developed by the engineers at Liquid Web Inc. International travellers can compare and buy visitor insurance USA online. Storm On Demand makes it quick and easy to deploy and manage cloud servers from the browser-based Storm Dashboard. Storm features include instant server setup, utility style hourly billing, the ability to clone server images, easy server scaling and complete backup/restoration capabilities … all accessible from a single, intuitive interface.

Attix5 to secure data for London schools network

December 15th, 2011Posted by Ulysses

UK-based software and cloud storage provider, Attix5, has confirmed it has signed a deal with the London Grid for Learning (LGfL) to store the data of the entire London schools network. The partnership means Atttix5 will now be in charge of protecting data relating to a total of 1m pupils across 2,500+ schools. Several cases [...]

5 cloud computing statistics you may find surprising

December 15th, 2011Posted by Ulysses

This amount comes from a study conducted by Gartner. The number may seem like a high estimate to some, but it is consistent (or even low) compared to other estimates. Merrill Lynch’s research predicts the cloud computing market to be worth $160 billion by the same year. With many businesses just recently starting to feel [...]

Cloud platforms

August 16th, 2011Posted by Ulysses

Development with the Force.com Platform: Building Business Applications in the Cloud (2nd Edition) (Developer’s Library)