At VMworld today, VMware has announced that it has acquired two enterprise companies today–IT performance analytics company Integrien and TriCipher, an authentication system for cloud hosted SaaS applications. Both acquisitions are expected to close in the third quarter of 2010. Financial details of the transactions were not disclosed.
TriCipher’s myOneLogin is an on-demand identity and access [...]
Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin
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As more enterprises and SMBs flock to the cloud, the need for cost-effective management platforms has increased. Cloud management startup Skydera is launching today as a centralized platform to manage multiple cloud environments. Incubated in the Founder Institute, Skydera is a platform to manage servers, deploy applications, control user access, track usage and centralize billing. [...]
Posted on July 21st, 2010 by admin
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Mark Angelino, formerly vice president at IBM and President at Sprint, was responsible for the adoption of Salesforce’s sales, call center and platform services in North America from May 2009 until last month.
As you can tell from the screenshot above, he left Salesforce.com in June to become Senior Vice President at another company, but [...]
Posted on July 20th, 2010 by admin
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Backupify, a startup that provides online backup, archiving and export services for cloud-based social media and SaaS data, is rolling out its application for Google Apps. This will allow any Google Apps users to backup all data stored in their Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Contact and Sites accounts.
Designed for SMBs using Google Apps, Backupify uses [...]
Posted on July 17th, 2010 by admin
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Long before he was part of the powerful investing duo behind venture fund Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz was a co-founder and CEO of Opsware (previously known as Loudcloud) a pioneer for cloud computing companies (Opsware was eventually sold to HP in 2007 for $1.6 billion). He’s considered an expert in the cloud so his [...]
Posted on July 17th, 2010 by admin
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Cloud infrastructure company Joyent has acquired Vancouver-based Layerboom Systems, a startup that provides a software to hosting companies that allows them to build and sell virtual private server clouds. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
According to a release, the acquisition will allow Joyent to offer expanded cloud infrastructure services to customers by adding [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2010 by admin
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Cloud Platform startup Morphlabs has raised $5.5 million in Series B funding led by Global Gateway Investment Group with Frontera Group, CSK Venture Capital, and AO Capital Partners participating. This brings the company’s total funding to $7 million.
Morph Labs offers a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that virtualizes the application environment through the use [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2010 by admin
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Long before he was part of the powerful investing duo behind venture fund Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz was a co-founder and CEO of Opsware (previously known as Loudcloud) a pioneer for cloud computing companies (Opsware was eventually sold to HP in 2007 for $1.6 billion). He’s considered an expert in the cloud so his [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2010 by admin
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3Crowd, a startup that provides management tools for cloud-based services, is announcing the public availability of its platform, CrowdDirector.
Founded by BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, 3Crowd’s management tools give enterprises greater controls over content delivery and other cloud services, enabling them to use multiple services at once.
CrowdDirector serves as a content load balancer on [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2010 by admin
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If you’re looking to build a website or webapp for your business, there are plenty of options to get started. First, there’s a variety of fully hosted solutions like WordPress.com, which take away the headaches of managing software and server configurations at the cost of reduced flexibility. Another popular option is to get [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2010 by admin
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