Top 20 Cloud Services Providers That Are Gaining Mind Share

Utilizer
Appirio named #2 of top 20 Cloud Services Providers gaining mind share.

A Window Into Microsoft's Conundrum

Forbes.com
Then there's Azure, the ambitious project to create a new platform for customers to outsource critical computing functions to Microsoft data centers (“the Internet cloud”). The system, of course, competes with traditional products like Windows and Microsoft's software for big corporate servers, which companies run themselves. "There is going to be conflict" between the old and new products, says Narinder Singh, chief marketing officer for Silicon Valley startup Appirio, which helps companies implement cloud computing. Microsoft is also playing catch-up to cloud providers like Google and Amazon.com.

Google Wave Add-On Is The Start Of A Tsunami

BNET
And what exactly does that mean? It means that people will find themselves doing more of everything online, which is exactly what Google wants. Its business model isn’t, as it is for many of the cloud system integrators like Appirio or LTech, to sell applications.