2011 – the year Ireland became ‘home of the cloud’

Explore siliconrepublic.com (Dec 22 2011) Cloud Computing

...at Greenhills Industrial Estate in Dublin 24 to expand its cloud footprint in Europe. In September, Google revealed it will invest €75m in a new data centre that will generate 30 full-time and 200 construct......o managing director, SOSventures founder and new RTÉ 'Dragon' Sean O'Sullivan was recognised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Technology Review as being the co-creator - along with George Favaloro - of the term 'cloud ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Europe   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Microsoft, Skype Opens Vast New Market in Telecom

Explore The New York Times (May 10 2011)

... smartphone software. Skype could help it better compete with the new giants of technology, like Google and Apple. “Skype has been a forerunner, and this deal is Microsoft trying to become relevant in th...... emerging market,” said Howard Anderson, a senior lecturer at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The merger with Skype, if successful, could give Microsoft a leading consumer Internet service — s... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   The New York Times   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Icelandic startup aims to deliver first green computing cloud

Explore greenbang.com (May 25 2010) Power and Cooling , Emissions , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

... though, Greenqloud has garnered some significant laurels. It was named a second runner-up in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 2010 global elevator pitch competition, selected as one of Iceland’s five hottest startups by th......, there are no truly green cloud computing service providers today. While the world’s data giants — Google, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo! — have successfully worked to make their existing servers highly ene... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Iceland   Europe