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

Explore siliconrepublic.com (Dec 22 2011) Cloud Computing

...st 22 legacy data centres, not to mention new ones, such as the $1bn data centre built last year by Microsoft in its third investment in Dublin in 18 months and European data centre giant Interxion, which is p......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 ... (Read Full Article)

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For Microsoft, Skype Opens Vast New Market in Telecom

Explore The New York Times (May 10 2011)

... 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 — something it has lacked — and help lift its other businesses,... (Read Full Article)

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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......ruly 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 energy efficient, thos... (Read Full Article)

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