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  • Cloud Computing Realities from a VC and IT Expert at TiE Charter Member Meeting

    Cloud Computing Realities from a VC and IT Expert at TiE Charter Member Meeting

    Introduction: While there has been a tremendous amount of articles, whitepapers and other information written on cloud computing, most of it is from IT vendors or market research firms.  In a Viodi View article last year, we reported that IDC said “the Cloud platform would be in a power position for the next 20 years…

  • TiE Angels Update: 4 Companies Funded; 3 Companies Present Value Propositions at January 2011 Meeting

    We have previously written about the significance of TiE Angels in light of the many start-ups today that are under the radar of the larger VC firms. (Early Stage Startups Get Wings from TiE Angels). TiE Angels was formed in the summer of 2010 as a platform for angel investors to work together to evaluate,…

  • Mobile Market Growth to Stimulate Mobile Cloud Services

    Mobile Market Growth to Stimulate Mobile Cloud Services

    Infonetics Research: Mobile Services Revenue to reach $870 billion in 2014 Infonetics Research recently updated its report on Mobile Services and Subscribers: Voice, SMS/MMS, and Broadband, based on revenue reported for the first half of 2010 (1H10). This update resulted in increased short- and long-term revenue forecasts by the company. Infonetics: Mobile Services Market Highlights…

  • What Should Cloud Computing Users and Providers consider for SLAs?

    At several 2010 Cloud Computing conferences, cloud users asked speakers/ panelists for a reference contract, SLA checklist or other parameters they should be negotiating with cloud service providers. No one could  provide a comprehensive answer or list.  Here's the opinion of ITU Focus Group on Cloud Computing SLAs: Service Users There are a number of…

  • Web Start-up Bubble leaves Internet Infrastructure in the dust

    This Saturday's Wall Street Journal article, Investors Get in a Lather Over Tech, implied there might be a bubble in privately-held tech start-ups.  Reading between the lines, I observed that the companies attracting the funding were actually web software companies, rather than Internet infrastructure of any sort  I believe that the bulk of private tech investments is going into start…

  • Will 2011 Be the Year of Fiber to the Building?

    Background: Stimulated by predictions of exponential Internet traffic growth and advances in DWDM/ fiber optic technology, the dot com and telecom bubble years of 1998-2001 were marked by waves of optical network start-up companies that were very well funded by VCs and Angel Investors. Many of those companies were focused on Metro Optical network access,…