Mobile cloud computing is gaining stream. According to the latest study from Juniper Research, the number of mobile cloud computing subscribers is expected to grow rapidly in the next five years. Cloud-based mobile market will generate annual revenue of $9.5 billion in 2014 from $400 million in 2009, at an average annual increase of 88%….
The new era of the cloud—together with the expected explosion in connected devices and the dynamic applications optimized for them—information can be continuously fed to cloud-enabled “big data” and analytic engines, opening up the promise that all of marketing could migrate to a true real-time Internet marketing model. In an ever-increasing extent, every company must…
Intel Corporation’s venture capital arm, Intel Capital, announced recently their new ventures in 4 new companies whose focal point is cloud computing and more advanced mobile phone technology. This new undertaking will entail an additional investment of $24.5 million from the company bringing their total investments for the last 20 years up to $10 billion…
Cloud Marketing is where traditional marketing meets Software as a Service. As a concept, it involves the migration of all marketing assets into the Cloud. Such migration allows all parties involved to access material as well as create, modify and share. Marketing activities are based on various platforms which are maintained by third parties. Through…
30 Startup companies from around the world to publicly launch with presentations to Silicon Valley’s Most Influential VC and Angel Investors The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) today announced the companies invited to launch their companies and new products at Launch: Silicon Valley 2011. The event, to be held June 7 beginning at…
LinkedIn (LNKD: NYSE) and its investors are selling $352.8 million worth of stock in its IPO, marking the Facebook-for-work as the biggest U.S. Internet IPO since Google. According to data provider Capital IQ, the amount of money LinkedIn is raising makes it the fifth-biggest-ever U.S. IPO in the Internet software and services sector. Just for…
The media-sharing application Color was launched amidst much hype – and criticism – at the end of March. Color allows users to make and share photos, videos and commentary, and stores the content in the cloud. This content is considered “public” and instantly shared with anyone also using Color in the user’s immediate vicinity, as…
On Tuesday Salesforce.com acquired Manymoon, a company co-founded in 2008 by Amit Kulkarni and Manav Mongawhich and makes social productivity apps built on Google Apps, LinkedIn and the Google Chrome Web Store. According to Manymoon, more than 50,000 businesses have adopted the tool. Manymoon said in a blog post, its work activity tracking software will…
While social media and social networking have changed the way people connect and communicate with each other, the implications for businesses of all sizes are also significant. The “social consumer” is in the spotlight and shares his customer experience and opinions on a massive scale with other consumers – worldwide. This has a ground-breaking effect…
With the recent completed acquisition of Dimdim, announced Thursday Jan 6, salesforce aims to bring real-time messaging and collaboration tools to its Facebook-style enterprise collaboration service Chatter. Founded in 2007, Dimdim provides its users with a cheap alternative for setting up online and remote meetings. That includes real-time messaging, screen sharing and other additional services….