This year is shaping up to be the year of the cloud, as cloud innovators emerged this year with a number of new products and services, while investors showed their support by investing in these new improvements to cloud computing. From refinements to IaaS models to an even better focus on interactivity, these cloud startups…

The cloud service marketplace and management platform, AppDirect, announced today the launch of the AppDirect Marketplace Manager. Since launching its first marketplace in late 2010, AppDirect has experienced record growth in customer reach, and has added high-profile apps such as New Relic, SendGrid and Google Apps to its syndication network. AppDirect’s new Marketplace Manager provides the tools…