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  • On Creating Another Silicon Valley, And Why Iceland Shouldn’t…

    June 17, 2014

    Business
    #StartupIceland, GreenQLoud, Iceland, London, McDonalds, New Zealand, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Valley
     

    I’ve just spent a week in Iceland meeting with startups and presenting to the Startup Iceland conference. The conference is the brainchild of Bala Kamallakharan, a one-time banker and now investor in the Icelandic technology scene. Kamallakharan saw the…

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  • GreenQloud Goes Hybrid – QStack Built On Top Of CloudStack

    February 25, 2014

    Business
    cloud computing, CloudStack, dropbox, GreenQLoud, Iceland, Open source, OpenStack, Scality
     

    I’m a big fan of Icelandic cloud vendor GreenQloud (more on them here) for a number of reasons – firstly they’ve managed to differentiate what they do without resorting to post-Snowden fear mongering. In GreenQloud’s case it’s all about…

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  • GreenQloud – Because PRISM isn’t the Only Way for Non US Clouds to Differentiate

    August 23, 2013

    Business
    amazon web services, Application programming interface, AWS, cloud computing, GreenQLoud, IOS, Netherlands, Paul Miller
     

    Since the news broke of PRISM and the other big Government spying programs, there has been an almost deafening number of non-US cloud vendors use the news as a justification for their product. The highly opportunistic marketing spin goes…

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  • GreenQloud Looks to Both Deepen and Broaden Service–Internationalization and QloudSync

    March 19, 2013

    Business
    cloud computing, Cloud storage, dropbox, GreenQLoud, Iceland, MegaUpload, Patriot Act, QloudSync
     

    One of the emergent tends I’m seeing with technology vendors is a move towards offering more long-tail solutions. As pure infrastructure becomes more and more commoditized, vendors are looking for ways to differentiate themselves, one of the most effective…

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  • GreenQloud and Xeround Launch Cloud Database on 100% Renewable Energy

    October 29, 2012

    Business
    AWS, cloud computing, Giza Venture Capital, GreenQLoud, Iceland, Information technology, Verne Global, Xeround
     

    A year or two ago a minor storm circled around the cloud community after a report was published questioning the environmental impacts of cloud computing. The report was pretty flawed – it omitted to take into account the generally…

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Papers

The Future of ERP – Moving at the Speed of Change

If we look back a generation, business tended to be static. While it is undeniable that innovation occurred, it tended to at a much slower pace. While Henry Ford’s manufacturing and distribution models certainly marked disruption for the horse and buggy industry, this was a change that took decades.

Channel Strategies for Success in the Cloud Age

Cloud Computing is perhaps one of the biggest shifts in the technology industry in a generation. Alongside the technology shifts involved in Cloud, there is also a significant change in the way technology will be supplied, implemented and delivered going forward. While this shift offers real benefits to consumers in terms of reduced costs and increased agility

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Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator. Ben covers the convergence of business and technology.

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