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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 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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