If you want to measure how fast the clouds are moving in tech industry – yes despite all the scary stories about economy – then check this interview of Ron Conway. Ron is a uber angel investor in Silicon Valley and has perfected the art of riding a new trend.

What makes cloud computing really explosive is old cliche – it’s an idea whose time has come! Many trends are converging – Cheap bandwidth, low power consumption requirement, emerging market needs, rapidly maturing computing stack, telecoms hungry for data based revenue …

I am struggling to understand the definition of cloud computing – in the context of IT budget allocation. How is industry going to classify something as falling under cloud computing budget? In many companies I work with there is no Chief Cloud Officer operating with allocated budget.
With data center, we know there is an infrastructure cost component and staffing (along with well defined roles) which goes with it. Similarly on the application side, we have line of businesses and strategic initiatives.
Question is who is going to the primary driver for …

Platform-as-a-service startup, 10gen, has scored their Series A investment from Union Square Ventures. Backed by proven management team, DoubleClick ex-CEO is one of the founder, company plans to take on Google App Engine and Amazon cloud computing offerings.
From their press release:
10gen (http://www.10gen.com/), creator of a new Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) technology that helps developers more quickly and easily build dynamic, scalable Web sites and applications, today announced $1.5 million in Series A financing from Union Square Ventures. The cloud computing company, founded earlier this year by DoubleClick veterans Kevin Ryan, …