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Xeround, and a tale of evolving business models

Xeround, and a tale of evolving business models

By Paul Miller on May 3, 2013

Cloud database company Xeround announced that they’re shutting down the version of their service hosted in public clouds such as Amazon, Rackspace, GreenQloud, and others. Users of the free service have until 8 May to move elsewhere, whilst paying customers have until 15 May. The company describes this as an attempt to “re-focus,” with the […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Open Source, Platforms | Tagged amazon, business model, cloud computing, cloud database, database, Enterprise Computing, freemium, greenqloud, mysql, rackspace, saas, software as a service, xeround

GreenQloud and Xeround Launch Cloud Database on 100% Renewable Energy

GreenQloud and Xeround Launch Cloud Database on 100% Renewable Energy

By Ben Kepes on October 29, 2012

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 lower per-unit impact of cloud as opposed to traditional IT, but that didn’t stop some hand […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged aws, cloud computing, Giza Venture Capital, greenqloud, Iceland, Information Technology, verne global, xeround

Crunching the numbers in search of a greener cloud

Crunching the numbers in search of a greener cloud

By Paul Miller on July 17, 2012

Although sometimes portrayed as a big computer in the sky, the reality of cloud computing is far more mundane. Clouds run on physical hardware, located in data centres, connected to one another and to their customers via high speed networks. All of that hardware must be powered and cooled, and all of those offices must […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged aws, big data, bruce durling, carbon footprint, cloud computing, cloudcamp, data center, Energy Information Administration, follow the moon, follow the sun, francine bennett, green computing, green energy, Greenpeace, greenqloud, hadoop, iaas, International Energy Agency, mastodon c, mastodonc | 1 Response

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