Cloud Computing Stocks to Watch in 2012
(click the name for the company's website and the ticker symbol for price information)
| Company |
Symbol | Comments |
| Apple | Apple has several mostly independent initiatives that relate to cloud computing. MobileMe provides users with online storage and a means to synchronize multiple devices. iWork is a service that factilitiates online collaboration. Apple is clearly the leader in the area of client devices for the cloud. | |
| Amazon | AMZN | The company serves developer customers through Amazon Web Services, which provides access to technology infrastructure that developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. |
| Salesforce | CRM |
They provide enterprise cloud computing applications on its Force.com platform to customers and developers to build complementary applications; and AppExchange, an online directory for cloud applications, where customers could browse, test-drive, and deploy applications from salesforce.com |
| GOOG | Google just finalized cloud computing deals with the General Services Administration and the Department of Agriculture, respectively. These two agreements will allow all the employees of these two governmental agencies to use the clouds created by Google. With such new contracts, investors can expect to see the shares of google climb in the coming years. | |
| VMware | VMW | The company offers solutions that enable organizations to aggregate multiple servers, storage infrastructure, and networks together into shared pools of capacity. It provides products that address various infrastructure needs, such as planned and unplanned downtime management, system recoverability, backup and recovery, resource provisioning and management, capacity and performance management, and security. |
| F5 Networks | FFIV | F5 Networks, Inc. provides technology that optimizes the delivery of network based applications, as well as the security, performance, and availability of servers, data storage devices, and other network resources. |
| Oracle | ORCL | Oracle believes that enterprises will want to choose between using public cloud providers and building their own private clouds for internal use. A private cloud runs within the firewall of an enterprise and is for the exclusive use of that enterprise. Many enterprises will use both public and private clouds. Certain applications may run on-premise, while other applications may run in public clouds. Even Oracle, which has one of the largest private clouds, also runs some applications in public clouds. |
| Acme Packet | APKT | The market leader in the “session border controller” industry. A session border controller is hardware and software that allows real-time communications across different IP networks, whether the content is voice, video or plain old data. These networks might be wired, or they might be wireless. The biggest customers for this equipment are telecommunications companies, including Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia-Siemens. |
| BroadSoft | BSFT | BroadSoft sells software that helps telecommunications companies manage their networks and bill business and residential customers. The company counts more than 450 clients worldwide, including Verizon and Primus. As telecommunications companies transition their networks to Internet-based platforms and more companies turn to cloud computing, BroadSoft has attracted more business. |
Energy lab's move to Google apps allows flexibility, scalability
The Idaho National Laboratory is moving 5,000 employees to Google apps. The laboratory is using Unisys to run the transition and maintain operation.
"We at the Idaho National Laboratory are looking to move to what we call a high performance workplace," said Brent Stacey, chief information officer and information management director at the Idaho National Lab. He recently spoke to In Depth with Francis Rose about the progress of the transition.
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