There is nothing special about small companies or startups getting funding, other than the obvious vindication of the opportunities in cloud computing. In fact, such funding stories have been the focus of several articles here (See the latest one: Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 8). However, there’s something different, and in my opinion,… Read more ›
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February, 2012
CloudTweaks: What’s Special about the Joyent Funding Round?
Monday, February 27th, 2012Joyent Cloud Partners with enStratus to Deliver Comprehensive Cloud Management Capabilities for Security, Governance, and Resource Control
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012Alliance enables enterprise customers to use enStratus’ cloud automation and orchestration tools to manage Joyent Cloud architectures or as part of multi-cloud automation and management solutions San Francisco and Minneapolis, February 22, 2012— Joyent Cloud, the public compute cloud designed for real-time applications, and enStratus, the leading provider of cloud infrastructure automation and management solutions,… Read more ›
Joyent Cloud Partners With Amplify to Deliver Free Cloud Resources for Media and Gaming Startups
Thursday, February 16th, 2012Accelerator Program’s Portfolio Companies Receive High-Performance Cloud Computing Services to Power Innovative Real-Time Applications SAN FRANCISCO, CA and LOS ANGELES, CA–(February 16, 2012)– Joyent Cloud, the highest performance public cloud, and Amplify, a startup accelerator focused on supporting innovative media and entertainment Internet startups, have announced a partnership to supply free cloud computing resources and… Read more ›
Structure Research: Joyent raises $85m; building out footprint through partners, direct
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Summary: We had a chance to speak with Joyent about some of its latest developments. Details: Joyent recently raised an $85m funding round, with the majority investment provided by European group Weather Investment II. Weather Investment II is a strategic investor in telecommunications companies. Telefónica Digital also participated in the round. Telefónica Digital is a… Read more ›
InfoWorld: The rise of Node.js: JavaScript graduates to the server
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Although it is just three years old, Node.js is gaining traction as an application development platform, letting developers extend JavaScript beyond the browser and into servers. But questions remain about JavaScript’s appropriateness on servers and developers’ readiness to use it. Invented by Joyent developer Ryan Dahl, Node.js — or simply Node — is getting endorsements… Read more ›
