Comments on: VCs Have Their Heads in the Clouds http://gigaom.com/2008/07/25/vcs-have-their-heads-in-the-clouds/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:08:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: RightScale Gets $13M To Manage the Cloud - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/07/25/vcs-have-their-heads-in-the-clouds/#comment-916924 RightScale Gets $13M To Manage the Cloud - GigaOM Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:23:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15088#comment-916924 [...] RightScale’s board of directors. The funding is another proof point that venture firms are still investing in cloud computing plays despite the downturn. RightScale, as well as its competitor Elastra, which raised money in August, [...] [...] RightScale’s board of directors. The funding is another proof point that venture firms are still investing in cloud computing plays despite the downturn. RightScale, as well as its competitor Elastra, which raised money in August, [...]

]]> By: Hyperic July Newsletter: OSCON and Beyond. | Blogging Hyperic http://gigaom.com/2008/07/25/vcs-have-their-heads-in-the-clouds/#comment-891658 Hyperic July Newsletter: OSCON and Beyond. | Blogging Hyperic Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:57:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15088#comment-891658 [...] Higginbotham writes about VC’s increasing interest in the cloud, mentioning Hyperic as an option for [...] [...] Higginbotham writes about VC’s increasing interest in the cloud, mentioning Hyperic as an option for [...]

]]> By: Do you remember software discs? — 03.01.76 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/25/vcs-have-their-heads-in-the-clouds/#comment-890785 Do you remember software discs? — 03.01.76 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:39:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15088#comment-890785 [...] OM had a thoughtful post the other day about VC’s moving their investments into The Cloud, ie services brought to you and me via the internet. It was interesting for the reason that it [...] [...] OM had a thoughtful post the other day about VC’s moving their investments into The Cloud, ie services brought to you and me via the internet. It was interesting for the reason that it [...]

]]> By: kalivd http://gigaom.com/2008/07/25/vcs-have-their-heads-in-the-clouds/#comment-890561 kalivd Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:31:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15088#comment-890561 Its a wise decision to be invested in this sector as it will grow exponentially within no time, although it already has grown vast and many users feel it is the easy and best way to have your data in the clouds which is well protected and secure. Sites like <a href='http://www.edeskonline.com/index_online_office.asp' rel="nofollow">eDeskOnline</a>, <a href='http://www.thinkfree.com' rel="nofollow">Thinkfree</a> offer most of the office applications online reducing the burden of carrying your data whereever you go into a hard drive or an USB for that purpose. Its a wise decision to be invested in this sector as it will grow exponentially within no time, although it already has grown vast and many users feel it is the easy and best way to have your data in the clouds which is well protected and secure. Sites like eDeskOnline, Thinkfree offer most of the office applications online reducing the burden of carrying your data whereever you go into a hard drive or an USB for that purpose.

]]> By: HyperLINKS July 25, 2008 | Blogging Hyperic http://gigaom.com/2008/07/25/vcs-have-their-heads-in-the-clouds/#comment-890547 HyperLINKS July 25, 2008 | Blogging Hyperic Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:12:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15088#comment-890547 [...] Higginbotham writes about VC’s increasing interest in the cloud, mentioning Hyperic as an option for [...] [...] Higginbotham writes about VC’s increasing interest in the cloud, mentioning Hyperic as an option for [...]

]]> By: friarminor http://gigaom.com/2008/07/25/vcs-have-their-heads-in-the-clouds/#comment-890520 friarminor Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:40:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15088#comment-890520 There's just a matter of right timing, I guess. It happens not just in the IT industry but more so in the entertainment fields like music and movies as trust and confidence in technologies mature (look at comics adaptation movies now - stories are more or less the same but innovations drive the visual spectre/drawings to moving pics). But it till doesn't prove that VC's have a nose for top innovations, at the very least, they just want to get a piece of the tasty pie. (And it just hurts that they can afford it and I can't.) Best. alain mor.ph There’s just a matter of right timing, I guess. It happens not just in the IT industry but more so in the entertainment fields like music and movies as trust and confidence in technologies mature (look at comics adaptation movies now – stories are more or less the same but innovations drive the visual spectre/drawings to moving pics).

But it till doesn’t prove that VC’s have a nose for top innovations, at the very least, they just want to get a piece of the tasty pie. (And it just hurts that they can afford it and I can’t.)

Best.
alain
mor.ph

]]> By: Derek Cheng http://gigaom.com/2008/07/25/vcs-have-their-heads-in-the-clouds/#comment-890494 Derek Cheng Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:45:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15088#comment-890494 When the concept for LongJump's platform-as-a-service came in the early 90s, our CEO and Founder Pankaj Malviya's idea was rejected by plenty of VCs who felt it wasn't going to fly. "No one would buy a platform," they said. But with some creative bootstrapping and a swell of interest, here we are, doing it without funding. VCs are just a means to an end. They're not always the golden gauge of success. When the concept for LongJump’s platform-as-a-service came in the early 90s, our CEO and Founder Pankaj Malviya’s idea was rejected by plenty of VCs who felt it wasn’t going to fly. “No one would buy a platform,” they said. But with some creative bootstrapping and a swell of interest, here we are, doing it without funding.

VCs are just a means to an end. They’re not always the golden gauge of success.

]]> By: Travis http://gigaom.com/2008/07/25/vcs-have-their-heads-in-the-clouds/#comment-890416 Travis Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:13:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15088#comment-890416 All the way back in '98 / '99, you could pay companies like Exodus to host your web apps (so you wouldn't have to buy your own servers or dedicated pipes). If you lived in the Bay Area, you couldn't drive two miles down 101 w/ out seeing at least 10 billboards with an ad slogan containing "five nines" in it. Exodus is out of business, while some hosting co's have thrived - but here are all these folks now proclaiming "cloud computing" as a brand new computing infrastructure phenomena. But isn't this precisely what the hosting co's have been doing for the last 10 years? The idea that this is a new phenomena in IT infrastructure is a strawman argument presented by PR people to make boring IT infrastructure sound sexy. If a cool company like Amazon hadn't just recently made forays into this arena, and if it didn't have some bong-hit induced name like "cloud computing" (that makes people feel intellectual when they write about it), the so called "news" around cloud computing would have been DOA two years ago, IMHO. "On Demand" >> "IT Automation" >> "Cloud Computing." The press has taken all of these marcomm-bation stimuli hook-and-sinker every single time. Just like Charlie Brown and Lucy - at some point you just gotta get wise to the gag, c'mon. All the way back in ‘98 / ‘99, you could pay companies like Exodus to host your web apps (so you wouldn’t have to buy your own servers or dedicated pipes). If you lived in the Bay Area, you couldn’t drive two miles down 101 w/ out seeing at least 10 billboards with an ad slogan containing “five nines” in it. Exodus is out of business, while some hosting co’s have thrived – but here are all these folks now proclaiming “cloud computing” as a brand new computing infrastructure phenomena. But isn’t this precisely what the hosting co’s have been doing for the last 10 years? The idea that this is a new phenomena in IT infrastructure is a strawman argument presented by PR people to make boring IT infrastructure sound sexy. If a cool company like Amazon hadn’t just recently made forays into this arena, and if it didn’t have some bong-hit induced name like “cloud computing” (that makes people feel intellectual when they write about it), the so called “news” around cloud computing would have been DOA two years ago, IMHO. “On Demand” >> “IT Automation” >> “Cloud Computing.” The press has taken all of these marcomm-bation stimuli hook-and-sinker every single time. Just like Charlie Brown and Lucy – at some point you just gotta get wise to the gag, c’mon.

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