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SYS-CON Announces Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Awards

The results are in!
By Cloud News Desk
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July 1, 2009 12:15 PM EDT
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With the advent of Cloud Computing, the cost of computation, application hosting and content storage and delivery is plunging fast by several orders of magnitude. Behind all the buzzwords, a basic shift is occurring - the wholesale outsourcing of core business applications. This is why many analysts and industry-watchers believe that Cloud Computing is changing not just the technology landscape but also the entire nature of the business models that underpin successful software and hardware companies.
SYS-CON Events offered all delegates at the 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo 2009 East in New York, NY, the opportunity to cast their vote for their favorite cloud computing technology provider in six highly competitive categories. The results have been announced, and they are as follows:

Best Overall Cloud Product
Winner: ParaScale Cloud Storage Software - Parascale
Runner-up: RightScale Cloud Management Platform - RightScale

Best Cloud Platform
Winner: ParaScale Cloud Storage Software - Parascale
Runner-up: Sun Cloud - Sun Microsystems

Best Cloud Storage Solution
Winner: ParaScale Cloud Storage Software - Parascale
Runner-up: EMC Atmos - EMC

Best Cloud Management Solution
Winner: RightScale Cloud Management Platform - RightScale
Runner-up: Service Management Center for Cloud Computing - IBM

Best Enterprise Solution
Winner: ParaScale Cloud Storage Software - Parascale
Runner-up: AppLogic - 3Tera

Best Cloud Application
Winner: A+ Billing Platform, Version 5.0 - Aria Systems
Runner-up: ExactTarget Embedded - ExactTarget

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