The new year has brought even greater attention to the rapidly growing Cloud Computing market, and plenty of new activity for THINKstrategies and the Cloud Computing Showplace.

The new Showplace has added 45 new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) company listings in the past 30 days.

This brings the total number of companies listed on the Showplace to nearly 1650, offering thousands of on-demand solutions divided into over 90 Application, Industry, Service and Technology categories.

Showplace visitors can keep track of the latest Cloud vendors to add their company information to the Showplace by quickly checking the marked box on the homepage, below the sponsor logo-roll, which lists the ten most recent companies added to the online directory, along with a real-time tally of the total number of companies in the Showplace. We have also added more links to the latest news, views and events.

The Cloud Computing Showplace is also quickly gaining industry recognition, as you'll see below. It is also gratifying to have been named of one of the "Five Cloud Computing Channel Experts to Track" by Talkin' Cloud. 

We are also pleased to continue to highlight and promote specific Cloud Computing companies that are delivering measurable business benefits to their users through our ongoing Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) and Cloud Computing Business Value (CCBV) Award programs.

In addition, I have been busy consulting with various vendors and corporate decision-makers about how they can capitalize on the business benefits of today's rapidly evolving Cloud Computing phenomenon.

In these and other ways, THINKstrategies is continuing to fulfill its mission of advising and educating corporate decision-makers, solution providers, investors, press and others about the business implications of this unprecedented trend. We are pleased that over 13,500 people subscribe to this newsletter and many others follow THINKstrategies via Twitter and our blog.

In addition to providing our latest industry perspectives in this newsletter, we also want to bring your attention to upcoming events and various industry resources which you may find valuable. A summary of these is also included in this newsletter below.

I also want to thank our Showplace sponsors listed in the left column of this newsletter for their financial support. Please take a moment to visit their sites and learn more about their solutions. Contact me if you'd like to become a Showplace sponsor and gain industry recognition through our services.

I hope you like the new Cloud Showplace and find this newsletter useful. You can also keep abreast of the latest Cloud news and views generated via Twitter by subscribing to THINKstrategies' SaaS/Cloud Daily update, powered by Paper.li.

As always, I welcome your suggestions regarding ways we can continue to improve the Showplace and serve your needs. 

Also, contact me if you'd like to learn more about how your organization can leverage Showplace sponsorship opportunities or THINKstrategies' other services to capitalize on the Cloud.

Thanks for your continued support.

Best regards,

Jeff Kaplan

Managing Director

THINKstrategies, Inc.

Cloud Computing Showplace 

Twitter:@thinkstrategies

Even as the Cloud Computing movement winning nearly universal agreement that these 'on-demand' alternatives can quckly deliver measurable business benefits to organizations of all sizes, lingering conflicts within traditional data center organizations are still getting in the way of broader adoption.

THINKstrategies believes the success of today's leading Cloud solutions and vendors has been driven by their focus on the end-user.

Yet, for years IT infrastructure and software architecture professionals have been at odds about how to properly design and deploy business solutions to meet the needs of their corporate end-users and executives.

The varying views of these two groups continues to be illustrated by the dichotomy of attendees at various industry events. Click here to read our views about the implications of this pattern and how it can be rectified. 

Contact us if you'd like to learn how THINKstrategies' services can help your organization overcome these isses and properly target your Cloud initiatives.

THINKstrategies continues to recognize SaaS, PaaS and IaaS providers that are delivering measurable business benefits to their customers through our Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) and Cloud Computing Business Value (CCBV) Award programs.

Read about our most recent BoSS Award winners - FastPassCorp and Pardot.

Click here to read more about the award programs, other winners and the rules for applying and winning a BoSS or CCBV Award. 

THINKstrategies is participating in and supporting a broad series of industry and corporate events focused on the business implications of the SaaS, Cloud Computing, and Managed Services markets.

This Thursday at 11am PST/2pm EST, Cloud Showplace sponsor Actuate is hosting a webinar which will examine how Taleo embedded Actuate BIRT to deliver interactive talent intelligence to 4,000 users.

Here are some of the upcoming industry events:

• SoftLetter's SaaS University, April 26-28, Denver, CO. (Friends of the Cloud Showplace and THINKstrategies can save $150 on the registration fee by using the discount code, THINKstrategies 150.)
• Under the Radar, April 28, Mountain View, CA.
• Telecom Cloud Services Summit, May 9-11, Scandic Hotel Potsdamer Platz, Berlin.
• "All About the Cloud", SIIA Conference, May 24-26, 2011, San Francisco, CA

Contact us if you'd like to learn how your organization can include THINKstrategies' perspective or gain the benefit of our promotional support for your upcoming event.