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Interview with Simon Anderson, DreamHost

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Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage.

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Opening The Cloud: Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems

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In addition to heading up Eucalyptus, Marten is also on the Board of fellow-cloud company, RightScale. To the casual observer, it may appear that Eucalyptus and RightScale’s respective solutions are competitive. Like most rapidly growing tech sectors, cloud computing has experienced its share of hype and hyperbole.

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The Coming Brick Wall in Venture Capital & Why This is Good for US Innovation

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Or the Cliff Note’s version: Open Source & Cloud Computing (led by Amazon) drove down tech startup costs by 90%. With more competition in early-stage many VCs are investing smaller amounts at earlier stages. The series started here if you want to read from the start.

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Explaining FNAC: Feature, Not a Company

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We spoke about my interest in cloud computing, digital media and mobile. Yes, the competition going forward will be strong. A few months ago I did a short interview with Dan Frommer who was then at Business Insider (and has since started SplatF , which is well written and worth your reading). It’s about 10 minutes long.

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Cloud Leaders Shrug at IBM’s $34B Red Hat Deal

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IBM’s planned $34 billion deal to acquire open-source software maker Red Hat is a hefty price to pay to give its cloud computing business a shot in the arm.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. The biggest change in the software industry beyond open-source was “open cloud.&#. I find this strange. And maddening.

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