The world is constantly evolving, innovators are constantly making new developments yet costs are sky-rocketing for these innovations. The internet, however, is offering a less expensive but reliable virtual infrastructure for businesses. 2009 is a tough year for small and medium enterprises, owing to the world-wide economic fluctuations and threat of recession. That is why maximizing resources is the best way to still be on top of your business while spending less. One of the resources that would most likely be utilized is the cloud computing resource.
To be able to SMEs and ISVs, here is a list of the top 100 cloud computing companies offering various platforms and services included in SYS-CON’s list of active companies (listed alphabetically).
1. 3PAR
2. 3Tera
3. 10Gen
4. Agathon Group
5. Akamai
6. Amazon
7. Apache Hadoop
8. Appirio
9. Appistry
10. Appnexus
11. Apprenda
12. Aptana
13. AT&T
14. Bluewolf
15. Boomi
16. Box-Net
17. Cassatt
18. Cisco
19. Citrix
20. Cloud9 Analytics
21. Cloudera
22. Cloudscale
23. Cloudworks
24. Coghead
25. CohesiveFT
26. Cordys
27. Dataline
28. Dell
29. Desktoptwo
30. ElasticHosts
31. Elastra
32. EMC
33. Engine Yard
34. ENKI
35. Enomalism
36. EucalyptusSLA@SOI
37. FlexiScale
38. Fortress ITX
39. G.ho.st
40. GigaSpaces
41. Google
42. Heroku
43. Hosting.com
44. HP
45. Hyperic
46. IBM
47. iCloud
48. IMOD
49. Interoute
50. iTricity
51. Joyent
52. Kaavo
53. Keynote Systems
54. Layered Technologies
55. LongJump
56. Meeza
57. Microsoft
58. MorphExchange
59. Ning
60. Nirvanix
61. OpenNebula
62. OpSource
63. OTOY
64. Parallels
65. Parascale
66. Platform Computing
67. Q-layer
68. Qrimp
69. Quantivo
70. Quickbase
71. SalesForce.com
72. Rackspace
73. Reservoir
74. RightScale
75. Rollbase
76. rPath
77. ServePath/GoGrid
78. SIMtone
79. Skytap
80. SmugMug
81. SOASTA
82. StrikeIron Iron Cloud
83. Sun
84. Terremark
85. Virtual Workspaces
86. VMware
87. Yahoo!
With this list, businesses and entities will not have a difficulty searching for the company that would best fit their needs and budget. Cloud Computing is an industry that will continue to grow throughout year 2009.