LINKOPING, Sweden--(PRIME NEWSWIRE)-- Feb. 20, 2008
Xcerion AB, the
innovator of the worlds leading "Cloud OS" service, today announced
that its official launch name is icloud.
Daniel Arthursson, CEO of Xcerion, said, "We feel proud to announce the
icloud brand for our 'Cloud OS'. icloud represents our social, open,
connected and always reachable service for consumers. The developer
beta, launched in Q3 2007, is currently available to many tens of
thousands of users from 165 countries."
"I believe that cloud computing ultimately will change how people
approach computers and what is actually considered a computer. icloud
as a Cloud OS has the potential to allow users, both at business and
home, to have a simpler and more effective way of interacting with
applications and storing data," said Lou Perazzoli, one of the original
architects of Microsoft Windows NT, former General Manager of the
Microsoft Core OS group and an early Xcerion investor.
Terry Drayton, an early Xcerion investor and advisory board member,
Founder of Ramp Technology Group and Founder of HomeGrocer.com, said,
"The technology powering icloud is amazing and it could really be a
paradigm-changing software, it could change the way applications are
developed in much the way that Java did."
Applications available in the developer beta include; Presentation,
Instant Messaging, Browser, Calendar, Balanced Scorecard, Money
Manager, RSS, MediaPlayer, Community, Calculator and File Storage with
online sharing and collaboration.
The goal is to develop and launch one application per month. icloud
will have over 50 of the worlds most used applications online before
the end of 2009 (applications developed by external developers and
third parties not counted). "We have the resources and the rapid
development tools of icloud to really make this possible," said Daniel
Arthursson.
icloud enables any current online application or web site to run on it.
Developers may stand on the shoulders of others - all application
source code is viewable - the source that triggered the expansion of
the web. With our new slogan - "Join us in the Cloud - icloud" - we
would like to invite everybody to play a part in the world's first
social OS.
About Xcerion and icloud
Founded in 2001 by Daniel Arthursson, Xcerion AB provides the worlds
leading "Cloud OS" as a Web 2.0 service.
The icloud service includes a complete OS, productivity tools and
applications needed for everyday computing. The technology powering
icloud is built on seven years of R&D.
Xcerion is based in Linkoping, Sweden. The key management team
includes, Daniel Arthursson, CEO, Jonas Thornholm, CFO and Marcus
Bristav, CTO. Xcerion is privately held and venture funded by Northzone
Ventures, Scandinavia's leading Venture Capital firm with US $450
million under management. Other investors include; Lou Perazzoli, one
of the original architects of Microsoft Windows NT and former General
Manager of the Microsoft Core OS group, John Connors a partner at
Ignition Partners LLC, and former CFO and CIO of Microsoft and Terry
Drayton, the founder and former CEO of HomeGrocer.com. Visit
http://icloud.com
CONTACT: Xcerion AB
Jonas Thornholm
+46 709-991680
pr@xcerion.com
Xcerion AB, the
innovator of the worlds leading "Cloud OS" service, today announced
that its official launch name is icloud.
Daniel Arthursson, CEO of Xcerion, said, "We feel proud to announce the
icloud brand for our 'Cloud OS'. icloud represents our social, open,
connected and always reachable service for consumers. The developer
beta, launched in Q3 2007, is currently available to many tens of
thousands of users from 165 countries."
"I believe that cloud computing ultimately will change how people
approach computers and what is actually considered a computer. icloud
as a Cloud OS has the potential to allow users, both at business and
home, to have a simpler and more effective way of interacting with
applications and storing data," said Lou Perazzoli, one of the original
architects of Microsoft Windows NT, former General Manager of the
Microsoft Core OS group and an early Xcerion investor.
Terry Drayton, an early Xcerion investor and advisory board member,
Founder of Ramp Technology Group and Founder of HomeGrocer.com, said,
"The technology powering icloud is amazing and it could really be a
paradigm-changing software, it could change the way applications are
developed in much the way that Java did."
Applications available in the developer beta include; Presentation,
Instant Messaging, Browser, Calendar, Balanced Scorecard, Money
Manager, RSS, MediaPlayer, Community, Calculator and File Storage with
online sharing and collaboration.
The goal is to develop and launch one application per month. icloud
will have over 50 of the worlds most used applications online before
the end of 2009 (applications developed by external developers and
third parties not counted). "We have the resources and the rapid
development tools of icloud to really make this possible," said Daniel
Arthursson.
icloud enables any current online application or web site to run on it.
Developers may stand on the shoulders of others - all application
source code is viewable - the source that triggered the expansion of
the web. With our new slogan - "Join us in the Cloud - icloud" - we
would like to invite everybody to play a part in the world's first
social OS.
About Xcerion and icloud
Founded in 2001 by Daniel Arthursson, Xcerion AB provides the worlds
leading "Cloud OS" as a Web 2.0 service.
The icloud service includes a complete OS, productivity tools and
applications needed for everyday computing. The technology powering
icloud is built on seven years of R&D.
Xcerion is based in Linkoping, Sweden. The key management team
includes, Daniel Arthursson, CEO, Jonas Thornholm, CFO and Marcus
Bristav, CTO. Xcerion is privately held and venture funded by Northzone
Ventures, Scandinavia's leading Venture Capital firm with US $450
million under management. Other investors include; Lou Perazzoli, one
of the original architects of Microsoft Windows NT and former General
Manager of the Microsoft Core OS group, John Connors a partner at
Ignition Partners LLC, and former CFO and CIO of Microsoft and Terry
Drayton, the founder and former CEO of HomeGrocer.com. Visit
http://icloud.com
CONTACT: Xcerion AB
Jonas Thornholm
+46 709-991680
pr@xcerion.com