Learn the various ways you can invest in the cloud space from some very smart people. Learn how Warren Buffett is play the cloud bet on companies where he believes the risks are more manageble because of basic investing fundmentals like multiples of earnings and revenue growth. Cloud computing is not going away and this massive shift is going to impact a lot of different companies. To make money, you don't have to focus on the high flyers with the high multiples.

We love the cloud computing space and all the possibilities it has to offer, both as consumers and investors. But as cloud adoption grows, so do questions about not just privacy, but also the potential permanence of our personal information.

Click here to see if Google is on the right track to compete in the cloud space with its new focus. Google sees Gmail and Google+ as secrets to cracking the business market for cloud applications and giving it a path to break the Microsoft Office juggernaut. Google is revamping Gmail to add a myriad of improvements and Google+ is focusing more on social media tools for business use rather then consumer use.

Salesforce.com has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Model Metrics, a cloud computing consulting and services company, with practices in the areas of mobile computing and social technologies, it said Monday. SalesForce continues to build through acquisition with an eye on mobile computing and social media.

Here is a simple article that will help you understand why Warren Buffett is so bullish on IBM and why that might be good news for anyone holding or looking to hold IBM stock. Click here to see the 4 reasons Buffett if bullish on IBM.

Jason Swartz makes a great case that Apple is its own asset class and that some investment talking heads don't really understand Apple in the ways necessary to make money playing the stock. Click here to learn why Apple is its own asset class and a lot more and how you can profit from this understanding.

Zunicore's professional-grade cloud service allows users to benefit from customizable resource pools versus preset virtual machines, hands-free auto-scaling, and transparent pricing. FairPlay Pricing" guarantees that customers pay only for what they use and are never locked into a long-term contract. Zunicore is using technology developed at OnApp, another facinating distruptive company that is changing the CDN model worldwide. Zunicore has a great team of talented people helping companies find greater efficiency in their hosting efforts.

At Cloud Expo in Santa Clara, CA this week, CTO of Rackspace, John Engages, explains how all companies will be in the cloud eventually. He focused on how to get there and that it was not necessary to jump all in out of the gate. Start somewhere and make progress over time, but don't keep investing in old architecture. Click here to read what  Andrew R Hickey of CRN wrote about the presentation.

There is literally no place to go but cloud computing. The world's info more than doubles every year. ... By 2015, 20% of information will be touched by cloud services and 10% will be stored on the cloud. Click here to learn the impact that could have on SKYY and other cloud investments.

A 3 Volume draft was composed by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), the Office of Management and Budget, and the interagency Federal Cloud Computing Standards and Technology Working Group--over a series of public workshops and other collaborative sessions, defines the government's top priorities for standards and requirements for cloud services. Click here to learn more a

UBS' analysts have run the numbers and figure the stock is just too cheap at 10 times projected 2012 profits. To arrive at their $800 price target, which is roughly 33% above current levels, they use a discounted cash flow model. Click here to learn more about what UBS and other analysts think could happen to Google stock over the next year. It is quite compelling.

Is it time to bailout on SuccessFactors (SFSF)? According to this linked article, "When a company that's priced for growth doesn't grow, it's a recipe for disaster. If you want exposure to the cloud computing market without paying a high price tag, then look into EMC Corporation (EMC)." Click here to learn more about why it might be time to rethink owning SFSF.

The recent annoucement from Oracle that is acquiring RightNow has got investors looking for ways to cash in on the cloud computing trend. The Cloud ETF SKYY has gotten off to a rocky start but saw a boost from the annoucement by Oracle. Click here to learn more about the potential opportunity in the SKYY ETF.

It's all about the possibility of an acquisition. Oracle's move to acquire RightNow sends excitement through the veins of other cloud company executives as they look to the possibility of being acquired by a giant. Click here to learn who's a candidate for an acquisition and why.

Today, with nearly half of its 23,000 customers coming from more than 140 countries, SoftLayer has an established international customer base and European demand for SoftLayer's IT hosting services continues to soar across a variety of industries and countries. Companies like Ultra Knowledge, Flumotion, BaseCase and Magma Mobile, which have all adopted SoftLayer solutions and are able to deploy, scale and manage their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions based on SoftLayer's private network.