If Microsoft is to become a successful tech conglomerate, its various units must have the chance to fly on their own. If Microsoft's enormous value is ever to be recognized again by the market, it should do what the government wanted in the 1990s and break up. Is this the only way to get the value out of Microsoft. Click here to see what Microsoft should do and why.

iCloud may have the last laugh! This service will be wildly profitable for Apple as it will continue to lock users into the Apple ecosystem. This is power and profitable. Click here to learn why.

The Fire has a 7-inch color display, weighs just 14.6 ounces, and has a color touch screen. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos emphasized the device's ability to play video from Amazon's streaming Prime service, play MP3's from the Amazon store, and load Web pages more quickly by leveraging Amazon's cloud services. This is the best article around for learning about the Kindle and its potential impact on Apple and the iPad.

IBM's revenue from cloud computing will likely double in 2011 and increase substantially again in 2012. Revenues from Brazil, Russia India, and China will likely increase 25% or more this year, as well. Microsoft is becoming a leader in the cloud computing space. Click here to learn more about the future of cloud computing with IBM and Microsoft.

Cloud computing is being taken seriously worldwide.  In June 2011 Telstra announced an 800 million dollar investment plan to move into cloud computing services for the business market in Australia.  The plan will help organisations in Australia build their businesses around cloud, by providing world-class technology and industry relevant services – encompassing infrastructure, communications, business application integration, business process skills and migration services, via Telstra’s secure, high speed data connection.

At a series of events on Capitol Hill, EMC (EMC) Corporation Federal Division Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Nick Combs joined other technology leaders in testifying before a U.S. House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation as well as a separate Congressional Briefing on cloud computing. This is the kind of help the US Government needs to further the adoption of cloud computing and to promote it internally and externally.

This compelling article takes a look at many of the trends that make the Tech Sector a hot place for investors.  The Macro trends in this space show many technologies are still in their infancy creating significant opportunities for investors to profit. Click here to get a better understanding of why the Tech Sector may be the place to be for the next decade and beyond.

RightNow is currently valued at over a billion dollars. This analyst can't find any justification for it. The linked article is one of the most in depth reviews of the stock and its valuation you will find anywhere. The author is short the stock but makes a very good case that the price is out of whack with related companies in a number of areas. Click here to learn all you need to know for your evaluation of RightNow's valuation.

Now that Apple stock has broken through its all time high, what's next for the stock. The chart in this article shows the clear path and proximity to the growth line Apple stock has followed. Click here to learn more about the potential future of Apple's stock price.

Mango, Ecosystem, and Clouds will help Microsoft survive the post PC era is they can execute. Click here to learn what Microsoft has done and will have to do to be worth your investment in the post PC era.

Cloud computing is paving the way for the loosely coupled company – which may be an entity that exists purely as an aggregation of third-party services, provided on an on-demand basis to meet customer demands. Most of these services will be passed through as cloud services, both from within the enterprise and from outside. Click here to learn more about how this new paradigm could significantly benefit our economy.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 in San Francisco was an amazing event that showcased over a hundred new start-up companies all looking to be the Next Big Thing.  Some of my favorites are listed in my new blog. Click here to read more about some of them.

SAP's been criticized for its' slow deployment of cloud strategies. Click here to find out if SAP is finally ready to go.

As an investor, just know this. Not everyone who says they have cloud has cloud. Amazon and Google have cloud, everyone else wants to claim cloud, and the race will go to whoever can get costs down fastest and move enterprise system capacities up into the cloud. This is happening, no doubt about it. Click here to learn more.

Oracle shares could be set for another leg higher so long as results meet or exceed current Street projections. Click here to see the details.