IceWEB added over 100 salespeople with their new deal with Rackspace...the data center leader in North America. The reason for this you ask? Three words: Rackspace Partner Program.

Announced on Tuesday, IceWeb enters the Rackspace Partner Program. If you have been following us or our sister site, CloudInvestor.com, then you would already know who Rackspace is. For those who don’t, they are the service leader in cloud computing. A MAJOR player in the Cloud Computing Industry.

Whatever is good for cloud storage is good for IceWEB’s (IWEB) unified cloud storage business…SINCE they are the low cost provider to the cloud storage players.

Gartner Research now forecasts 1/3 of ALL consumer digital content—photos/movies/video/music/eBooks etc.—will be stored in the cloud by 2016.  Consumers only store seven percent of their content in the cloud now…so this report calls for 5X higher rates of cloud storage “market share” in essence.

Click here to see how the cloud world is about to change and building a public cloud may become all the rage. Why? Google is expected to announce its own Infrastructure as a Service offering, a direct competitor to EC2. Just as Microsoft's recent moves, introducing Linux support, demonstrate that it is ready to be a more direct competitor.

Click here to learn why Apple is placing its bets on building a data center in The Biggest Little City in the World. The New York Times in April highlighted Apple’s current office in Reno, noting the world’s most profitable technology company has been able to avoid paying billions in taxes around the world by setting up subsidiaries in low-tax states and countries.

Click here to learn why you should seriously be looking at investing in Oracle stock. They have the cash, the power, and the moxie to be a major player in the revolution. Betting on the future of the cloud and other cutting-edge technologies requires some chutzpah, no doubt. But the upside, as investors will see with Oracle, can be huge.

Click here to learn how OnX will use that money to extend OnX's VCE partnerships with key vendors Cisco (NSDQ:CSCO), EMC (NYSE:EMC) and VMware. In addition, OnX established its FederatedCloud Centers of Excellence (FCCE) that will let clients test cloud solutions at OnX Lab Centers in Chicago, Irvine, Calif., New York and in its hometown of Toronto.

Click here to learn why CIO's and IT Executives are optimistic about cloud adoption and the future of cloud computing. This new research is from an independent survey of almost 350 CIOs and IT executives on attitudes, trends and challenges pertaining to cloud adoption. Good sign for Cloud Investors.

Click here to learn what PortfoliV.com is doing to evaluate actual trades in companies focused on the cloud space. A fascinating perspective for all investors interested in the mega-trend of cloud computing.

Click here to get a great explanation of how to pick investment winners in the cloud space. Here is an example from the article that does a great job of providing an understanding of what to look for. An easy-to-understand example of how the cloud is changing technology would be the way consumers are tracking their personal finance information.

Click here to learn how you can be investing along side the big guys. Read what "This is Money" from the UK is saying about how to play with the big boys. Do you like the idea of investing alongside one of the world’s great banking and finance scions?

Click here to learn what Daryl Plummer believes are the keys to evaluating the return on investment for cloud services. Daryl says, "If cloud computing can make your IT department more effective in helping users get what they need sooner, it may be worth spending a bit more to accomplish it. Now that’s value."

Click here to learn how Cloud computing’s disruptive impact on banking will affect how institutions transform how consumers research, learn about and buy financial services and products, and manage their personal finances. That’s the view in a new report out of Accenture, authored by Emmanuel Sardet of Accenture Financial Services, and Emmanuel Viale of Accenture Technology Labs.

Click here to learn how Interxion will use its new Cloud Test Lab which will be used by enterprises system integrators looking to deploy private and hybrid cloud environments and will be run out of Interxion’s Frankfurt Data Center Campus.

Click here to learn what Oracle is doing to be a player in the cloud.  Oracle recently announced it will launch its Oracle Public Cloud, which will feature many of the same applications its software offerings provide. Several companies have already gained significant presence in this burgeoning market. Does Oracle have what it takes to hash it out and to maintain its spot atop this billion dollar industry.

Click here to learn about the new federal program designed to provide a single authentication standard for the US Governement's cloud services. The FedRamp is yet another important initiative from the tech-savvy US administration and might eventually help build security standards across the cloud.