Who would have thought that you can also maximize the power of cloud servers for file sharing?  File sharing in the cloud using Amazon Web Services Cloud.

This giant leap in file sharing is miles better than the over-hyped Dropbox and the costly Box.net services available today. File sharing has never been this good. In fact, it’s blazing fast and you could see that files are being transferred in just a blink of an eye.

I’ve tried it myself and it was definitely amazing. You’ll love it. Want some more?

HostedFTP is a privately owned corporation based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which provides businesses with reliable, secure and easy-to-use file sharing services hosted purely in the cloud.

Powered by Amazon Web Services Cloud servers, HostedFTP is going to knock you down with its speed which no other file sharing services can match.

An account with HostedFTP includes a FTP server hosting in the cloud as mentioned above, a file sharing plugin which you can brand, customize and implement to your website, and finally, the cloud storage which you can assign with specific drivers or folders with prior privacy protection and added security such as TLS/SSL connections.

A personal account with HostedFTP usually costs $10 per month for 10GB storage; group or multi-user account costs $40 per month while enterprise or multi-user/group accounts costs 80 per month.

These prices are fairly understandable because of the cost of cloud servers which were also evident on Cloud Web Hosting.

HostedFTP wouldn’t want you to just buy without trying their service so they are offering a 30-day free trial. You can sign-up here for your 30-day trial.

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Add some customized fields to further help automate your business processes With the multiple levels of security available (including password and CAPTCHA) our plugin adds secure file sharing to your website.

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List Recognizing the Leading SaaS and Cloud

REDWOOD CITY, CA, Apr 06, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Host Analytics, a leading provider of online financial performance management solutions, today announced that it’s been named to the 2010 AlwaysOn OnDemand Top 100 list which recognizes companies with game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. Host Analytics was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

The AlwaysOn OnDemand Top 100 recognition is the most recent high-profile award for Host Analytics. In February, Host Analytics received a 2010 Editors’ Choice Award from TechWeb’s Intelligent Enterprise magazine. AlwaysOn will honor Host Analytics and other Top 100 companies at the AlwaysOn OnDemand 2010 conference on April 19 at the Hewlett-Packard worldwide headquarters in Palo Alto. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on how the Internet is disrupting how companies — from small businesses to large enterprises — create, store, distribute, analyze, and take advantage of their mission-critical data.

“As the digital information created by businesses continues to explode at astronomical rates, the need to store, manage, analyze, and share this information is becoming extremely challenging,” said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “We congratulate this year’s OnDemand 100 for providing the technology platforms and services needed to manage and leverage this new era of information complexity and overload.”

The OnDemand 100 winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2010 list.

Host Analytics CEO Jon Kondo has been chosen to be a presenter at AlwaysOn OnDemand 2010. Kondo’s presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20 at 10:00 a.m. PT during the CEO Showcase. Interested parties can register to attend the conference at http://alwayson.goingon.com/page/display/34372.

“This is a tremendous accomplishment and further proof that companies are getting significant value from the use of Host Analytics’ solutions,” said Jon Kondo, CEO at Host Analytics. “I’m excited to present at the AlwaysOn OnDemand conference. I look forward to discussing how SaaS financial performance management is driving fact-based decision making throughout the organization and putting rigor into financial processes.”

A magical and…well…not so revolutionary device is perfect companion to Clio!

Vancouver-based Themis Solutions Inc., provider of web-based legal practice management offering Clio, today announced the introduction of its newest product, the ClioPad.

ClioPad’s high-quality paper stock, made from 100% recycled and biodegradable paper, is college ruled and spiral bound. At a mere 3 ounces and a sleek 0.25 inches thin, the ClioPad is easy to carry and use anywhere.

Featuring an infinite battery life, you won’t be hunting around for an outlet to plug into anytime soon.  ClioPad gives you the ability to jot down ideas whenever and wherever they occur, whether there’s an internet connection or not!  It is the perfect offline companion to Clio, the best way to manage your law practice online.

Legal technology and eDiscovery expert Brett Burney of Burney Consultants was amazed at the innovativeness of the ClioPad.  He reveled, “The ClioPad helped me re-discover the pencil. Who knew you could create text without typing?  The ClioPad is so intuitive and user-friendly that even my 3-year old picked it right up … although she preferred to use a crayon.  Surfing the Internet is still a little primitive – I tried visiting www.cliopad.com but I had to draw my own 404 error. Also, the ClioPad is so versatile when compared to other products – just try making a paper airplane out of your laptop!”

Clio President and Co-Founder Jack Newton said, “We think the ClioPad is the ultimate offline companion to Clio. It will work anywhere, with or without internet, with or without power. With its built-in handwriting compatibility, we think we’re really on to something.”

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Encoding.com, a startup that provides online video encoding services, has raised $1.25 million in Series A funding. The funding was led by Metamorphic Ventures and included angel investors Patrick Condon, Fred Hamilton, Zelkova Ventures, Dave Morgan, and Allen Morgan. The funds will be used to further sales, marketing, and partnership programs.

Launched in September 2008, Encoding.com provides a cloud-based, video encoding SaaS offering to let users host and encode user-generated and premium video. The company encodes an average of 30,000 videos per day for a variety of well-known media and technology companies including MTV Networks, WebMD, Nokia, and MySpace. To date, Encoding.com has encoded more than four million videos since its launch.

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Companies use the term “cloud computing” a lot these days. Too much, really. The term is hyped to no end.

So it is encouraging to see a real example of cloud computing from Alfresco Software.

Alfresco is teaming with Right Scale to offer a service that allows users to scale up and down their use of Alfresco’s open-source content management software. Users pay according to how much they use the service. The service uses RightScale’s cloud management platform.

How refreshing.

On the lighter side of things, marketers may want to take some time to read “15 Ways To Tell It Is Not Cloud Computing,” by James Governor of RedMonk, an influential analyst firm in the tech world.

Let’s use a few of Governor’s points to show how Alfresco measures up.

If it takes more than ten minutes to provision… its not a cloud.

Alfresco says it takes just minutes to get the service up and running. We tried it and had it going within five minutes.

If there is a consultant in the room… its not a cloud.

Nope.

If you know where the machines are… its not a cloud.

No idea.

Perhaps the most important factor for us is the ability to scale or scale back when needed. That makes for a compelling use model and truly embraces cloud computing.

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SaaSBuzz – Company of the Day  WebECS

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