Today we announced that we recently closed a round of funding from Intel Capital. As entrepreneurs who founded and nurtured Joyent since 2004, and with a company that has funded itself entirely from revenues from selling products to our customers (with the exception of early seed capital put in by Peter Thiel, myself, and other friends and family), taking funding from an institution represents a significant decision for me and Jason and the rest of the team. Joyent has been able to grow to th... Read Full Story

Last month as part of the Navy’s annual Trident Warrior exercise, Dataline, LLC successfully demonstrated that a standard shipboard communications infrastructure could be used to manage a commercial cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform. Presented during the fall Trident Warrior ’10 (TW ’10) lab period, Dataline’s Secure Cloud Computing experiment used a simulated shipboard infrastructure to demonstrate secure access to selected collaboration and geospatial... Read Full Story

For the past few years Joyent has worked with the Sun Startup Essentials Group to offer its members a 25% discount on Cloud Hosting on Joyent. Sun Startup Essentials is an excellent program for those building a new business and/or launching a new idea. Becoming a member allows startups to leverage many program benefits including 25% off core Joyent products. Already a member? Get started now! Not a member? Register now! a Read Full Story

As part of a continuing Government Cloud computing education program, Dataline, LLC has released a . This online resource has been designed as an aid to help Federal agencies explore the value of cloud computing. Through a 15 minute interactive session, this survey will:Provide a high level cloud computing tutorial;Explain the Federal Cloud Computing Initiative;Give an overview of Apps.gov cloud computing solutions; andPresent possible cloud computing business value statements.Referencing a ... Read Full Story

10 Free Tickets Available for Each of the Following. Act Fast! Workshop Monday, November 16, 2009 from 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM (ET) Montreal, Quebec | Concordia University, Engineering, Computer Science, and Visual Arts Complex (EV) Networking Event Monday, November 16, 2009 at 5:30 PM (ET) Montreal, Quebec | Soupesoup Joyent is sponsoring the Upcoming dimeRocker, Unity Workshop and Networking event happening on Monday in Montreal. We have free tickets available for 10 pe... Read Full Story

Henry Sienkiewcz, DISA Computer Services Technical Director, credits the cloud computing "hyper-standardized" environment for the improvement they have been able to deliver through their cloud computing initiative. During remarks at this week's Federal Executive Forum taping, he specified faster service delivery, higher quality, lower cost and increased security as important cloud computing benefits.Joining him on the program was:Robert Carey - Navy Chief Information Officer; andMike Krieger... Read Full Story

Henry Sienkiewcz, DISA Computer Services Technical Director, credits the cloud computing "hyper-standardized" environment for the improvement they have been able to deliver through their cloud computing initiative. During remarks at this week's Federal Executive Forum taping, he specified faster service delivery, higher quality, lower cost and increased security as important cloud computing benefits.Joining him on the program was:Robert Carey - Navy Chief Information Officer; andMike Krieger... Read Full Story

This week's Federal Executive Forum taping highlighted collaboration between DISA and the Army on the service's transition to cloud computing. Army Deputy Chief Information Officer Mike Krieger called it a partnership, important to the support of Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activities.Joining him on the program was:Robert Carey - Navy Chief Information Officer; andHenry Sienkiewcz- Technical Program Director, Computer Services, Defense Information Systems AgencyT... Read Full Story

This week's Federal Executive Forum taping highlighted collaboration between DISA and the Army on the service's transition to cloud computing. Army Deputy Chief Information Officer Mike Krieger called it a partnership, important to the support of Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activities.Joining him on the program was:Robert Carey - Navy Chief Information Officer; andHenry Sienkiewcz- Technical Program Director, Computer Services, Defense Information Systems AgencyT... Read Full Story

During this week's Federal Executive Forum taping, Navy CIO Robert Carey discussed his views on cloud computing. Stating that the NGEN and CANES (Navy Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services) programs will both leverage cloud computing, he also describes a future of "grey clouds" on each ship.Joining him on the program was:Mike Krieger- Army Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the ArmyHenry Sienkiewcz- Technical Program Director, Computer Services, Defen... Read Full Story