Pingsta Announces its Sponsorship of R2EL – Road to Entrepreneurial Leadership
R2EL is an empowering platfor
m with the sole purpose of inspiring and enabling tomorrow’s technology entrepreneurs and leaders. On November 29, 2010, R2EL will be holding its very first (of many) seminars in Zurich, Switzerland. Students and budding entrepreneurs from across the globe will have the opportunity to interface directly with successful technology entrepreneurs.
For its inaugural seminar, R2EL has confirmed Mr. Ulf Michael (Monty) Widenius, Co-Founder of MySQL as its guest of honor and keynote speaker. “Monty” will be sharing the story of his road to entrepreneurial success and answering questions from R2EL’s live and online audience.
Pingsta highly encourages anyone with an entrepreneurial spirit to reserve a seat for this seminar via www.r2el.org.
See www.r2el.org/en/news.php for the full press release and we hope to see you all in Zurich!
The Pingsta Team.
Cloud Computing Benefits
Cloud computing- a ‘trendy’ term that to many, may still sound a bit vague, but once it’s value is understood in its entirety, it is really not so ambiguous. A recent article from EurActiv, simply defines cloud computing as a term based on the principle that users do not usually own the physical infrastructure which hosts applications and software. Keeping that in mind, cloud computing comes into focus when thinking about what IT always needs: a way to augment capacity or add capabilities on demand without investing in new infrastructure, personnel, or software. Cloud computing includes any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that can expand IT’s existing capabilities in real time, over the Internet. Viviane Reding, EU Information Society Commissioner advised SMBs that cloud computing services are the cure needed for the current economic downturn. She strongly believes that cloud computing services can increase business productivity by changing from fixed costs (i.e. hiring staff or buying PCs) to variable costs (i.e. you only pay for what you use). During her speech, Reding highlighted some very valuable points. In Europe, there are 23 million SMBs, making up to 99% of all of their firms. However, SMBs continue to fall behind in the use of ICT tools that can enhance overall productivity. It was estimated that a million new jobs could be created simply by relocating office activities to the cloud. This can potentially add up to 0.2% to Europe’s annual GDP within the next five years. With cloud computing uncertainty to the side, SMBs worldwide are clearly encouraged to leverage web-based services to begin to overcome the global recession. So what are you waiting for? Enjoy immediate cost savings and the complete benefits that cloud computing can bring to your business through Pingsta ICE™.
