CHARLOTTE, N.C.–Frontier Capital is pleased to announce its investment in ConnectSolutions, Inc., a leading private-cloud service provider of Unified-Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) solutions for large enterprise and government organizations. Based in San Francisco, California and Columbus, Ohio, ConnectSolutions deploys best-of-breed communication, conferencing, and collaboration applications on a secure, reliable, and scalable platform. By partnering with leading technology providers including Adobe, Microsoft, and Cisco, the company works with its clients to architect a comprehensive UC solution that is specifically tailored to an organization’s needs. ConnectSolutions’ UC3 Platform™ eliminates the complexity and risk of building and managing a UC stack internally while achieving rapid deployment, lowering overall costs, and improving quality of service. (more…)

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–NeoNova® Network Services, an industry leader in cloud services and authorized Premier Reseller of Google Apps™, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver Google Apps to PEAK Internet.  As a wholesale provider of Internet services, PEAK can now offer these services across their growing customer base in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. PEAK was one of the first ISPs to bring high-speed broadband to the Mid-Willamette Valley and the Central Coast of Oregon with plans to roll out Google Apps to PEAK’s retail customers in the Pioneer Telephone Cooperative and the CenturyLink exchanges in December 2012,  Monroe Telephone Company, Scio Mutual Telephone Association, and Stayton Cooperative Telephone Company in early 2013. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Issuer Direct Corporation (OTCBB: ISDR) (”Issuer Direct”), a market leader and innovator of disclosure management systems and cloud-based compliance technologies, today announced its acquisition of the assets of Firelace, Inc., a privately-held Cloud Accounting company headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Financial terms were not disclosed. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Freudenberg IT (FIT), an SAP-certified global provider of hosting and cloud services, announces the availability of managed hosting support for SAP® mobility solutions, including the SAP mobile platform and the SAP Afaria 7.0 mobile device management platform. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Autonomic Resources, a US Government Cloud Service Provider, (CSP) rings in the new year with an authority to operate (ATO) for its ARC-P cloud platform. The ATO provides assurance to government agencies that the stringent security standards required to credibly service the cloud first policy initiatives have been met. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) rPath, the application engine provider for the private cloud, today announces the general availability of rPath Cloud Engine, a new software solution that empowers cloud technology vendors and managed service providers with the ability to deliver critical applications with consistency, reliability and speed. In addition to end-to-end application management, rPath Cloud Engine also plugs and plays into any cloud technology ecosystem, helping these vendors and MSPs to differentiate their offering to enterprise customers with bulletproof application delivery. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) 6fusion, a provider of utility-metered public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure management software and services, and Cloud Services Depot, a channel-focused provider of cloud-based software and services solutions, today announced a partnership designed to help resellers and managed service providers deliver high value cloud services to small and medium sized businesses (SMB). (more…)

(Boulder, Colo. & Raleigh, N.C.) Tendril, the provider of the cloud platform for the Energy Internet, and Elster (NYSE:ELT) announced today that the companies have entered into a formal integration and reseller agreement that will extend the footprint and provide seamless integration of the Tendril Connect™ cloud platform with Elster’s EnergyAxis® Smart Grid system. (more…)

(Greensboro, N.C.) Stealing Share, brand consultants that create actionable strategies and positioning to steal market share, has revolutionized cloud computing by making emBrand, a self-guided consultancy program, accessible from a computer, laptop, iPad or any mobile device. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) 6fusion, a provider of cloud metering and management technology, today announced it has added key veteran software development and sales executives to its leadership team. Richard Martin joins as Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Business Development. Previously, he served in senior management positions in sales, channel and marketing with VMware, Nortel, Bay Networks and 3Com. During an eight-year tenure with VMware he played a foundational role in building the global OEM business, working in close partnership with industry leaders such as HP and IBM. (more…)

(Armonk, N.Y. and Research Triangle Park, N.C.) June 2, 2011 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new cloud services to deliver the most advanced software, computer lab resources and services to students and researchers at schools, colleges and universities, without the need for advanced IT expertise at those locations. The IBM SmartCloud for Education is a set of cloud services and offerings designed to help education systems leverage predictive analytics to get real-time insights on student and institutional performance, enhance researcher effectiveness, and alleviate constrained lab resources for learning. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) StrikeIron, a leading innovator in cloud computing services for business users, application developers and enterprise IT professionals, announces our CEO and President Sean O’Leary will be speaking at the CED Venture Conference at the Raleigh Convention Center April 27‐28. (more…)