General Info - List Of Cloud Infrastructure Providers

AppFirst provides SaaS application performance monitoring of Windows and Linux servers.

Cloudant is an integrated data management, search, and analytics engine. noSQL data.

Conformity provides enterprise-class management and governance platform for cloud applications.

CubeTree changes how employees, partners and customers connect and collaborate.

GoodData provides a cloud business intelligence platform. No cost to start.

Layerboom provides cloud creation and cloud management with a virtualization appliance which enables fast cloud implementation. Transform your existing servers into a cloud environment.

Makara deploys and manages Java and PHP applications on public clouds and private clouds.

Neo Technology is in the emerging "graph database" category built on the Neo4j open source project.

SaaSure allows for easier, cost-effective management of cloud and web applications.

SendGrid solves email problems including deliverability, scalability, metrics, and the time consuming tasks to implement email features such as unsubscribe links, anti-spam regulations, and corporate branding.

Cloudkick simplifies use and management of cloud servers, such as Amazon's EC2.

New Relic, Inc. offers a SaaS web application performance management solution to monitor application performance and detect, diagnose, and fix performance problems in Java and Ruby on Rails applications. Starter version is free.

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2011 July:
San Antonio, TX-based hosting big Rackspace has bought San Francisco's Cloudkick. ... The startup make it easier to manage web applications on cloud infrastructure offered by companies like Amazon, Rackspace, and Slicehost. Its services include dashboards, email alerts, and graphs that show how an app is performing.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Was Cloudkick unprofitable and running out of money, or did Rackspace simply find it cheaper to buy out the startup rather than rolling their own?

CloudKick charges $100 to $4000 per month and say they have thousands of customers ...