Xcerion releases free application-authoring tool for its cloud OS

Xcerion releases free application-authoring tool for its cloud OS

Xcerion is one of those strategically important start-ups whose vision could make a big difference in the operating system wars of the future.

The Swedish company is developing a “cloud OS,” or one that does its computing not in the desktop but in the Internet-connected cloud. Today, the company is releasing an authoring tool that makes it easy to create applications for its operating system, dubbed icloud.

The significance is clear, as I wrote in a story… Continue Reading

Web-based OS could herald threat to Microsoft’s dominance

Web-based OS could herald threat to Microsoft’s dominance

As operating systems based in the Internet “cloud” are set to shake up the OS market, Xcerion is pushing forward with its cloud-based system — which, as of today, has been officially dubbed icloud.

Incoming VentureBeat writer Dean Takahashi wrote about Xcerion, which went into a developer testing mode in September 2007, in the San Jose Mercury News earlier this month. Dean notes that the company’s technology is particularly relevant now, because as Google and Microsoft… Continue Reading