A lot has happened since IP EXPO 2009 closed its doors last October. Sun Microsystems, one of visionary companies that shaped the dot-com era is now an Oracle subsidiary; Hewlett-Packard, for long a champion of the Unix world is now allied to Microsoft; and Cisco, the company whose routers built the worldwide web, is now the heart of an alliance with EMC and VMware. These grand alliances, and numerous smaller partnerships, all have a common aim: the creation of an integrated “stack” of chip-to-user interface technologies from which to build cloud computing infrastructure that will underpin the next generation of cloud-based enterprise IT systems and services.

It is no surprise then that when IP EXPO 2010 opens its doors at Earls Court in London on October 20^th, 48% of the record number of UK IT professionals that have pre-registered for the event say that learning more about cloud is their primary reason for attending. They will not be disappointed. Read the full story

Founded in 1994, Opera Software can justifiably argue that it is the oldest browser company in the world. Its vision is to provide a Web experience on any device. Why should we care? According to Jon S von Tetzchner, Opera’s co-founder and CEO (and contributor to IP Leaders), only 12% of phones are Apple iPhones, leaving a huge market for open source operating system Android to reach high- and low-end phones: “There will be around two billion desktop PC users in 2011, but the majority of the population doesn’t have one, so a viable alternative platform that can deliver the Web is mobile.”

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