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Drool, Britannia? Is the UK Failing the Cloud?

By Roger Strukhoff

Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud. We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.

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Another Powerful Use of Social Media and Twitter

LeapFish & Make-a-Wish Foundation Join Forces to Raise $10,000 and Tweet an Ill Child’s Wish True

By: Ben Behrouzi

Nov. 18, 2009 10:00 AM

Another powerful use of social media and Twitter. LeapFish has teamed up with the Make-a-Wish Foundation to empower Twitter users with the ability to grant an ill child’s dream to go to Disneyland. A Tweet-A-Cause that just hit the wires and is beginning to climb through the Twitosphere.

Jacob, who is four years of age, has a rare and life-threatening disease that has affected him since birth. He has one big wish in life — to go to Disneyland with his family. LeapFish is donating 5 cents per Tweet to the Make-A-Wish Foundation until $10,000 has been raised and Jacob and his family can go to Disneyland.

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Social media is powerful and this is another great utilization of Twitter to bring awareness and momentum to a very good cause.

The charity campaign will run from November 16 through November 27, 2009.

If you want to help Jacob’s wish come true visit : LeapFish.com/MakeAWish

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About Ben Behrouzi
Ben Behrouzi, Founder of DotNext and Co-founder of Reply.com, is a serial entrepreneur from the San Francisco Bay Area.

He has been fortunate enough to be a part of building over 25 multimillion dollar startups and online services from the ground up, including LeapFish.com, Reply.com, iMotors, AgentConnect, iCastle and others. Our companies have produced hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, several million dollars in profits, served hundreds of thousands of clients & customers nationwide and given thousands back to communities and charities.

In 2001 he co-founded Reply.com at the age of 20 and lead the full detailed architecture and engineering of Reply.com's service products and state-of-the-art technology infrastructure. His efforts have produced over 20 multi-million dollar profitable service provider products, services and technology platforms including Reply.com, iMotors.com, AgentConnect.com, CarClub.com, OpenAuto.com, RealtyNow.com, iCastle.com and others to grow the company to over $30M in annual revenues and $17M in funding prior to my leaving in 2006.

In 2006 he founded DotNext, a venture firm dedicated to creating and operating a variety of Internet companies that challenge the status quo. With nearly 100 employees and multi-million annual revenues, we own and operate brands including LeapFish.com, iHype.com, Ziddler and others currently growing inside of DotNext.

Ben is a strong proponent of change and justice and strives to contribute to the sweeping change that will slowly tip us over into becoming better citizens of our planet.