IPfolio Blog

The Era of Cloud Computing

The Internet has clearly been the primary driving force in software evolution for the past decade. Cloud computing is one of the most visible results. Due to the rapid pace of hosting, availability and security innovation, adoption of cloud computing is frankly booming. In fact, it would be difficult to argue that cloud computing hasn’t been one of the biggest changes in both personal and business computing since the World Wide Web started its path to ubiquity in the mid-90s.

Since 1991, the annual Patent Information Conference of the European Patent Office (EPO) has been touring European cities big and small. Formerly called EPIDOS, it is the prime get-together of representatives of the EPO, numerous national patent offices, patent information providers, and patent practitioners from the industry, as well as other IP-related service providers and tool vendors like IPfolio.

This week, San Francisco has been home to the largest vendor-led technology event of all times: Salesforce.com reportedly attracted more than 90,000 registrants to the tenth edition of their annual Dreamforce conference.