We released part 1 of the 20 awesome cloud services that you've never hear of last week. Lucky for you, the last 10 services are cooler and more useful than the first 10. This is a must read if you enjoy reading about what the cloud services have in store for us in the future because this is a teaser. I hope that you are prepared to get a glimpse of the future!

I posted an article last week about “20 awesome cloud services that you’ve never heard of.” Naturally, working at an IT service company, I was intrigued by exactly what they were and if in fact they were awesome. I found that most of them were very need-specific, but they were very need-specific for the common tech geek. I will go over the Pros and Cons and give you the word on what the general consensus of the reviews for each was and also grade them on a scale from A to F. I will give you the first 10 for now, then unveil the last 10 next week.

“For the first 15 years of its life, the microprocessor improved its performance by an impressive 35% per year. As a result of research at universities and industrial laboratories, though, this rate increased in 1987 to about 55% per year -- a doubling of performance every 18 months! Had the prior rate of 35% been maintained, computers today would be only one third the speed we actually enjoy. Stated differently, it's as if we had been granted a wish to use the computers of the year 2000 in 1995.”¹

Usually I write about the newest innovations in technology, what new solutions are available to help small businesses, etc. However, today I’m going to change my pace a little. I’d like to take a moment to reflect on not an innovation per se, but an innovator – Ken Olsen.

Now that CES is over, we are all anxiously waiting for the thousands of gadgets showcased to hit the market. Of the eighty or so tablets that were displayed, there are three soon to be released tablets that I am especially excited about.