Daily Reading from April 24, 2008

24 Apr 2008

Links to what I’ve been reading recently.

RightScale gets boost from Benchmark, to offer cloud services — "Updated RightScale, the latest company to emerge offering “cloud” computing services, has raised $4.5 million in a first round of funding from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Benchmark Capital. The Santa Barbara, Calif., company helps businesses manage their Web sites …"

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