icloud, the World’s First Online Computer, Launches New Desktop, Sharing and Super Search – Extending the Life of Aging Computers with the Power of Cloud Computing

icloud, the online service that gives you the freedom of your friends, files and digital life on any computer. Six months after launch, icloud is available worldwide in 26 languages and used in 170 countries by over 200,000 users.

Linköping, Sweden – November 2nd, 2009 – icloud today announces the launch of its improved desktop with Super Search and a new innovative start menu. Super Search integrates many of the most popular services on the internet with simultaneous search of your private files in the cloud. It has never before been more convenient to find what you are looking for. This major release of icloud also introduces Universal Sharing. Decide what to share, who you want to share with, and icloud will find the easiest way to reach them.

Launch movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQgdceh66EQ

icloud is more than a Hosted Virtual Desktop (HVD), it’s a real-time communication and sharing platform enabling easy collaboration. Its key differentiator to other Cloud Computing services is its Application Virtualization technology enabling software delivery as SaaS, but execution on the local computer. This preserves data center resources, reduce bandwidth consumption and is the “greenest”, environmental friendly Cloud Computing technology available on the planet.

Market research company Frost & Sullivan recognized the significance of icloud’s Application Virtualization and awarded icloud the 2008 European Product Innovation Award in Cloud Computing.

Daniel Arthursson, founder of icloud says, “With icloud, everyone in the world can afford to have their own computer, it’s free and always accessible”.
3 GB storage to safely store and backup documents, photos and music
50 applications like Office, Mail, Music, Video, Instant Messaging and Games
Community (my.icloud.com, example: http://my.icloud.com/daniel) and email @icloud.com
File sharing and WebDAV (mount Cloud Drive as a network drive)
Zero installation, runs within browsers
icloud is available for free, and open for sign-ups. To learn more about icloud, visit icloud.com.

About icloud
Founded in 2001 by Daniel Arthursson, Xcerion provides the free icloud.com service, the world’s leading “Cloud OS”, a groundbreaking technology with 22 pending patents. Developers have API and tools to build their own cloud applications.

Xcerion AB is based in Sweden, privately held and funded by Northzone Ventures. Investors include Lou Perazzoli, architect of Windows NT and former Manager Microsoft Core OS and John Connors former CFO Microsoft. Xcerion is a Red Herring Global 100 winner.

Screenshots of icloud are available here: http://icloud.com/en/features
YouTube movie channel for icloud: http://youtube.com/xcerion
Follow icloud on Twitter: http://twitter.com/xcerion