Startups of the Day: Sound Cloud and Huddle

Congrats Sound Cloud and Huddle for the great coverage on the BBC website!!!

Based in Berlin, Germany, SoundCloud provides a web-based platform that is transforming the way music is shared, with over 250,000 customers that currently rely on its services. Realizing that its business depended on IT performance, SoundCloud evaluated its options and found an ideal solution with Sun Startup Essentials to migrate its Web server stack to a solution that includes virtual servers and a hybrid storage pool built with Sun technologies. Hosted and managed by London-based EveryCity (another Sun Startup Essentials customer), the new architecture quickly scales with growth, delivers the raw performance customers expect, and gives SoundCloud employees the ability to focus on expanding the business.

Based in London, UK, Huddle provides hosted project and collaboration tools - basically a "virtual office space" that allows organizations of all sizes to share documents, calendars, virtual white boards, etc. Huddle provides a free ad-supported service, as well as supported online virtual offices ranging from £10 to £125 per month. Some of Huddle customers include Panasonic, UNICEF, Kia Motors, Nokia, and government organizations.