All Forums | Investments

Anyone's head in the clouds?

Participants:

Posts: 7

UberDog

Veteran

Joined: Nov, 2008

Posts: 1597

Posted: Jul. 31, 2011 - 12:27 AM ET #1

Anyone investing in tech firms behind cloud computing technology?

wallstreetcappers

Covers Linesmen

Joined: Feb, 2003

Posts: 58463

Posted: Jul. 31, 2011 - 4:10 PM ET #2

Well I dont know of many pure cloud plays myself. I know most large firms are involved. Amazon, Dell, IBM, Microsoft..I think finding a pure play would be tough and risky.

UberDog

Veteran

Joined: Nov, 2008

Posts: 1597

Posted: Jul. 31, 2011 - 6:18 PM ET #3

Thanks, Wall. My question reveals I'm not up to speed on this game. One company I did come across as a potential player -- VMware. I came across it in a Motley Fool Rules Breaker report.

freakguy11

Prospect

Joined: Aug, 2011

Posts: 1

Posted: Aug. 14, 2011 - 7:38 PM ET #4

Quote Originally Posted by wallstreetcappers:

Well I dont know of many pure cloud plays myself. I know most large firms are involved. Amazon, Dell, IBM, Microsoft..I think finding a pure play would be tough and risky.

Pure cloud plays are: vmw, amzn, ctxs, msft... well microsoft is kinda late to the party. The best pick out of the bunch would be VMW :)

Rush51

Covers Rehab

Joined: Jan, 2005

Posts: 8856

Posted: Aug. 14, 2011 - 8:25 PM ET #5

Salesforce.com

depeche2

Legend

Joined: Feb, 2002

Posts: 67006

Posted: Aug. 15, 2011 - 12:32 AM ET #6

I jumped into VMW recently in the low 80's. Well-run company growing its business. Target $150 in 1 year.

UberDog

Veteran

Joined: Nov, 2008

Posts: 1597

Posted: Aug. 15, 2011 - 2:14 PM ET #7

Thanks, guys. I'm always leary of tech stocks. But I keep seeing where cloud is the wave of the near future. I am more comfortable with energy stocks.

All Forums | Investments

Anyone's head in the clouds?

Hot Forum Topics