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By | Team Register 11th April 2012 11:14

Speaking in Tech: Is Instagram really worth $1 BILLION?

Bubble 2.0 ready to burst, plus: Cloud wars, sucky mobe apps

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speaking_in_tech Greg Knieriemen podcast enterprise

It's time for another Speaking in Tech enterprise and tech biz roundup, with The Dude of enterprise tech, Greg Knieriemen, cloud and storage meister Ed Saipetch and web2.0 insider Sarah Vela.

This week they discuss:

  • Eddie on the West Coast;
  • Sarah dispels pregnancy rumours;
  • Greg complains about Best Buy;
  • Facebook snaps up the Instagram photo-sharing app for $1bn;
  • Is it the beginning of "Bubble 2.0"?;
  • Why Facebook mobile app sucks;
  • Cloud Wars erupt;
  • Citrix goes open-source with CloudStack;
  • Cloud confusion reigns; and
  • 10 Big Questions for Ed Saipetch.

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