Cloud infrastructure may not sound sexy on the surface, but peel the onion a little bit and realize the ease and the cost savings of deploying, using and monitoring and managing apps in the cloud and it gets a bit more attractive. Everyone does it a little differently, but at the core, the companies that made our list of 20 cool cloud infrastructure vendors all have one thing in common: They rock the party, and by that we mean they have the tools and offerings necessary to embrace and leverage the cloud to its fullest potential. Some of these are well known, others were just established within the last 12 months. Either way, if cloud computing is on your radar screen, you'd better get to know these 20 cloud infrastructure players and soon.
