Swedish Start-Up Xcerion Offering 100GB Online for iPhone

icloud, the online computer, rolls out icloud Premium, with 100 GB of secure cloud storage for $39.99/year.

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Everybody can now access all their content anytime and anywhere. icloud Basic with 3 GB is available for free, and open for sign-ups at icloud from Sweden company Xcerion AB.

The launch of icloud Premium and the 100 GB Super Drive will greatly extend all the amazing capabilities of icloud to the iPhone. The new premium service lets everyone store, access and easily share files through any smartphone or browser. It gives you 100 GB of storage right in your pocket. You will never again feel that you have forgotten to bring important files with you. icloud securely stores files like music, photos, videos, documents, and provides a full management interface and virtual desktop through a browser to organize and share all your content.

Daniel Arthursson, icloud’s Founder and CEO says: "Having 100 GB directly accessible in your pocket through an iPhone or smart phone will definitely change how we use and interact with data. With the massive storage of the icloud Super Drive, everything will always be accessible, no need to bring your computer to do a quick PowerPoint presentation, just present it straight out of the cloud."

Facts about the icloud online computer:

Secure cloud storage with backup accessible from any computer, iPhone, Android or Windows Mobile phone
Free basic version includes 50 applications like Office, Mail, Music, Video, Instant Messaging and Games
icloud Premium with 100 GB Super Drive now available for $39.99/year
Community and email @icloud.com
Zero installation, runs within browsers
Available worldwide in 26 languages and used in 170 countries

icloud is available for free, and open for sign-ups.

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Xcerion AB provides icloud.com service, a 'Cloud OS' technology with 22 pending patents. It consists of a desktop with applications and files that runs through a web browser. Because it's running on Internet, it can offer sharing and collaboration. The core technology is a new AJAX XML OS that enables Visual Orchestration – visual creation of software without programming. Developers have API and tools to build their own cloud applications.

Based in Linköping, Sweden with offices in Stockholm, Sweden and Seattle, WA, the privately-held company of 15 employees is funded by Scandinavia's VC Northzone Ventures. Investors also include Lou Perazzoli, architect of Windows NT and former Microsoft manager of Core OS and John Connors former CFO of Microsoft.

Xcerion was founded in November 2001 by its CEO Daniel Arthursson. Previously he founded and was CEO of Mediate AB, which was a pioneer in XML server and parser technology. Other key executives are Marcus Bristav CTO and Jonas Thornholm CFO.

Milestones of the company:

1998 Daniel Arthursson and his team developed the worlds first XML Server

2001 Xcerion founded

2002 In stealth mode, R&D evolving previous research

2003 Proof-of-concept prototype created out of R&D

2004 U.S. operations launched with office in Seattle

2006 Investment from U.S. investors

2007 Northzone Ventures invests $10 million

2008 Xcerion rebrands to icloud and wins Red Herring 100 Europe Award