Polaris International Holdings (PIHN)

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PIHN Could Shoot Up Again on the Back of a Tech Revolution


The Tech industry is possibly one of the fastest moving in all of human history, with huge advances coming less than decades apart. Think back twenty years when Macs were not powerful, hand held or even had CD trays. Since then we have seen no less than three other major data storage mediums; CDs, DVDs and BluRay and thumb drives.

Now look at how other industries have progressed, like construction or resource extraction. There is no question that it is far behind the tech industry in growth rate. The reason is it is still in it's infancy. Software and Hardware are both young and growing as fast as ever. It is still not too late to invest in technologies! Their growth has not peaked yet and you can still grab another Google or Microsoft before it explodes!
Polaris International Holdings (PIHN) is an example of a company tapping into what is being hailed as the next Computing Revolution. This powerful new area in the tech industry is called cloud computing, with more on this later. PIHN is a successful penny stock which more than doubled in size the last month from its sub-penny levels. They specialize in outsourcing Information Technology (IT) solutions and have offices in California and Tokyo Japan. Their stock doubled due to ventures in China and are looking to acquire more companies across the USA.



Cloud computing is currently being widely used, but is still in the developmental stages. Cloud computing is essentially what Google Docs is, allowing many users to access and alter the same information remotely. This has many possible applications in office settings, and IT companies who need specific software platforms for different needs. This area is expected to become a $160 Billion annual market in 2011. This is worth paying attention to.
The level of collaboration involved in cloud computing is much higher than traditional networks and can be accessed from home even, allowing large, widespread companies all to work on the same project simultaneously, regardless of where they are. With more streamlined and specific software, faster internet connections and larger networks being made, cloud computing will turn offices, schools and even social networking sites into much more dynamic and efficient places.

This may go even further one day with the advancement of distributed computing technology, a less well known yet powerful new tool. This could allow other computers to help with the processing of our programs. This is currently used for demanding algorithms in research labs, the largest of which is the Folding at Home Project. Rather than purchasing supercomputers to make Protein Folding calculations, Stanford University's Chemistry Department have used the help of many volunteer computers over the internet to act like a supercomputer. It makes use of unused processing power of computers that are idle to help crunch the numbers necessary for the research.

This could be used in conjunction of cloud computing to help power the processes of every piece of software in the cloud, making less need for powerful servers to take on the full load. This could allow for very tasking software to be used by anyone, not just those with super computers.


With Microsoft and Google looking to increase their cloud computing foothold, there are many opportunities for smaller innovative companies to be bought up. Currently Googles App Engine is acting as a support infrastructure to run web-based applications off of. Likewise Microsoft SQL Azure is for similar ends. Google OS Google Chrome may seem only like a web browser to some, but the future holds more web apps than ever before, so maybe it does hold some water.


If there comes one company with a strong new take on cloud computing, it could last and become another heavy hitter like Apple or Microsoft, rather than being eaten by larger companies. Remember, Google bought Writely which became the famous Google docs, and undoubtedly there will be more whose fate is similar. But without a doubt this new technology will be showing up and making itself a must have for any competitive business or research department.

Keep an eye on PIHN and others like it, they may have a large role to play in the evolution of computing.

For more on cloud computing, check out the video below. For more advanced uses of cloud computing, click here.