Softlayer was ahead of amazon by about 6 months. They just didn't use the term cloud. Or in the founder's terms "We knew it was awesome, but we didn't have a na

Softlayer was ahead of amazon by about 6 months. They just didn't use the term cloud. Or in the founder's terms "We knew it was awesome, but we didn't have a name for it". (Disclaimer: pre-merger employee)