The word "cloud" appears nowhere on xogenous.net, the Web site of a Carson City company whose growth these days is fueled largely by companies that are moving their computing to the place-that-dares-not-speak-its-name.The reason to avoid the word? No sense scaring potential clients who already are nervous enough about moving their computing off-site, says Ron Husey, the founder of Xogenous Ltd.The company's four-person sales staff has been so successful in calming the fears of executives of small- and mid-sized businesses in northern Nevada that Xogenous today employs a staff of 17 engineers to oversee its data center in Carson City, and …









