November 2008

Current results from Data Survey #1: Data Scientists. Thanks to everyone for helping the world understand Big Data better!

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This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.

• Testking IBM 000-M12

By testking
as a Service? A. DataStage Jobs B. Teradata Stored Procedures C. FederationQueries D. QualityStage Jobs Answer: B Question: 4 There are many ways toexploit the concept of re-use with DataStage/QualityStage. Which …(more)

• 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo: Cultural …

I was at SYS-CON’s 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo lastweek preparing for my talk and observing my fellow attendees. Interestingstuff. The gentlemen seated on either side of me at the last talk wereJapanese. …(more)

• Overuse of the Term ‘Cloud Computing’ Clouds Meaning of the Tech …

Cloud computing is a term employed by major information-technology (IT)companies, including Google, IBM, and…(more)

• SR SOFTWARE ENGINEER – JAVA – USA

Senior developer is responsible for implementing products and servicesaround industry leading on-demand (SaaS – software as a service) CRM, ERP,and eCommerce services such as NetSuite, Siebel OnDemand, SugarCRM andSalesforce.com. …(more)

• Brave New World : SaaS and Its Implications For EDA

By Aditya Ramachandran(Aditya Ramachandran)
There’s been a lot of attention being paid to theSaaS(software-as-a-service) model in EDA recently. Harry (The ASIC Guy)started it all with his views on (re)deploying the SaaS model in the EDAindustry. Gabe Moretti and Daya Nadamuni …(more)

• Fuji Xerox to expand into services

Philippine Star – Manila,PhilippinesWhat we need is to develop unique software and combine our documentsolutions with others by forging alliances with other vendors so we canoffer a platform …(more)

• The IT Infrastructure Shake Up

The principle of Software as a Service (SaaS) is that you should avoid thison-site installation and consume applications on an as-needed basis. Yourservice should be like a household utility, eg sign a supply contract forelectricity …(more)

• Is Your Head (And Data) In The Clouds?

ZDNet UK – UKThe concept of cloud computing is not new. Your data in Facebook andHotmail has been in the clouds for years and most end users are none thewiser, …(more)

• Smart Business Boxes Launch in India, Not the US

IT Jungle – New York,NY,USA From the US site, we learn that Mike Prochaska is program director of theBlue Business Platform. And, there are some combination hardware-software…(more)

• Worst Usability Bugs ever – Why does it have my name?

By saasuserexperience
The first recorded bug – “Bug Zero” Log Book Page. The first recorded bug-. An article from two years ago written by Bruce Tognazzini from theNielsen Norman group on his Bug Hall of Fame with some of the worst bugsever. …(more)

Current results from Data Survey #1: Data Scientists. Thanks to everyone for helping the world understand Big Data better!

Please take the following 2-minute survey to help us understand your hadoop environment better.

This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.

• Research and Markets Adds Report: Software-as-a-Service in APAC …

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the”Software-as-a-Service in APAC: The Momentum Continues” report to itsofferings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlightsinclude: Software as a service has …(more)

• AXIGEN and Hostway Partner in SaaS Messaging Offer

The Hostway Corporation is one of the largest web hosting companies in theworld and offers domain name registration, Web hosting and ecommerce,collocation, managed dedicated hosting and SaaS hosting to more than 600000customers …(more)

• GridGain Presents at 2008 World Summit of Cloud Computing, Tel …

By Nikita Ivanov
Our key note presentation and workshop are titles “GridGain – Java Gatewayto Cloud Computing”. We are working hard on becoming such a gateway andGridGain project already has many necessary ingredients. If you are around- make sure to …(more)

• Are the Economics Right for Premise Plus Cloud?

SYS-CON Media – Montvale,NJ,USAThe largest Intrinsic cost advantage of the Cloud is the ability to shareinfrastructure among multiple customers ( ie Multi-Tenancy and/orMulti-Instance ) …(more)

• From Movies on Demand to Telecom Expense Management on Demand – It …

By admin
Enterprises that once used premise-based TEM software to handle telecom andIT expense management are now seeing tremendous advantages in utilizingSoftware as a Service (SaaS). By using on-demand TEM software, companies nolonger have …(more)

• Cloud Computing Journal: IDC Chief Analyst Predicts Cloud …

IDC recently predicted that cloud computing would account for 9 or 10percent of IT spending by 2012, up from the 4 percent allocated in 2008.”That’s a conservative forecast made before the Dow tanked,” Gens commentedlast week. …(more)

• Cloud Computing Journal: Are the Economics Right for Premise Plus …

As described in Part One of this series, the cloud is not the answer forevery enterprise or every workload. This is true based on the currenteconomics even without considering additional factors like security,control and SLA’s. …(more)

• Cloud Computing Journal: IDC Chief Analyst Predicts Cloud …

SYS-CON Media – Montvale,NJ,USAIDC recently predicted that cloud computing would account for 9 or 10percent of IT spending by 2012, up from the 4 percent allocated in 2008….(more)

• Cloud Computing Journal: Could the Cloud Spawn a Multi-Trillion …

SYS-CON Media – Montvale,NJ,USATim O’Reilly recently published Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing – and for apassive read, it makes sense in the grand scheme of things. …(more)

• 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo: Cultural …

SYS-CON Brasil – NJ,USAI was at SYS-CON’s 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo lastweek preparing for my talk and observing my fellow attendees. Interestingstuff. …(more)

• [Dbworld] CFP: Special issue on Modeling and Implementation of …

By admin
Services Computing adoption for modernizing enterprise has appeared in anumber of forms such as service-oriented architectures, software as aservice, platform as a service, Web services, data center outsourcing,virtualization, …(more)

• SaaS Business Intelligence and Decisions

By admin
According to a model of strategic decision focused on rational analysis,managers must weigh the pros and cons of different options and select theoperational strategy to suit the market and the capacity of the SaaSBusiness …(more)

• What should my IT team be doing?

By chris
More broadly, business leaders are looking out at service-based softwareoptions (aka software-as-a-service or SaaS) as a means of getting servicesmore cheaply and with predictable pricing. Five years ago, I probably wouldhave hated …(more)

• 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo: Cultural …

I was at the Cloud Computing expo last week preparing for my talk andobserving my fellow attendees. Interesting stuff. The gentlemen seated oneither side of me at the last talk were Japanese. As I fumbled around withmy Blackberry and …(more)