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Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 31, 2008

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• Forecast for computing: cloudy - Inside Bay Area

As one of the earliest boosters of cloud computing, Salesforce hasbenefited … Gens believes cloud computing will drive the next wave ofexpansion in the …(more)

• Business - Iasta Achieves SAS70 Type II Certification

Congratulations to Indianapolis licensing and SaaS company Iasta forachieving its SAS 70 Type II certification. This certification relates tothe internal controls that Iasta placed in its operations, the suitabilityof its design of …(more)

• Seven Predictions for Open Source in 2009

Dr. Dobb’s Journal - San Mateo,CA,USASaaS and cloud computing solutions will grow and pull open source with it.Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and open source share the same attractiveeconomic …(more)

• The cloud server you use tomorrow will look little like the full …

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USAThat’s an awesome analog, and one that I’ve considered many times whenguessing at utility computing and cloud computing market trends. …(more)

• Hey You, Get onto My Cloud

Redmondmag.com - CA,USAThe first public preview of the platform as a service, made available toPDC attendees, consists of .NET Services, SQL Services and Live Servicesfor access …(more)

• Innovations in the Software Industry: SaaS Platform Gains Momentum

By Jim Karter
Offshore Software Development,e We are Offshore Software Outsourcing,Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Company in New York NY, we createcustomized Software and web applications such as online retail webstore …(more)

• SaaSNews : Seven Predictions for Open Source in 2009 - Dr. Dobb’s …

Seven Predictions for Open Source in 2009 Dr. Dobb’s Journal, CA - 5minutes ago SaaS and cloud computing solutions will grow and pull opensource with it. Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) and open source share thesame …(more)

• Musings on Software Product Management and Marketing: Do I care …

By Tim Rochte
Architecture: This is where multitenancy comes to the fore. A hostedapplication needs to be designed from the start to support multiple,segregated data sets for each customer. There are multiple ways to do this,…(more)

• Homeland Security Wants to Build Bio-Defense Lab in Kansas …

Everything else was SaaS - Software as a Service. After Windows Azurerelease, looks like everything Microsoft releases is a cloud service -Exchange, … Scientists to Discover New Human Diseases Study Methods -eFluxMedia …(more)

• Market Summary

29, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bridgeline Software, Inc. (BLSW), a developerof SaaS-based web application management software and award-winning webapplications, today announced results for its fiscal year ended September30, 2008. …(more)

• SaaSNews : Hey You, Get onto My Cloud - Redmondmag.com

Hey You, Get onto My Cloud Redmondmag.com, CA - 8 minutes ago “As more andmore companies begin to experience success with SaaS [ Software as aService ], we’ll see them begin to entrust even ERP to their outsourcers,… Read More…(more)

• Solutions for system integrators_PPC_PPC Tech

Multitenancy may be somewhat unfamiliar term for a very understandablerequirement: you should be able to run multiple independent instances ofyour application using single hardware. Independent instances mean thatthey have private …(more)

• Virtualization: The Foundation of Cloud Computing Infrastructures

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USAOne of the relevant contributions of cloud computing is the Infrastructureas a Service (IaaS) model. There are a number of research challenges incloud …(more)

• (ebizq.net) What it Takes to be a SaaS Provider - By Phil …

Bursts on the exploding Software As A Service Industry. (ebizq.net) What itTakes to be a SaaS Provider - By Phil Wainewright … Contributors.$B!H(BSaaS$B!I(B $B!H(BSoftware-as-a-Service$B!I(B - Google News - India. Subscribe.Subscribe in a reader …(more)

• Role of Context in Applications $B”c(B Srinivas Reddy$B!G(Bs Weblog

This is in a way related to all emerging technologies (Mobile technologies,Web 2.0, Software as a Service, Semantic web, Social Networks, Collectiveintelligence, Collaboration technologies, Service oriented Architectures,..). …(more)

• ETKit Chameleon download - File Management and Backup Utilities …

ETKit Chameleon download - File Management and Backup Utilities - BestSoftware Downloads - Free software downloads - best freeware, shareware,demo and trialware - Best Software 4 Download.(more)

• Software engineer scores Westchester 3BD - Blockshopper | Global …

Everything else was SaaS - Software as a Service. After Windows Azurerelease, looks like everything Microsoft releases is a cloud service -Exchange, … Prompting on the Go - TV Technology $B!&(B TV Technology $B!&(BPrompting on the Go …(more)

• Inside View from Ireland: Irish Small Business Tech Trends

By Bernard Goldbach
Software as a Service plus hosted Exchange (cited as the way to sync mobiledevices), Sharepoint and online backup. — Digital Media Solutions (as inconference rooms). — Virtualisation (but Cisco gets no mention). — Cloudcomputing. …(more)

• Developers are blinded by the light | Zen and the Art of Programming

One of the main advantages of the software world is the exceptionally smallamount of capital needed to get started. If you want to stick to Webapplications, use the Software as a Service (SaaS) model and make yourusers pay for the …(more)

• DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report

By BobJ
… part of EMC Corp., to call the trend $B!H(Bfraud as a service,$B!I(B or FaaS,after the more familiar and legitimate trend toward software as a service(SaaS), in which companies sell solutions for specific online functions….(more)

• Why I Like Buzzwords (Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Social Media, etc …

When some one writes or tags with $B!F(BEnterprise 2.0$B!l(B, $B!F(Be2.0$B!l(B or$B!G(Bsocial software$B!G(B, it$B!G(Bs pretty clear what their subject is. But ifsomeone interested in social software inside the enterprise decides to onlyuse terms like $B!F(BFacebook$B!G(B or …(more)

• SaaS Can Be a Value in Hard Times

NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USAAs sourcing professionals make purchasing decisions in times of economicslowdown, Forrester Research says software as a service (SaaS) can benefit…(more)

• Don’t buy cloud computing hype: Business model will evaporate

SearchDataCenter.com - Needham,MA,USAThe overlap I see a lot in the cloud space right now is “Software as aService,” aka SaaS. SaaS can use a cloud as its underlying infrastructure,but SaaS …(more)

• Expert: Mobility to Mark Next Phase of Business Communications

TMCnet - USAAnd to build a platform for growth with unlimited scalability when it comesto the number of subscribers and multi-tenancy. At the end of the day theycan …(more)

• Insight Named First US-Based Reseller Partner to Serve VMware …

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USAVSPP partners are part of the VMware vCloud Initiative, which delivers anenterprise-class cloud computing platform. The VMware vCloud initiativeoffers …(more)

• Google on the prowl, Web attacks increase, social networks unravel …

NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USAIDC goes so far as to say Google will acquire Salesforce.com or anothersoftware-as-a-service applications ecosystem — and that Cisco will bethinking …(more)

Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 30, 2008

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• VAI Joins IBM Software to Deliver Cloud Services

VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.), an IBM Premier Business partner, hasannounced that it has joined the IBM Software as a Service (SaaS) Specialtyprogram to deliver cloud services to its clients. VAI’s S2K EnterpriseResource Planning …(more)

• Five Reasons Microsoft Wants A Pay As You Go Model

CRN - Manhasset,NY,USAThe patent enables Microsoft to bring the Software as a Service (SaaS)model down to consumer focused tasks such as word processing and webbrowsing. …(more)

• Cloud Feed $B”d(B Blog Archive $B”d(B Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 29, 2008

SaaS Development Platform $B”c(B digital asset management weblog. Oneof the major trends for 2009 will surely be cloud computing, alsocalledSaaS (software as a service). In bad economic times, organizationshave lessmoney to spend, …(more)

• Advantages Of Internet Marketing: Serving Up E-commerce

By WIN LIFE’S BATTLES
Tommy Hilfiger, more than a year after having abandoned its former in-housee-commerce platform, re-launched ShopTommy.com in November 2007 on ArtTechnology Group Inc.$B!G(Bs ATG On-Demand software-as-a-service platform. …(more)

• Looking Towards 2009 for HCM Software

In terms of hype, social software in HCM had a big year. In all fairness,we also started to see some good use cases emerge. I think the enthusiasmfor social software in HCM will temper somewhat in 2009 as priorities shifttowards more …(more)

• Best Practices for a Remote Workforce

With API, ASP, CaaS, Call Centers, Communications as a Service, ContactCenters, Hosted, Margulies, Multi-Channel, Outsourcing, SaaS, Software as aService, Voice 2.0, at-home workers, green, remote workers, telecommuting.(more)

• 2008 year in review: Networking and Telecoms - Infrastructure …

Businesses have also become increasingly reliant on broadband internetconnections due to the growth in hosted applications andsoftware-as-a-service. These have grown to encompass every facet of thebusiness, from end-user applications …(more)

• Backbone Magazine - Predictions for 2009

SaaS - This method has been building slowly and steadily, and is movinginto the mainstream accelerated by the cuts in organizational capitalbudgets. 2009 will be the year the technology moves from the explorers andpioneers to the …(more)

• Workforce Optimization: Refining Products, Revolutionizing Delivery?

TMC Net - Norwalk,CT,USABy Brendan B. Read The suppliers of workforce optimization (WFO) also known
as workforce management (WFM) solutions, defined as software that enables…(more)

• Best Practices for a Remote Workforce (Communications as a Service)

This will require separate tunneling or VPN software available from mostnetworking vendors. It is important to make sure all of your remote workershave the ability to log on to this remote access software withregularly-changing …(more)

• SaaSNews : Five Reasons Microsoft Wants A Pay As You Go Model - CRN

Five Reasons Microsoft Wants A Pay As You Go Model CRN, NY - 14 minutes agoThe patent enables Microsoft to bring the Software as a Service ( SaaS )model down to consumer focused tasks such as word processing and webbrowsing.(more)

• Ryan’s Gallery: SaaS Log Management

By Ryan
Software as a Service - also known as SaaS, is new business concept thathas potential to revolutionize the way people have used softwaretraditionally.In Software as a Service (SaaS) model - software is hostedgenerally on centralized …(more)

• Socialize through new features of Kootali - Social networking software

Special Software as a Service (SaaS) Offer for Smaller Resellers andService Providers, 17/12/2008. Senior Intel Executive Joins NComputing toLead Global Business Development, 17/12/2008. Serving the Needs of the ITProfessional …(more)

• CXO’s Choice: Cloud Computing, IPTV

CXOToday.com - Mumbai,IndiaCloud computing was a technology that most CXOs believed made a mark in2008. However some, like KR Srinivasan, pro vice chancellor of IGNOUbelieve that it …(more)

• SaaS Blog: 2008 in review: developments that rocked the world of …

By media [at] catalystresources.com
Catalyst Resources’s thoughts on Software as a Service, user experiencedesign, RIAs, and enterprise application design. Having designed over 50SaaS applications, we have developed a good perspective on real-worldimplementation …(more)

• Retro Computing and the Cloud

PC Magazine - USAI blame AOL for the entire cloud-computing mess. Why aren’t these onlineapps more powerful? by John C. Dvorak Over the holidays a reader wrote inmourning …(more)

• SaaS breaks through adoption barriers

Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USAOld notion: SaaS is more hype than help, with hidden costs and securityworries. New order: Buying IT services as you go keeps pace with changingbudgets …(more)

• SOA World Editorial: Give Me a Sign

Their vendors have all begun shipping their software as services, and theymay even be using web-based software as a service such as Salesforce.com.So it’s now time to understand the destination. …(more)

• Reconfigurable Computing: C-to-Verilog.com provides C to HDL as a …

By Amir
I’ve argued that there is a “generation gap” between SaaS and traditionalsoftware license markets. The people who used to code in universitybasements when they were 13 in the 60’s and 70’s invented the softwarelicensing industry. …(more)

• Amy Wohl’s Opinions on SaaS: Diagramming Clouds

Welcome to one of the pleasures (!) of early days in a new technology area.We spend a lot of time arguing about (or you could say discussing) justwhat we’re talking about, where the edges are, and what to…(more)

• Remote Control Software Ownership Model Curbs Unpredictable Expense

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USAAccording to a recent total cost of ownership analysis, SaaS remote supportapplications, while requiring a lower initial investment, can cost about250% …(more)

• Cloud Computing Addresses Two Wholly Different Market Needs

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USAOne of the fun aspects of a nascent cloud computing market is that thereare “veins” of innovative thinking to be mined from all of the hype. …(more)

• SaaSNews : SaaS breaks through adoption barriers - Computerworld

Computerworld SaaS breaks through adoption barriers Computerworld, MA - 16minutes ago By Gary Anthes December 30, 2008 (Computerworld) Our Forecastsurvey of nearly 300 IT executives revealed lukewarm interest in softwareas a service …(more)

• Juicy predictions for ‘09

“SaaS will go from being a niche technology to a preferred way of buyingtechnology. Why? Management has slashed capital budgets, dramaticallyreducing funds for capital expenditures. As subscription-based services,SaaS platforms …(more)

• CXOtoday.com > News > People > Review 2008: The Major Acquisitions …

Technology vendors realized the importance of software as a service (Saas),and increasing demand for business intelligence (BI) while evaluatingacquisition targets. In Part 2 of the series, we look at other majormergers and …(more)

• Alisoft Plans for E-commerce Cloud Computing Centers

JLM Pacific Epoch - Shanghai,ChinaAlibaba Group’s software subsidiary Alisoft announced on December 30 thatit plans to build several e-commerce “Business Cloud” computing centers,…(more)

• Daily IT News: Netbooks and Cloud Computing on the Rise

By Admin
According to gizmag, 10 million netbooks sold in 2008, more than doublinglast year’s sales which accounted for 500000.—————————–. BY Cloud Computing News Desk.Source$B!’(BSYS-CON MEDIA. 2008-12-30 …(more)

• Clear News $B”d(B Amazon EC2 leaves beta, adds Windows; Rackspace joins …

Related StoriesMicrosoft bets on applications on EC2 to both cloudcomputing as Amazon suffers distribute load between EC2 outageAmazon totake on Akamai instances and dynamically alter with cloud delivery networkthe …(more)

• Wireless Blog : Blog Archive : A Primer on Cloud Computing and the …

A: In essence, cloud computing refers to a model in which the applicationsyou use and the files you save are stored on remote servers. You accessthose applications and files with your PC, over a network, …(more)

• The ‘cloud’ soars

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USABy Dawn Kawamoto Look beyond the tumultuous economic storm and you’ll see
something else forming–cloud computing, a term and concept that took offin 2008. …(more)

• Sergio.Vemic: Siemens Communications unleashed OpenScape Contact …

By Sergio Srdjan Vemic
Looking to alleviate these concerns, Boca Raton, Fl.-based enterprisesolutions provider Siemens Communications unleashed its latest version ofOpenScape Contact Center (OSCC), available with multi-tenancy licensing….(more)

• Lifeline Data Centers Blog: 10 Predictions for the Future of SAAS …

By Lifeline Data Centers, LLC
Innotas CTO, founder and SAAS evangelist Demian Entrekin shares with eWEEKhis thoughts on what lies ahead for SAAS as it continues to grow into amajor marketing, sales and administration tool for enterprise business. …(more)

• Bomgar Gives Enterprises Remote Support Solutions, Reduces Monthly …

TMCnet - USAA recent total cost of ownership analysis found that although SaaS remotesupport applications require a lower initial investment, they can cost asmuch as …(more)

• Will open source be lost in clouds in 2009?

ZDNet - USAThe loss of control implied by cloud computing, which may have beeninconceivable in 2008, may become much more appealing in 2009. (My son tookthis picture …(more)

• New SAP projects are a New Year’s resolution for SAP customers

Search SAP - USABut more and more companies are opting for third-party software andSoftware as a Service (SaaS) products to address needs more effectively,according to …(more)

• Cloud Computing Journal: The Evolution of the Cloud Server Market

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USAWhat features would put it ahead of other servers in the eyes of themanager writing the checks for that cloud computing data center? …(more)

• Approach called cloud computing looms large | CourierPostOnline …

Cloud computing has already swelled into an estimated $36 billion marketthis year, … Yet for all the potential and hype surrounding cloudcomputing, …(more)

• Cloud Computing Journal: The Evolution of the Cloud Server Market

SYS-CON Media, NJ, The world’s leading i-technology media company onbreaking technology news.(more)

• Does Microsoft Want to Take Your Whole PC to the Cloud? | WebProNews

They’re still trying to overcome the ill response to Vista, so I don’timagine they want to throw a curveball like this just yet. Still, we’reseeing an increase in cloud computing initiatives all around, so somethinglike this might be …(more)

• blogs.riverbed.com: The cloud forecast for WAN optimization - more …

Ann Bednarz recently wrote a Network World piece where she discusses theneed for WAN optimization in the rapidly growing cloud computingenvironment. The focus of the article was on F5 and how their Big-IPapplication delivery product …(more)

• Microsoft’s Pay-Per-Use PC

Newmobilecomputing.com - USAIt actually sounds a lot like a “cloud computing” strategy for theconsumer, and it all seems to make sense, until you start to really thinkabout it. …(more)

• Global CIO: The Top 10 CIO Issues For 2009

InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USAThe SaaS Effect. In 2008, like cloud computing, SaaS went from a slightlymarginal prospect into a full-fledged player as large, midsize, …(more)

• Cloud-computing provider chooses XenServer over Xen

SearchServerVirtualization.com - Needham,MA,USABy Bridget Botelho, News Writer Today most cloud-computing providers use
the open source Xen hypervisor as their virtualization backbone, But ascommercial …(more)

• Cloud Computing Looks to Generate Some Thunder in 2009

IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USACloud computing is a broadly defined concept that is slowly changing theway organizations operate and the way IT thinks about itself. …(more)

• Remote Control Software Ownership Model Curbs Unpredictable Expense

MSNBC - USARIDGELAND, MS - Part of the appeal of SaaS applications is the low up-frontcapital outlay. However, integrating the software with the existing …(more)

• Top Five Disruptive Technologies for 2009, According to Saugatuck …

B-EYE-Network - Boulder,CO,USASoftware as a service (SaaS): The economic appeal of SaaS is thatusage-based or subscription pricing can move software costs into theoperating budget from …(more)

Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 29, 2008

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• News and Articles: Growth of the “cloud computing” for enterprises

By willard
Cloud computing has grown into a market of approximately 36000 milliondollars this year, or approximately 13% of the sales of software in theworld. The big question now is whether this can become a majortechnological trend to re …(more)

• Amazon EC2 or other Cloud platform? - Web Hosting Talk - The …

I just want to reduce cost while we fix the site (could take severalmonths), and, position the site for easy growth (which is why I amconsidering Cloud Computing). Comparison shopping is a large databaseintensive effort, …(more)

• Free di o matic download Download - di o matic download Software

No need to adjust your application, Service - O - Matic will easily runyour program as a service. Installing your application as a service is easywith our intuitive GUI interface. Service - O - Matic has most servicefeatures and …(more)

• Taleo Selects OpSource to Deliver On-Demand Talent Management …

A comprehensive, award-winning Web operations solution, OpSource On-Demandenables Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Web companies to quickly andsecurely deliver their applications and services over the Web to consumers…(more)

• Clarity Accounting: Online Accounting Software using GWT and …

Are you a small business or self employed professional looking for a SaaSaccounting solution ? Clarity Accounting provides an online accountingsolution by building a simple flexible model with plenty of access to …(more)

• Getting your IT department ready for 2009

Silicon.com - UKThrift will rule the day in the new year with wallet friendly technologiesdominating - from virtualisation to SaaS and green IT to consumer tech. …(more)

• Clouded hopes for coming year

Chicago Sun-Times - United StatesDavid Dahlberg, vice president of Chicago-based Model Metrics, anticipatesmore companies will adopt the less capital-intensive “Software as aService” …(more)

• What it Takes to be a SaaS Provider

ebizQ - New Rochelle,NY,USAWhen I think about Platform-as-a-Service providers like Apprenda, what’sexciting about what an Apprenda is doing is that they make available to asoftware …(more)

• Ohio.com - ‘CLOUD COMPUTING’ IN BUSINESS FORECAST

Akron, Canton, Cleveland and Northeast Ohio News, sports and information.Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers coverage, Findcars or automobiles, jobs, homes and apartments for Akron, Canton andCleveland.(more)

• Cloud Computing

A couple of weeks ago I participated in an interesting discussion on CloudComputing at an unconference in Bangalore. Though the discussion was to beon $B!H(Bwhether Cloud Computing is inevitable or not$B!I(B, we hardly got pastdefining it! …(more)

• Series of excellent articles by the “Wisdoms of clouds” and other …

Those “really big ideas” of cloud computing usually start as a greatobservation by one or a few independent bloggers. If you are observant, andpay attention to patterns in terminology and concepts, you can get a jumpon the …(more)

• Genentech chooses Google Apps over Microsoft | CRM Help Desk …

It’s ludicrous that cloud computing is taking over the world, Ellisonquoted during Oracle’s annual shareholders meeting last October. South San.(more)

• SaaS Development Platform $B”c(B digital asset management weblog

One of the major trends for 2009 will surely be cloud computing, alsocalled SaaS (software as a service). In bad economic times, organizationshave less money to spend, and even more pressing needed to do more withless. …(more)

• Cutting Edge IT Services for 2009 from Utropicmedia

Free Press Release Center (press release) - Toronto,CanadaSaaS (Software as a Service) is the term for applications hosted as aservice and provided to customers across the Internet. By eliminating theneed to …(more)

• Forrester: The Forrester Blog For Application Development …

… connection with stakeholders; Intelligent - responding to contextualmodels and business events; Hybrid deployment - deploying all models fromon-premise, hosted, instance virtualization, multi-tenant SaaS, and cloudbased BPO. …(more)

• Webcast Alert: Piedmont Natural Gas Announces Fourth Quarter 2008 …

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA”The Internet IS cloud computing,” according to a holiday-time broadcast onNational Public Radio. The program, called ‘Will Cloud Computing Work inthe …(more)

• DTI Editorial Accelerates Launch of New African Newspaper in Timbuktu

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USAWhether onsite or via SaaS (Software as a Service), DTI software helpscustomers generate new revenue, reduce costs, manage resources, and makemore …(more)

• CIC Named to Independent Research Firm’s ‘Hot Banking Tech …

Reuters - USACIC’s SaaS-based electronic signature solutions help speed up a verylengthy and painful process that can often take as long as 90 days,reducing the time …(more)

• A Primer on Cloud Computing

NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USAOpportunities for collaboration present themselves with cloud computing.Since files are stored remotely, and because with the right software theycould be …(more)

• Angoss Acquires dthree and the IntelliMaxx(TM) Platform

Stockhouse - Vancouver,BC,CanadaA software as a service (SaaS) solution, IntelliMaxx(TM) minimizes clientupfront IT and marketing development costs, yet delivers comprehensivemarketing …(more)

• They used ‘em, you reeled: the year’s most overused phrases

Register - London,England,UKCredit crunch and economic meltdown aside, if 2008 is remembered foranything in tech it will be for the domination of the phrase “cloudcomputing”. …(more)

• Dataline Expert Weighs in on White House Cloud Computing

PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna,BulgariaDataline’s expert on Cloud Computing Security, Kevin Jackson, lent hisinsight into the safety of cloud computing and it’s possible implementationinto the …(more)

• Integrator Sees Open vs. Closed Cloud Computing Battle in 2009 …

Publish - Topsfield,MA,USASAAS integrator and consulting services firm Appirio predicts that openclouds from Salesforce.com and Google will duke it out with Microsoft’sWindows …(more)

• Because you bought cross-selling, you may also like …

InternetRetailer.com - Chicago,IL,USAThough some retailers build systems in house, they are more often deliveredby vendors in a software-as-a-service model, meaning data from the retailersite …(more)

• Taroby is Next-Gen Web 2.0 Messaging Services

Taroby is a web 2.0 SaaS based messaging and collaboration suite fromKochi, India based firm AMT software Devlopment India that providecollaborative messaging..(more)

• Director of Engineering at Dallas Information Technology Jobs

Software products include hosted SaaS, desktop, and plug-in applications aswell as related eCommerce capability. The director, versed in companystrategies and passionate about the customer experience, collaborates with…(more)

• Bridgeline Software to Report Fiscal Year End 2008 Financial …

Bridgeline Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:BLSW), a developer of SaaS-based webapplication management software and award-winning web applications,announced today that financial results for its Fiscal 2008 (year endSeptember 30 …(more)

• SOA World Editorial: Give Me a Sign

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USATheir vendors have all begun shipping their software as services, and theymay even be using web-based software as a service such as Salesforce.com….(more)

• Pointing the Way

InternetRetailer.com - Chicago,IL,USAThe vendor employs the software as a service model; the retailer sends itsroutinely updated product feed through the software so Nextopia cangenerate …(more)

• Predictions for the Cloud in 2009

eWeek - New York, NY… and other services, and customizability/programmability from data,through logic, up into the user interface without compromising robustmulti-tenancy. …(more)

• Application Developers to Keep Their Eyes on the Cloud

eWeek - New York, NYBy Darryl K. Taft For software developers, 2008 was the year of the cloud,
and 2009 will pick right up from there with more and more cloud computing…(more)

• PHASE 2 Unaffected by Island-wide Power Outage

SYS-CON Brasil - NJ,USAPHASE 2 International (www.phase2.com), a premier Software as a Serviceprovider based in Hawaii, reported today that the Oahu island-wide poweroutage that …(more)

Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 28, 2008

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• Scio Consulting Offers SaaS Acceleration Solutions to ISVs

TMCnet - USAScio Consulting has announced the launch of a collection ofSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS (News - Alert)) Acceleration Solutions to helpsoftware companies …(more)

• Blog Past: The Coming Age of ASPs

Even as globally ASPs are making a comeback and software-as-a-service seemslikely to define at least a part of the industry, in emerging markets, theopportunity for both SMEs in Emerging Markets (SMEEMs) and the ASPs issignificant. …(more)

• Tech Talk: Thinking WCF towards Enterprise SOA

By elLoco
“SAAS” or “Software as a Service” what was called “ASP” or “ApplicationService Provider” before “ESB” or “Enterprise Service Bus” what was called”EAI” or “Enterprise Application Integration” before …(more)

• Book clubs, reading groups, book discussions, and book club topics …

Besides the huge growth of Amazon EC2 and Google App Engine, we sawSalesforce launch Force.com , a true platform-as-a-service. My picks forthe most interesting … Mozilla’s mobile browser gets closer to prime time…(more)

• How to Upgrade to WordPress 2.7 Safely and Ensure Compatibility

There are a few ways to do this, either install it as a service runningunder your desktop operating system (Windows) using Apache or variousalternative and lightweight web servers like nginx or lighttpd. …(more)

• the Unstuck Diaries: watching

In the mountains, whilst squatting in the attics of a chalet in Saas Fee,Switzerland, during the winter of 1980, I watched and I waited. And so Ihad, during the long dark winter evenings, time on my hands.Saas-Fee-night-81.jpg …(more)

• Is the cloud computing maturity model unnecessary or simply …

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA… years of experience in distributed systems development and deployment,focusing on service-oriented architectures, cloud computing, andvirtualization. …(more)

• SaaSNews : A look back at 2008 - Sunday Times.lk

Sunday Times.lk A look back at 2008 Sunday Times.lk, Sri Lanka - 30 minutesago SaaS ( Software as a Service ) vendors such as Salesforce will expandtheir offerings to meet customer demands and provide one-stop …(more)

• The Renco Lounge: Will Network Management Software move to SaaS???

By Vetty Officer
We are living in the period which is the beginning of the SaaS era. Afterthe entry of Google into this territory, the awareness about SaaS hadincreased tremendously - thus increasing the market size. …(more)

• SaaSNews : Scio Consulting Taps Beck as VP of Business Development …

Scio Consulting Taps Beck as VP of Business Development PR.com (pressrelease), NY - 12 minutes ago Net, C/C++, and Java expertise, the companyalso brings significant experience in the Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS )and Rich Internet …(more)

• Cloud Computing - Is it the future?

Examiner.com - USACloud Computing or more accurately, Virtualization, is not a new concept -I’ve been reading about software utility companies for decades, but theidea was …(more)

• SAAS Translator 0.0.16 software download - Windows - VersionTracker

Find SAAS Translator downloads, reviews, and updates for Windows includingcommercial software, shareware and freeware on VersionTracker.com.(more)

• Linux News: SaaS: Enterprises Reach for the Cloud

By ECT News Network
Linux news and information from around the world with fresh perspective onLinux and the open-source movement.(more)

• CIO > Four Things Microsoft Got Right in 2008

So Microsoft has stepped in the ring with cloud computing players (GoogleApp Engine), Amazon (EC2) and IBM (Blue Cloud utility computing platform),but it hasn’t thrown any punches yet. Those companies have cloud computingplatforms in …(more)

• Does it rain or does it pour? | Capping IT Off | Capgemini …

As Mark stated earlier on this blog, Cloud Computing is about trust and’trust is a value I am choosing to rely on for anything I do on the web.Without trust, the web wouldn’t have evolved into what it is today’. Trustis a good thing, …(more)

• Links for 2008-12-27 [del.icio.us]

Category: Cloud Computing | Tags: cloud cloud computing. RationalSurvivability: Virtualization? So last Tuesday. An excellent rundown byChris Hoff of how the focus of security efforts cycles back and forthbetween the host and the …(more)

• Working smarter can keep costs down, says Telecom

NZ Herald Wellington Metro - Wellington,New ZealandAdvancements in technology such as smart phones, software as a service andinternet protocol are often prescribed to companies looking to manage thetime- …(more)

• Bill Owens on Microsoft Dynamics CRM - Technical Version …

By Bill Owens
Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit deployments of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0;Supports form-based authentication; Supports multi-tenancy. With thisadapter, you can integrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 with any othernon-Microsoft business …(more)

• Goodbye Macworld, Apple Bites the Hand That Feeds It

Alan Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Cloud Computing Journal and isSYS-CON’s “Cloud Computing Bootcamp” Instructor. He is widely recognized asan early expert on Cloud Computing. Alan is a Sun Java Champion and creatorof …(more)

• acid tracks: Pollution - Volume IV

By acid tracks
Cloud Computing leads to things like Cloud Commuting- more productivity andefficiency, more leisure time, less pollution, less time wasted- Educationand achievement ten times better than today, 250000000 million householdswatching …(more)

• socialmedian: Technology Review: The Year in Computing

By socialmedian
Technology trends (Users: 156). Stories in 24 hours: 17. Aviation (Users:11). Stories in 24 hours: 37. Campaign 2008 (Users: 1063). Stories in 24hours: 333. 4G (Users: 14). Stories in 24 hours: 164. Cloud Computing(Users: 224) …(more)

• IT industry: waiting to exhale in 2009

Hindu - Chennai,IndiaThis makes cost-effective models, such as SaaS (software as a service),remote infrastructure management, cloud computing and virtualisationtechnologies, …(more)

• Data Centers Cut Budgets

PC World - USAAbout 13% of the managers said they had planned to increase or addsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) as an alternative to internally hostedapplications. …(more)

Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 27, 2008

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• Here s A Quick Way To Earn More Money With Internet Marketing …

… things up the right way to get the best results and start earning moreThe Benefits of Software as a Service The implementation ofSoftware-as-a-Service amongst e-commerce sites is on the rise According toone recent news article, …(more)

• Spinfluencer: On the Record…Online with Vocus Executive Kye Strance

By Schwartzman & Associates
7:21 - Strance reveals the most commonly asked questions PR practitionershave about the Vocus online PR platform. 8:13 - Strance on online PRsoftware as a service providers like Vocus and iPressroom. 8:95 - Stranceon selling online …(more)

• My IT Predictions for 2009 - Chris Fleck

The recent Windows offering by Amazon will validate the IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service ) model as a viable platform for companiessmall and large looking to add test and targeted production capacitywithout capital and facility …(more)

• provtest AllAboutHMC.xml : HMC 4.5 and Exchange 2007 SP1 - Part #4 …

Now, we all know Exchange 2007 wasn’t packaged with multi-tenancy enabledout of the box. The problem is this, the identification of what isconsidered internal and what is external. If a mail is sent from one userto another (even …(more)

• Cloud Computing, Virtualization and Software as a Service Could …

Experts predict governments will focus on budget-friendly technology.(more)

• More companies look to cloud computing - Tech and gadgets- msnbc.com

Cloud computing has already swelled into an estimated $36 billion marketthis year, representing roughly 13 percent of global software sales.(more)

• How To Use Blgging For Profit-00-2051

Always think to upload your personal software from wordpress.com wheneveryou’re actually serious about blogging for profit. Be sure that your serveroffers MySQL. Wordpress is recommended, because it’s the best internetsoftware. …(more)

• Architecting for Green Computing

InfoQ.com - Toronto,CanadaInsofar as this these models [cloud computing] consolidate organizations,consumption has the potential to be remarkably reduced as the Internetscale data …(more)

• A look back at 2008

Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri LankaSaaS (Software as a Service) vendors such as Salesforce will expand theirofferings to meet customer demands and provide one-stop consulting servicesrather …(more)

Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 26, 2008

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• While I was working…: Cloud Computing in Plain English

By Etay Gafni
When I talk to people about Veodia, the “What is Cloud Computing?” questionpops up once in a while. The long ‘text-based’ answer, is, as always, atWikipedia. Some attempts to simply explain it by using video interviews ofexperts are …(more)

• SaaS may not live up to ‘recession-proof’ tag

ZDNet Asia - SingaporeBy Larry Dignan, ZDNet commentary The software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry
has been making headlines: Salesforce.com is establishing itself as aleading …(more)

• Top 10 Web Platforms of 2008 - bobgable’s posterous

Amazon Web Services, led by Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic ComputeCloud (EC2), was the first major cloud computing platform and today itpowers the backend for many startups. At the beginning of the year we notedthat Amazon’s …(more)

• New Economics of Advertising: 5 Hints for Personal Productivity …

By Editor
Cloud computing, RSS integration, microformats, semantic web, and mash-ups- drop the acronyms. Web 3.0 has arrived and we’re having fun. Suggest yourideas. Tell us why we should become partners. Let’s get to work. Labels:about adEcon …(more)

• Free key for advanced task scheduler Download - key for advanced …

It is an extremely versatile event scheduling software that can be ran as aservice or as a desktop application in the background. It has very flexiblescheduling and conditional triggers for running various task and has alsothe …(more)

• IT-infrastructure reporting software. Active Directory, Exchange …

Solution that provides reports about the state of enterpriseIT-infrastructure, security audit, inventory of hardware and software, andpreparation for migration and upgrade. Reports on Active Directory,Exchange Server, local computer …(more)

• PaaS gets a boost

Express Computers - Bombay,IndiaWhen we started working on this Platform-as-a-Service story more commonlyreferred to as PaaS, we though that we would not have a strong story totell. …(more)

• New Harvey Co. sheriffis eager tostart his job | Crime & Courts …

“I also saw it as a service to the community.” He became a full-time Newtonpolice officer in 1988. In 1994, on his first day as a detective, he foundhimself at the home of 36-year-old Rhonda Krehbiel. While Krehbiel was homewith her …(more)

• LIS to host SaaS application on NaviSite servers

Computer Business Review - UK… services provider NaviSite’s expanded line of dedicated servers to hostits SaaS application and its associated web interfaces and databases. …(more)

• Dataline Expert Weighs in on White House Cloud Computing

24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - USAMCLEAN, VA, December 26, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ — Dataline’s expert onCloud Computing Security, Kevin Jackson, lent his insight into the safetyof cloud …(more)

• The Indian PC Magazine - Reviews, Tutorials, Tips & Tricks, News …

Of course, we cannot talk about innovation without also looking at cloudcomputing, which has been growing by leaps and bounds. One big advance in2008 was Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), which lets you install a runtimeon multiple OSs …(more)

• Just the Best Tech Lists of 2008 - eCoustics.com

This collection of notable quotes from 2008 covers a lot of ground, rangingfrom Larry Ellison’s cloud computing admission to Linux mastermind LinusTorvalds’ “masturbating monkey” reference while discussing securityvulnerabilities. …(more)

• GlobalOutlook offers SaaS, host exchange | FINANCE.INFOKHAZANA

HYDERABAD: GlobalOutlook, a newly-promoted Hyderabad-based company, haslaunched operations in host exchange and software as a service (SaaS).Addressing a press conference, Executive Chairman of the company DayakarPuskoor said …(more)

• Software ensures quality of enterprise data.

ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York,NY,USA… Data Quality (CDQ) Platform. With enhanced support for global data,access to value-add services in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or hybriddeployments, …(more)

• Dataline Expert Weighs in on White House Cloud Computing

PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA26 /PRNewswire/ — Dataline’s expert on Cloud Computing Security, KevinJackson , lent his insight into the safety of cloud computing and it’spossible …(more)

• Iasta Achieves SAS 70 Type II Certification

Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert,AZ,USAApplication service providers (ASPs) as well as software-as-a-service(SaaS) providers must demonstrate that they have adequate controls andsafeguards in …(more)

• SaaSNews : Iasta Achieves SAS 70 Type II Certification - Supply …

Iasta Achieves SAS 70 Type II Certification Supply & Demand ChainExecutive, AZ - 17 minutes ago Application service providers (ASPs) as wellas software-as-a-service ( SaaS ) providers must demonstrate that they haveadequate controls …(more)

• Business - International Business Law

This year my firm has handled several software licensing and Software as aService (SaaS law) transactions in Europe, Asia and the Middle East andseveral real estate deals and private equity investments (through angelinvestor groups …(more)

• A Serious Look at Dynamic Infrastructure

IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USAHe just spun off a new blog from his regular Archimedius Report to talkspecifically about cloud computing and how it will usher in an era ofdynamic …(more)

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• Forums - GOOG: cloud computing

Cloud computing has already swelled into an estimated $36 billion marketthis year, representing roughly 13 percent of global software sales. Thebig question now is whether it can turn into a technology tsunami that …(more)

• Real Time View: Continuing to Innovate in 09!

By Richard Buckle
Under the banner of Monolithic to Polymorphic computing Martin introducedthe community to his views on Cloud Computing, and since that event Martinhas continued to heavily promote the concept and the innovative …(more)

• ZapThink :: News - Cloud Maturity Models Don\’t Make Sense

… to Cloud Maturity Models, especially if your focus is on software as aservice or even capacity as an automated, self-administered service, whichis what many organizations seems to be looking for in their current cloudexperiments. …(more)

• Gene Carr’s Patron Technology Blog: Why 2009 Will Be Good for the …

If you’re talking with a SaaS company, typically there won’t be a balloonpayment up front, but rather a flat fee per year, with options for supportlevels and additional modules. From a pricing perspective, the lattershould be vastly …(more)

• Happy Holidays 2008 from BetaNews

BetaNews - USAVirtualization and cloud computing will help cut costs, new systems will bedeveloped for better regulating the complex financial markets, andinnovation on …(more)

• Siemens OpenScape Contact Center Offers Enhanced Multi-Tenancy …

Siemens announced today the latest release of its OpenScape Contact Center,a highly scalable,(more)

• Lifeline Data Centers Blog: The great paradigm shift of cloud …

By Lifeline Data Centers, LLC
Some would say multi-tenancy, self-service and pay-per-use (includingbilling and elastic capacity). With specific regard to EC2, I would tend toagree. (I would also hasten to point out that Amazon provides some veryPaaS-like services …(more)

• Keyboard based ‘launcher’ for opening your chosen websites super …

Besides the huge growth of Amazon EC2 and Google App Engine, we sawSalesforce launch Force.com , a true platform-as-a-service. My picks forthe most interesting … Vote Facebook for California attorney general? …(more)

• Recovery may begin late next year

Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,IndiaThen looking at new areas like cloud computing, which is partly sharedservices and partly the delivery mechanism which would be software as aservice, …(more)

• Utility Computing aka Cloud Computing: [ Cloud Computing ] Re …

By Khaz Sapenov
[ Cloud Computing ] Re: State of affairs : Moving Healthcare Appli cationsto the Cloud.. Here is another instance of an ondemand Patient/Clinicaltrial related. Product/App moved in to SaaS model …(more)

• Verizon Business identifies trends for 2009 | Mayer Consulting …

Getting SaaSy - The network becomes king once again in 2009, making it theperfect platform for software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery. Servingcontent, applications and security in a centralised online environment willbecome the rage. …(more)

• Working with DSLs and Computation Expressions in F#

C++0x: The Dawning of a New Standard Going Mobile: Getting Your Apps On theRoad Software as a Service: Building On-Demand Applications in the Cloud ANew Era for Rich Internet Applications The Road to Ruby Vista’s Bounty:Surprising …(more)

Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 24, 2008