December 2008

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

• 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)

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

• 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)