Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 2, 2008
This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.
- Amazon Opens SimpleDB To Unlimited Public Beta
- The End of the Red Light District
- IBM Offers Cloud Computing Help
- The enterprise “barrier-to-exit” to cloud computing
- Chunghwa Telecom Expands CosmoCom Contact Center On-Demand Platform
- Cloud-Powered SaaS Needs No-Nonsense Backend
- Rainmaker Awarded Expanded Lead Development Agreement by Fortune …
- eVapt Inc. Lands Additional Funding From Applied Reasoning, LLC
- Cloud Computing Giant and Facebook Collaborate
- Apprenda Releases SaaSGrid, Revolutionizing How SaaS Offerings are …
- Growing Usage of SaaS Increases Importance of Governance Mechanisms
- i365(TM), A Seagate Company, Joins the ABA Member Advantage …
- Fi-Tek Launches Integrated Wealth Management Solution on .NET Platform
- Minnesota StarTribune Increases Site Traffic by 50 Percent With …
- ILS Technology Releases Authentication Managed Service Enhancement …
- Compliance 360 Enhances Solution for Managing Claims Audits and …
- Zoho Makes Cloud Data Accessible with Zoho CloudSQL
- Gartner reports boom in software-as-a-service
- Cloud Computing Center for Scotland
- Kerio Announces Partnership With Sonian to Offer Enhanced Email …
- Gartner: SaaS Investments to Increase
- SOA, SaaS and SOAP: CIOs drowning in sea of IT acronyms
- How does Skytap plan to take on the cloud?
- Truston Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in …
- Fujitsu Intros Resource Coordinator Virtual Edition
- Gartner reports boom in software-as-a-service
- Next week, SOA Consortium Meeting in Santa Clara — SOA Success …
- Webroot Launches Global “Go Green” Program - Offers Free Security …
- Danish software company goes bankrupt as CEO disappears
- Apprenda to Aid Software Vendors with New SaaS Platform
- SOA World Focuses on Enterprise-Wide SOA and Cloud Computing Solutions
- Channel expert sees IT spending conditions that favor SaaS and …
- IDC Chief Analyst Predicts Cloud Computing Boom Despite Downturn
- Open-source developers set out software road map for 2020
- Gartner reports boom in software-as-a-service - VNUNet.com
- How to cut software costs in the economic downturn
- Cloud Computing Software Announced by U of Melbourne Start-up
- Ten Cloud Computing Predictions for 2009
- Brainstorming cloud computing revenue streams
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USATo help entice businesses to at least try out its cloudcomputing-integrated database service, Amazon is offering a free tier ofusage for the next six …(more)
By Gina Bianchini
As individuals and as a service, we stand for the freedom to create yourown social networks for anything. We believe that people should be able toset their own social norms and Ning, as a broad-based service, is designedto respect …(more)
By Kurt Mackie
IBM last week announced consulting services specifically designed to helporganizations assess their options in using cloud computing technology.”Cloud computing” is a much argued term, but it typically refers tosolutions delivered …(more)
By noreply@blogger.com (James Urquhart)
George–who recently posted some thought provoking posts on O’ReillyBroadcast about cloud security, and is writing a book on cloudcomputing–argued strongly that the benefits gained from moving to thecloud outweighed any additional …(more)
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USATelco Leader Strengthens Ability to Support Internal Customer Service andExternal Customer Call Center Operations via Multi-tenancy. …(more)
With its infrastructure-as-a-service model, BlueLock gives itsSaaS-provider customers all the IT and management they need to host theirapplications in the cloud. Fortunately for all involved, BlueLock found F5Networks to manage …(more)
MarketWatch - USAThis agreement reflects the success of our current programs and furtherexpands our footprint as a Software as a Service supplier by serving asboth the …(more)
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USAeVapt Inc. is a software company which enables the pay as you use model forSoftware as a Service (SaaS) and Cloud providers. By using eVapt’ssolution, …(more)
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA”This is the premier social graph fully integrating with the premierenterprise cloud computing company - this is the true power of Internet,”gushed Marc …(more)
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USAIn an industry flooded with buzzwords and numerous companies jumping on theplatform bandwagon, Apprenda cuts through the SaaS platform clutter anddraws a …(more)
Data manager online - Milano,ItalyNearly 90 per cent of organisations surveyed expect to maintain or growtheir usage of software-as-a-service (SaaS), citing cost-effectiveness and…(more)
MarketWatch - USAThe program will offer ABA members discounted pricing on i365 EVault(TM)online backup and recovery Software, Software as a Service (SaaS) andManaged …(more)
CNNMoney.com - USAFi-Tek also announced the general availability of TrustPortal ASP, withsoftware as a service model for clients, including complete hosting, …(more)
MarketWatch - USA… and Clickability’s On-Demand Web Content Management Platform, aplatform-as-a-service for the entire Web content lifecycle, throughOmniture Genesis. …(more)
MarketWatch - USAThe company’s solutions, including software as a service, enable secure andcollaborative connections between intelligent devices in productionenvironments …(more)
MarketWatch - USAThe Compliance 360 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for healthcareenables a comprehensive approach to regulatory compliance and riskmanagement …(more)
MarketWatch - USA… SQL (Structured Query Language) to connect business data stored in Zohowith traditional, on-premises applications as well as other SaaS offerings….(more)
VNUNet.com - UKThe majority of enterprises expect to increase their use ofsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) in the coming months and years, according to asurvey from Gartner. …(more)
Digitaltrends.com - Lake Oswego,OR,USANorthern Scotland will get a cloud computing complex because the coldweather means cooler computers. Inverness, in the North of Scotland, isdefinitely …(more)
CNNMoney.com - USASonian has partnered with Amazon Web Services to develop the industriesfirst hosted archive solution created on top of cloud computinginfrastructure …(more)
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USAAccording to a survey from Gartner, 90 percent of companies are planning tomaintain or increase their investments in SaaS. Cost-effectiveness and easeof …(more)
SearchCIO-Midmarket.com - Needham,MA,USASaaS. DPWS. WSD. SOAP. XRBL. Who can keep up with all the IT acronyms outthere? Luckily, most technical staff people don’t have to. …(more)
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USASo what do they think about cloud computing and the direction that it istaking? Virtualization was long considered nothing more than a “buzzword”by many …(more)
MarketWatch - USAThe company has a white-label Software-as-a-Service for membership groups,ID theft service providers, direct marketers, and financial institutions….(more)
2 — Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. announced the North Americanavailability of Resource Coordinator Virtual Edition (RCVE), software thatprovides enterprise datacenters and cloud computing providers with improvedmanagement control, …(more)
It reports that the majority of enterprises expect to increase their use ofsoftware-as-as-service (SaaS) in the coming months and years. 90% of theenterprises surveyed globally said they plan to maintain or …(more)
By brendamichelson
An interactive session based upon a mindmap for developing a systemarchitecture using Master Data Management (MDM), Service-OrientedArchitecture (SOA) and Software as a Service (SaaS) principles. The goal isnot to talk about having …(more)
By technomate(technomate)
In conjunction with GRX and Centillion, the leading e-waste recyclers inthe world, this program is a natural fit with SaaS. The move to thesoftware-as-a-service model will greatly reduce the need for on-premisehardware, …(more)
By IDG News Service
IT Factory, which develops software as a service, had referred to a largereal estate agency, Home, as one of its customers. But it appears that thiscustomer consisted of Stein Bagger’s wife and her real estate offices,rather than all …(more)
TMCnet - USASpecifically, Apprenda officials say, SaaSGrid helps ISVs bring theirsolutions to market faster by offering multi-tenancy, user and rolesystems, …(more)
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USAThe most interesting aspect of this conference was the cloud computingportion and how there was so much crossover with SOA. Many of the SOAplayers out …(more)
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USAI’m at a Red Hat channel event, listening to Toni Clayton-Hine, managingdirector of of The Institute for Partner Education & Development, CMPMedia, …(more)
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USABy Cloud Computing News Desk By Alan Williamson By SOA World Magazine News
Desk By Engin Sezici By Symbian News Desk IDC recently predicted that cloud…(more)
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USASocial networks will rely on ubiquitous, open cloud-computing services andwill allow people to interact not just with friends, but also withgovernments …(more)
By Anonymous
VNUNet.com Gartner reports boom in software-as-a-service VNUNet.com, UK -21 minutes ago The majority of enterprises expect to increase their use ofsoftware-as-a-service ( SaaS ) in the coming months and years, according toa survey …(more)
By IDG News Service
based company’s systems are powered by software-as-a-service technologies,although Schumacher runs Oracle’s PeopleSoft financial applicationson-premises. Douglas Menefee, Schumacher’s CIO, said that most of hissoftware contracts are …(more)
HPCwire - San Diego,CA,USAThe technology enables cloud computing, the next generation ofutility/distributed computing, supporting high speed application processingacross Windows …(more)
By Michael Sheehan
After about a year of Cloud Computing under my belt, analyzing trends inthe market, talking with various professionals as well as customers in thespace and watching our own Cloud Computing product, GoGrid, take off as aCloud …(more)
By jgannonwp
Services: Companies that have products or services that help customersdetermine how to best leverage cloud computing should be able to createhealthy businesses. We saw a very broad services ecosystem develop aroundVMware technology …(more)


