Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 30, 2008
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
- Five Reasons Microsoft Wants A Pay As You Go Model
- Cloud Feed $B”d(B Blog Archive $B”d(B Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 29, 2008
- Advantages Of Internet Marketing: Serving Up E-commerce
- Looking Towards 2009 for HCM Software
- Best Practices for a Remote Workforce
- 2008 year in review: Networking and Telecoms - Infrastructure …
- Backbone Magazine - Predictions for 2009
- Workforce Optimization: Refining Products, Revolutionizing Delivery?
- Best Practices for a Remote Workforce (Communications as a Service)
- SaaSNews : Five Reasons Microsoft Wants A Pay As You Go Model - CRN
- Ryan’s Gallery: SaaS Log Management
- Socialize through new features of Kootali - Social networking software
- CXO’s Choice: Cloud Computing, IPTV
- SaaS Blog: 2008 in review: developments that rocked the world of …
- Retro Computing and the Cloud
- SaaS breaks through adoption barriers
- SOA World Editorial: Give Me a Sign
- Reconfigurable Computing: C-to-Verilog.com provides C to HDL as a …
- Amy Wohl’s Opinions on SaaS: Diagramming Clouds
- Remote Control Software Ownership Model Curbs Unpredictable Expense
- Cloud Computing Addresses Two Wholly Different Market Needs
- SaaSNews : SaaS breaks through adoption barriers - Computerworld
- Juicy predictions for ‘09
- CXOtoday.com > News > People > Review 2008: The Major Acquisitions …
- Alisoft Plans for E-commerce Cloud Computing Centers
- Daily IT News: Netbooks and Cloud Computing on the Rise
- Clear News $B”d(B Amazon EC2 leaves beta, adds Windows; Rackspace joins …
- Wireless Blog : Blog Archive : A Primer on Cloud Computing and the …
- The ‘cloud’ soars
- Sergio.Vemic: Siemens Communications unleashed OpenScape Contact …
- Lifeline Data Centers Blog: 10 Predictions for the Future of SAAS …
- Bomgar Gives Enterprises Remote Support Solutions, Reduces Monthly …
- Will open source be lost in clouds in 2009?
- New SAP projects are a New Year’s resolution for SAP customers
- Cloud Computing Journal: The Evolution of the Cloud Server Market
- Approach called cloud computing looms large | CourierPostOnline …
- Cloud Computing Journal: The Evolution of the Cloud Server Market
- Does Microsoft Want to Take Your Whole PC to the Cloud? | WebProNews
- blogs.riverbed.com: The cloud forecast for WAN optimization - more …
- Microsoft’s Pay-Per-Use PC
- Global CIO: The Top 10 CIO Issues For 2009
- Cloud-computing provider chooses XenServer over Xen
- Cloud Computing Looks to Generate Some Thunder in 2009
- Remote Control Software Ownership Model Curbs Unpredictable Expense
- Top Five Disruptive Technologies for 2009, According to Saugatuck …
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)
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)
SaaS Development Platform $B”c(B digital asset management weblog. Oneof the major trends for 2009 will surely be cloud computing, alsocalledSaaS (software as a service). In bad economic times, organizationshave lessmoney to spend, …(more)
By WIN LIFE’S BATTLES
Tommy Hilfiger, more than a year after having abandoned its former in-housee-commerce platform, re-launched ShopTommy.com in November 2007 on ArtTechnology Group Inc.$B!G(Bs ATG On-Demand software-as-a-service platform. …(more)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
“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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Cloud computing has already swelled into an estimated $36 billion marketthis year, … Yet for all the potential and hype surrounding cloudcomputing, …(more)
SYS-CON Media, NJ, The world’s leading i-technology media company onbreaking technology news.(more)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
MSNBC - USARIDGELAND, MS - Part of the appeal of SaaS applications is the low up-frontcapital outlay. However, integrating the software with the existing …(more)
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)


