August 20, 2009

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

• Microsoft cries the sky will fall if injunction not stayed

ZDNetIt means Google, Zoho and fellow SAAS (software as a service) conspiratorslooking for word processing market share would finally have a way in. …(more)

• Early days for software as a service | Global Telecoms Business

HomeManagement issuesEarly days for software as a service …. so we haveinvested in a platform Sutton explainsIf you provide enablers you givechoice Some …(more)

• SpringSource Launches Enterprise Java Cloud | SpringSource Team Blog

By Rod Johnson
As cloud computing becomes more important, we want to ensure that Javadevelopers can take full advantage of it. We believe that our leadership inJava development, coupled with our strength in the runtime and managementphases, …(more)

• Protecting your saas investments | AccMan

One of the key questions I get asked is: ‘What happens if my saas providergoes away?’ There’s no denying the market is moving very quickly and thatvendors are popping up almost on a monthly basis. It is therefore alegitimate question …(more)

• SAAS for the mobile world..

By Ankur Lal
SAAS for the mobile world has caused a silent revolution in the telecomindustry in the last 7-8 years and has changed the industry dynamics. Whilecloud computing is being discussed with great fervor and expectation, SAAShas shown the …(more)

• E-mail Security Buyer’s Guide: Software, Appliance, Managed Service

ZDNetEmail security solutions fall into three basic categories: software-based,appliance-based and managed services (also known as SaaS -Software-as-a-Service) …(more)

• Cloud computing a buzzing in business ears

Silicon.com – UK… it hosted on servers run by a hosting company – as opposed tomulti-tenancy, where lots of businesses have their data hosted in the samedatacentre. …(more)

• Cloud Computing for Telecom? Why Now?

UCStrategiesCloud computing is different but related, see here. This post takes a lookat why the Cloud computing is receiving so much attention and hype, andexplains …(more)

• Cloud computing firm opsource receives $4 million in venture capital

EDL Consultingopsource, a cloud computing services provider, announced this week that ithas received $4 million in capital equipment financing from ATEL Ventures….(more)

• The Government’s Place in the Cloud

E-Commerce TimesBy Jeffrey M. Kaplan Government agencies once notorious for living in the
technological Dark Ages are being lured to SaaS, and it’s easy to see why….(more)

• SaaS Providers Fighting for Resources

Trading Markets (press release)SHENZHEN, Aug 20, 2009 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) — LNVGY |Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Chinese software-as-a-service (SaaS)…(more)

• Nokia picks Kewill SaaS solution for global repair ops

InfoWorldBy Mike Simons, ComputerworldUK.com | Computerworld UK The mobile handset
giant has signed a multi-year hosted Software as a Service agreement withKewill. …(more)

• saas: Only Three Public Companies Are Consistently Profitable

MSPmentorHere’s a stunning observation about the saas (software as a service)market: Only three publicly traded pure play saas companies generatesustained GAAP …(more)

• The Cloud Computing Tsunami Gartner Predictions – Efficiency and …

B-EYE-Networkby Cyrus Golkar The cloud computing wave is the most dramatic change I haveobserved in the computing industry since the wave of the Internet. …(more)

• IBM Computing on Demand Evolves Toward Cloud Computing Service

HPCwireby Michael Feldman, HPCwire Editor As IT budgets have gotten squeezed, morecustomers are looking at cloud computing as a way to avoid up-front capital…(more)

• The seven elements of Cloud Computing’s value

ebizQMy job was to talk about “articulating the value of Cloud computing”. Thiswas a fun challenge: so much of the talk about Cloud today starts byarm-waving …(more)

• Army Uses SaaS To Gauge Carbon ‘Boot Print’

InformationWeekThe Army’s choice of multi-tenant SaaS for its pilot is notable, as themilitary has been reluctant to use Web-based systems in other cases,especially with …(more)

• Parallels to Embark on European Roadtrip to Educate Hosts

Web Host Industry ReviewWhite-label reselling lets hosts resell and deliver SaaS applicationsincluding Microsoft Exchange, Windows SharePoint, and Microsoft OfficeCommunications …(more)

• IT Industry Luminary Bill Coleman Joins 3Tera’s Advisory Board

PR Newswire (press release)20 /PRNewswire/ — 3Tera, the leading innovator of cloud computingtechnology and utility computing services, today announced that BillColeman has joined …(more)

• Slicing and Dicing: Virtualization Technologies for Cloud Computing

SYS-CON MediaCloud computing leverages a myriad of Virtualization technologies. In thissession by John DiCarlo and Harry Foxwell of Sun Microsystems Federal, …(more)

• Getting your saas data | AccMan

No one wants to think that a software provider will disappear but ithappens. in the on-premise world, there’s no real problem other than theinconvenience of moving to another product or service. But what about theon-demand/saas world …(more)

• SaaS Providers Fighting for Resources

By Feeds
cloud computing, saas.(more)

• Pricing Services and SaaS @ The Servitizer Blog

By steve
The above holds true for most service businesses but what are theimplications for the SaaS market in particular? Based on our experience(and that of industry peers and colleagues) of working with a number ofsoftware product vendors …(more)

• IT on Demand The Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing in Higher Education

Campus Technology… traditional “purchase and install” software options and tapping thetrend known as on-demand, software as a service (SaaS), hosted, or cloudcomputing. …(more)

• Ariba’s Journey to Software as a Service

ebizQBut in the past couple of years, you’ve decided to shift over tosoftware-as-a-service. And, first of all, I think one of the big questionsis, …(more)

• SkillSoft Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results; SkillSoft …

PR Newswire (press release)20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leadingSoftware as a Service (SaaS) provider of on-demand e-learning andperformance support …(more)

• Are Consultants Killing Cloud Computing?

Intelligent EnterpriseIt’s clear that hype-driven cloud computing translates into dollars givento consultants who promise to lead enterprises to the Promised Land of …(more)

• VMware Ready to Challenge Microsoft With SpringSource, Cloud Foundry

GigaOmThe idea behind the shared vision is to offer a single, integrated platformas a service (PaaS) by which the applications have several new layers of…(more)

• Los Angeles gets its Google Apps groove

CNET NewsAnd “cloud computing is safe.” Also, city employees would be using theversion of Gmail that is designed for corporate and government customers,…(more)

• Salesforce Raises Guidance For Year As Q2 Beats Views

Investor’s Business DailySalesforce is the leader in on-demand business software, which users accessover the Web. Also known as cloud computing and software-as-a-service, …(more)