September 2009

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

• Adaptivity Chairman and CEO Launches His Cloud Computing Blog on …

SYS-CON Media (press release) Adaptivity Chairman and CEO Launches HisCloud Computing Blog on … SYS-CON Media (press release) Tony is theFounder and CEO of Adaptivity.(more)

• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 9/24/2009+

By Steve
Windows Azure, Azure Data Services, SQL Azure Database and related cloudcomputing topics now appear in this weekly series. Note: This post isupdated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of newarticles in the …(more)

• Techno-News Blog

By Ray
Cloud computing received a strong push last week when the U.S. government’sChief Information Officer Vivek Kundra announced apps.gov, a website thatlets government agencies find and buy access to cloud-computing tools andservices. …(more)

• Cloud Computing: A collection of working papers

Docuticker (blog)Cloud computing promises to become as a foundational element in globalenterprise computing; in fact, many companies are exploring aspects of thecloud …(more)

• eBid Systems Receives Constructech magazine’s 2009 Vision Award

PR Leap (press release)eBid Systems provides supplier management, sourcing and contract managementSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions to industry and public agencies. …(more)

• SaaS and competitive advantage

ITWebBy Richard Firth, CEO of MIP Holdings In the previous Industry Insight in
this series, I looked at how to align SaaS with corporate strategy. …(more)

• James Kobielus’ Blog: Aweekstweets Sept 20-27 2009 @jameskobielus

By James Kobielus
There is another group of vendors that specialize in offering the front-endreporting, query, dashboarding, OLAP, and other access, presentation,interaction, and delivery features of BI as cloud/hosted/SaaS subscriptionservice. …(more)

• Built on Collaboration: US Government embraces SaaS

By Robert Phillpot
In other words, it is a way for government agencies to buy SaaS or cloudcomputing technologies – something that many were reluctant (or unable) todo before due to outdated policies or restrictive procurement processes….(more)

• India’s premier movie portal – (27 Sep) Saas Bahu Aur Saazish (SBS …

Interval.in & Dekho.in – Bollywood Social Networking website.(more)

• Help Desk SaaS – Directory and guide for Help Desk Software as a …

By admin
The definitive directory and guide for Help Desk Software-as-a-Service andOn-Demand Software.(more)

• The problem with Cloud Computing – Google Business Apps/Gmail …

By Prucha, Christopher M.
The Gmail outage on friday had many outraged over the lack of access toboth Google Business Apps and Gmail, with some defending Google no matterwhat. The company I work for uses Google Business Apps (that I set up forthem) for email …(more)

• The Cloud Quadrant

By Robin Harris
But cloud computing is different: it is the first pay-as-you-goinfrastructure. Every user can look at the price tag and make an economicdecision based on real costs. In the 80s it took years for good data on thecosts and benefits of …(more)

• on dot-gov: When You Wish Upon The Cloud

By Gwynne
Government cloud computing is being touted as the next new thing. Promisesof cheaper costs and a reduced carbon footprint, along with consumerexperience with the ease of free e-mail and document sharing via “thecloud” makes it a …(more)

• Netsuite brings cloud computing ERP suite to iPhone

Siliconindia.comBy siliconindia news bureau Mumbai: NetSuite has brought the first cloud
computing mobile ERP suite to Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. …(more)

• Ciena Announces 5400 Family for New Era of Modular, Software …

WELT ONLINEMobile broadband, digital video, software as a service, virtualizedinformation environments and other bandwidth-intensive services areaccelerating network …(more)

• Working Your Way to Greener SMB

E-Commerce TimesFor a double-save, he recommends using ECM in a Software-as-a-Service(saas) form, thus cutting the need for servers in your data center too. …(more)

• Cloud Computing: The End Game

IT Business EdgeBy date: Although cloud computing, in its current form, is only a couple of
years old with fairly limited adoption, it’s already becoming a commodity….(more)

• QuickBooks 2010 Helps Small Businesses Boost Their Bottom Line

WELT ONLINEQuickBooks Pro and Premier 2010 feature the all-new Intuit App Center,providing users access to scalable, Software-as-a-Service businessapplications …(more)

• DotNetNuke Corp. Announces Formation of Board of Advisors

SYS-CON Media (press release)… networking and software-as-a-service (SaaS) technologies. Previously,Artale was the Vice President of the Windows Solutions Group for VERITASSoftware …(more)

• PRM: Ready to Break Out

CRM BuyerWith the financial pressures brought by the recession, the availability ofaffordable SaaS offerings, and the boom in social networking technologies,…(more)

• iDashboards Lifts Business Intelligence Dashboards to the Cloud

Earthtimes (press release)Housed on the Amazon Elastic Cloud (EC2) platform, iDashboards In Cloud(SaaS) enables users to capitalize on the functionality and benefits oftraditional …(more)

• Start-up offers net management Fisher-Price style

NetworkWorld.comVineyard Networks uses cloud-based, software-as-a-service model to delivernetwork management and monitoring capabilities to SMB customers. …(more)

• Cloud Computing & Enterprise IT: Cost & Operational Benefits

SYS-CON Media (press release)Garden Protein International, Inc.: Love Food? And, Want to Work for aCompany that Believes that Plant-based Foods are a Solution to Feeding OurGrowing …(more)

• Larry Ellison Rants About Cloud Computing

Data Center KnowledgeOracle CEO Larry Ellison has bashed cloud computing hype before. So it wasunsurprising but nonetheless entertaining when, during an appearance at the…(more)

• IT not convinced about cloud’s green credentials

NetworkWorld.comBy Tom Jowitt , TechWorld , 09/28/2009 IT bosses are not yet convinced over
the green benefits from cloud computing, after the third annual ‘GreenSurvey’ …(more)

• Business Club – The pitfalls of cloud computing

Telegraph.co.ukCloud computing – where the applications are held remotely and businessesjust ‘log in’ – may have its cost advantaged, but beware of the pitfalls,…(more)

• Working Your Way to a Greener SMB

E-Commerce TimesSmart power management, the use of less paper, and a look into SaaS can allbe low-cost or no-cost paths to a greener SMB. Big businesses often use big…(more)

• SchoolDude.com Wins Best of SaaS Showplace Award

Business Wire (press release)Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Showplace is a service of THINKstrategies,Inc. The SaaS Showplace is now the largest and highest ranked,vendor-independent, …(more)

• Intuit launches QuickBooks 2010

Trading Markets (press release)The company said that QuickBooks Pro and Premier 2010 feature the newIntuit App Center, providing users access to Software-as-a-Service business…(more)

• How to Select a Call Center Workforce Management Solution, Part 3

TMCnetThese software solutions, which are increasingly being offered on a hostedor software-as-a-service basis, offer advanced analytics capabilities whichhelp …(more)

• Workday Passes 100 Customer Milestone; Continues Enterprise SaaS …

Earthtimes (press release)Organizations continue to choose SaaS over on-premise solutions based onsuperior TCO, pace of innovation and time-to-value.(more)

• Private Clouds are SaaS’s future enemy

TG DailySaaS companies, the poster children for cloud computing technology, havebenefited from the downturn. Companies like Salesforce.com, RightNow,NetSuite and …(more)

• Latest version of StuffIt Deluxe incorporates cloud computing

MacworldSmith Micro Software on Monday announced a new version of Stuffit, itsvenerable file compression tool. Among other new features, StuffIt Deluxe2010 …(more)

• Government Aims for Cost, Security Benefits With Cloud Computing

NewsHourTechnologists from the Obama administration hope tax dollars might be savedby using cloud computing, putting commonly used software into a shared setof …(more)

• GovLoop acquisiton by GovDelivery strengthens both, analysts believe

FCW.com… year selling services including e-mail message subscription managementand software-as-a-service cloud computing applications to 300 governmentclients. …(more)

• Bracing for Change: SIs and Cloud Computing

TMCnetPlatform as a service (PaaS), which provides, on top of the infrastructurecomponents, an on-demand programming layer for building cloud-ready(web-based) …(more)

• Talent software vendor says stop to ERP

NetworkWorld.comTaleo 10 is the newest saas offering that gives users visibility,flexibility and information that’s relevant to the workforce. Kampa saysthe solution is …(more)

• Growth-Oriented Colleges Get Up and Running Faster with Campus …

PR Newswire (press release)Campus Management reported continued growth of its CampusNet(R) hosting andSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) business in the last fiscal year. …(more)

Current results from Data Survey #1: Data Scientists. Thanks to everyone for helping the world understand Big Data better!

Please take the following 2-minute survey to help us understand your hadoop environment better.

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

• Startup MaxiScale Launches Itself plus Storage Platform

Zikkir World (blog)… health records, social networks and software as a service. The FlexSoftware Platform runs on commodity-type, x86-based servers and works withWindows, …(more)

• Oracle Cloud Computing and the CFO’s Dilemma | Navatar Force

By Alok Misra
When it comes to midmarket, vendors more grounded in the SaaS world (or themulti-tenancy experts) will surely come with lower priced options andOracle will have a tough time competing. The answer would have to be lowerrevenue per …(more)

• Web Developer for CRM SaaS (jQuery/php/mysql) (Anywhere in America …

By admin
We are building a different kind of CRM. One that’s built on the obvious,and often overlooked key ingredient; common sense. This light weight highlyscalable CRM is aimed at those tired of systems as stiff as Salesforce orothers that …(more)

• Web Developer for CRM SaaS (jQuery/php/mysql) (Anywhere in America …

By Steven Robert
We are building a different kind of CRM. One that’s built on the obvious,and often overlooked key ingredient; common sense. This light weighthighly.(more)

• M I N D O V O | Technology Concierge – Mindovo Passport …

By Tony Mars
Chargify: Recurring Billing, Subscription Billing, SaaS Billing. viachargify.com. From the site: “Build Your Business, Not Your Billing System… Chargify simplifies recurring billing for Web 2.0 and SaaS companies.”…(more)

• Open Source Is Key to Cloud Computing: Yahoo! SVP

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Jeremy Geelan “Ultimately, we believe that advancement in cloud
computing technology will be driven by open source initiatives where largecommunities of …(more)

• The SaaS Guy: I decided to be blogkrupt !

By Jijesh
The SaaS Guy. On-demand discussion about Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) inCanadian dialect. September 26, 2009. I decided to be blogkrupt ! I took atlook at the various blogs I have been following and reading, they are over60. …(more)

• Memia Cloud Services Architecture Blog: Memia is hiring: Senior …

By Ben
Memia Cloud Consulting is focussed on building and deployingSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications and solutions – we are currentlydeveloping the next global SaaS success stories from our base in centralChristchurch, Canterbury. …(more)

• Musings of an Insomniac: HP To Cut Loose its BPO Business

By Navin
I suspect that most BPO solutions look more (and are sold more) like hostedapplications than the standardized, multi-tenant applications offered bySaaS (software as a service) vendors. Another issue with BPO deals concernsthe ability …(more)

• MDM Becoming More Critical in Light of Cloud Computing

ebizQI think that the lack of MDM will become more of an issue as cloudcomputing rises. We’re moving from complex federated on-premise systems,…(more)

• Powerlan’s Omnix telecoms software offered via SaaS

iTWireby Stuart Corner (ASX: PWR) subsidiary, the UK based, Omnix Software hasmade it software for the management of telecoms infrastructure availableunder a …(more)

• PivotLink Appoints Bob Kemper as Senior Vice President of Development

PR-CANADA.net (press release)PivotLink, the leading provider of business intelligence solutionsdelivered via Software as a Service (SaaS), today announced the appointmentof Bob Kemper …(more)

• After SaaS comes CaaS | phion Securitynews – Beta

By phion
SNIPPET: I guess it was inevitable. With the growth in SaaS (Software as aService), it was only a matter of time before we saw CaaS – Crimeware asa…(more)

• One Writer’s Inkwell: A democratic Middle-East?

By One Writer’s Inkwell
One of the most influential people within this movement is Saas EddinIbrahim. He continues to advocate and campaign for democracy in Egypt andthroughout the region. Saas Eddin Ibrahim has been quoted as saying thisregarding democracy …(more)

• Comment on The Vista 350 telephone and the birth of SaaS by Grant …

By admin
Update on printer for vista 350: According to the user manual for theAastra Power Touch 350 the needed cable is a RJ-11 to RS-232. I was able tolocate such a cable at this add …(more)

• MidlandHR named IPP Payroll Service Provider of the Year

Paypershop.com (press release)Whether customers require an in-house or hosted solution, Software as aService, payroll bureau services, or fully managed payroll outsourcing, …(more)

• Adaptivity Chairman and CEO Launches His Cloud Computing Blog on …

SYS-CON Media (press release)Tony is the Founder and CEO of Adaptivity. As Chairman and CEO, Tony leadsthe team and provides hands-on coaching, thought leadership and executive…(more)

• Software that gets reduced, reused, recycled

ICT ResultsService-centric software engineering defines every action a computerprogram can take as a service. Want to print a document? That is oneservice. …(more)