Daily Cloud Feed - Nov 3, 2009
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- Yahoo! Announces Open-Source Cloud Server at 4th International Cloud
- Global Organizations Choose Microsoft Cloud Applications
- Unisys official says cloud computing can save money by eliminating US jobs
- Confirmed: Microsoft Cuts SaaS Prices 33 Percent
- Cisco, EMC, VMware in Cloud Venture
- SAAS officers awarded for Behari response
- Gemalto invests in Serverside Group, the world leader in personalizing
- Resumes updated instantly via SaaS
- If you’re implementing SaaS, be cautious
- Regularly Updated SaaS vs The Big Dig
- Cloud computing threatens Microsoft business model
- Salesforce.com announces Dreamforce 2009 cloud computing convention
- Security firm M86 acquires Finjan
- Re Internet Services load balancing vs multiple server usage …
- Cloud providers should welcome white hat hacking
- RMI Acquires SaaS Provider ExpressYard
- How Far Will Google Wave Go?
- Web security market consolidation
- Yahoo! offers open source cloud server
- Microsoft cuts price of enterprise cloud service, adds countries
- Adaptivity CEO Addresses Workloads and Cloud Computing
- Cloud computing making new alliances
- Microsoft Drops Prices Of Cloud Apps
- Incisive Introduced as Valley Inception`s Newest Venture
- Webroot Grows Web Security SaaS Business By 150 Percent
- Testuff Releases a New Version of its Test Management Software, With a
- Jamcracker Powers BroadSoft Marketplace
- Aria Systems Completes SAS 70 Type II Certification
- Servoy Upgrades saas Software
- Sybase Addresses Market Need for Hosted Device Management and …
- Cisco, VMware, EMC in cloud collaboration
- LA bets on cloud computing despite financial woes in Google Apps deal
- Gomez and Savvis Present Webinar featuring Analyst James Staten Exploring
- The ROI of Software-As-A-Service
- The Continuous Innovation Advantage of Software-As-A-Service
- Microsoft Pushes Switchover Deal for CRM Online
- Knoa Delivers New End-User Experience Monitoring Solution for
- M86 buys Web security gateway vendor Finjan
- Catbird tunes security software for public clouds
- Cisco, EMC Form Data Center Venture
- Yahoo’s Shugar Announces Traffic Server, Outlines Open-Source and Cloud
- Cloud computing architecture: Relational memories are made of this?
- Cal Net Technology Group CEO Zack Schuler Will Present Findings for
- Storytelling Tips from Salesforce’s Marc Benioff
- Cisco, EMC, VMware in Cloud Venture | Cloud Computing Journal
- Cisco, EMC, VMware Launch Cloud Computing Push - Tech Trader Daily …
- Dexrex Gear Forges New Path for Messaging Management and Archiving in …
- M86 Security Acquires Finjan
- Cisco, EMC, VMware Unveil Joint Venture
- Shelton Shugar Says Yahoo! Already a Major Cloud Computing User
- TechRepublic Resource Guide Software as a ServiceSaaS for Small …
- iPipeline Acquires AgencyWorks and Adds Agency Management Services
- Industry’s First Homeland Security Cloud(TM) Announced by NC4
- SiliconRepublic.com: Cisco, EMC and VMware create cloud-computing …
- Unisys says cloud computing can save money by eliminating U.S. …
- Cloud Computing Expo Floor Opens at Santa Clara Convention Center
- vCloud Express Launches at VMworld
- SuccessFactors Vice President of Cloud Computing to Participate on SaaS
- Microsoft Offers Free SaaS To Salesforce, Oracle Customers
- SuccessFactors Vice President of Cloud Computing to Participate on SaaS …
Computing …SYS-CON Media (press release)By Roger Strukhoff Yahoo! has made its second major Cloud Computing
announcement in five months, announcing an open-source version of itsTraffic Server at …(more)
Reuterss business communication and collaboration software delivered as a service,will be available in 15 additional countries and regions later this week….(more)
InfoWorldBy Paul Krill | InfoWorld Cost savings generated by replacing US workers
with IT persons from India was cited as a benefit of private cloudcomputing Monday …(more)
MSPmentorMicrosoft is slashing some SaaS prices by 33 percent, confirming a scoopfrom TheVARGuy.com earlier today. Sources close to Microsoft say this isthe start …(more)
SYS-CON Media (press release)SYS-CON Events announced today that the 5th International Cloud ComputingConference & Expo will take place April 19-20-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javits…(more)
Yorke Peninsula Country TimesSnowtown SAAS Volunteer Team Leader Jenny Crago, Rosemary Josephs, JayneRobinson, John Nicholls, Jane Wyatt, Rick Kleinig (absent: Bronwin Jacksonand …(more)
bank …ReutersServerside`s software-as-a-service (SAAS) platform, allaboutmetm, enablescustom images and designs to be uploaded via a website and then processedby the …(more)
Australian ITONLINE resume provider iProfile has signed up five recruitment agencies inthe Australian technology sector, starting with Finite in February thisyear. …(more)
In my piece where I commented about the Business Case for SaaS, I mademention of the need to treat a SaaS implementation in the same way youwould any other IT project and in particular paying attention to data. …(more)
By Tom
Last week we talked about the idea of the SaaS to SaaS integration and howthis network phenomenon could not be duplicated by on-premise softwarevendors where the same integration has to be built over and over again. …(more)
EDL ConsultingThe advance of cloud computing marks the end of an era for Microsoft,according to one technology website. TechCentral wrote in a recent articlethat cloud …(more)
EDL ConsultingEnterprise cloud computing company Salesforce.com announced that itsDreamforce 2009 conference will take place November 17-20 at the MosconeConvention …(more)
CNET NewsFinjan brings to the table a secure Web gateway product andsoftware-as-a-service solutions, M86 said in a statement. Under the merger,which is effective …(more)
Terremark presents the vCloud Express cloud computing community. …Thanks. Samuel Marlowe. Terremark Worldwide vCloud Express Customer Support…(more)
InfoWorldI suspect that testing companies are already ramping up to put cloudcomputing providers through their paces, either for government andcommercial clients …(more)
ReutersSince 2002, ExpressYard has provided SaaS software solutions that enablecontract repair shops and railroads to manage the billing for railcarrepair work. …(more)
ForbesSaaS software has made great strides in this area; a normal user can add afield to most SaaS applications. In most on-premise software, extending adata …(more)
ComputingFirst, on 28 October, Cisco announced it was buying ScanSafe, a UK companythat had established a strong position in SaaS-based web security, andtoday, …(more)
Bigmouthmedia Newss new technology will be unveiled at next week’s Cloud Computing Conference& Expo in Santa Clara, California. Yahoo! is already offering the code forits …(more)
Seattle Post IntelligencerIn cloud computing, services such as e-mail are hosted and managed via theWeb, and files are stored not on local computer servers but at a provider’sdata …(more)
SYS-CON Media (press release)… workloads and cloud computing, in general session at the 4thInternational Cloud Computing Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center inSilicon Valley. …(more)
ZDNetThe concept of cloud computing; where dynamically scalable, reliable,manageable IT resources are made available over the network as a service,…(more)
InformationWeekMicrosoft has lowered the subscription prices for its cloud computingapplications, and has announced new customer wins and broader geographicavailability …(more)
ReutersThe Incisive portfolio of online Software as a Service (SaaS) andinstallable products are based on its acquisition of spreadsheet analysistechnology from …(more)
Reuters”They pioneered the anti-spyware market twelve years ago and have built astrong solution for Web and email security software-as-a-service, asindicated by …(more)
Special …ReutersTestuff SaaS (Software as a Service) suite includes: Requirementsmanagement, test cases, test planning and execution, defect reporting,video recorder and …(more)
Reuters… Value Added Resellers (VARs), and Software as a Service (SaaS) vendorsto profitably deliver on-demand solutions to businesses of all sizes. …(more)
ReutersWorld`s Most Secure SaaS Billing Platform Adds SAS 70 Type II Certificationto Industry-leading PCI Compliance MEDIA, Pa.–(Business Wire)– AriaSystems, …(more)
socalTech.comThousand Oaks-based Servoy, a developer of software for developingsoftware-as-a-service applications, said Monday that it has upgraded itsnamesake …(more)
Reuters - USAKey Features of Afaria 6.5 Include: * Multi-tenancy infrastructure andhosting options for management of multiple sites or tenants using a singleserver …(more)
MSN MoneyThe companies said they have worked closely over the past year “on a sharedvision for the future of enterprise IT infrastructure — private cloudcomputing …(more)
SearchCloudComputing.comIf that happens, Google will win another victory for both its apps and itscloud-computing model. Most notable is a provision in the contract thatwill win …(more)
the …Reuters… Deployment and Performance in the Cloud “Cloud Computing Realities:Getting Past the Hype and Setting your Cloud Strategy” LEXINGTON, Mass.,Nov. …(more)
ComputerworldFirms almost always consider SaaS as a cost-advantage over on-premise inthe short run due to its quick implementation times and pay-as-you-gopricing. …(more)
ComputerworldIs SaaS a more compelling advantage for ERP solutions? Over the past fewmonths, Knowledge Infusion reviewed some of the leading SaaS and on-premiseERP …(more)
PC WorldOther saas (software as a service) vendors, such as netsuite, have made asteady stream of financial enticements in recent months too, as salesslowed …(more)
Virtualization …ReutersKnoa VCEM extends this concept to the worlds of SaaS, Virtualization andCloud Computing with a streamlined, turnkey application designedspecifically to …(more)
SearchSecurity.comCisco acquires SaaS security vendor ScanSafe: Move complements Cisco lineof IronPort appliances by offering customers Web security gateway servicesin the …(more)
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USAThe software adds support for multi-tenancy and service-orientedarchitecture to its vSecurity suite so it is suitable for Amazon’s and anyother cloud …(more)
Wall Street JournalAs some companies turn to cloud computing providers that offer IT servicesover the Internet, others are building private clouds designed to grab someof …(more)
StrategySYS-CON BrasilHis speech featured a tech-heavy description of how the company is alreadydeploying cloud computing internally, and the benefits it has achieved todate. …(more)
SearchSOABy Jack Vaughan Curt Monash has followed the relational database world more
closely than anyone over the years. SearchSOA.com reporter Rob Barry caughtup …(more)
Solution …ReutersProject Nimbus was developed in order to achieve three goals: 1 Identifythe various go-to-market channel models for cloud computing and how theyapply to …(more)
BusinessWeekBy Carmine Gallo Software-as-a-service pioneer and salesforce.com (CRM)
co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff credits storytelling as one of the primaryreasons …(more)
The International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is the world’sleading Cloud-focused event and is held three times a year, in New York,Silicon Valley and in Europe. Over 200 corporate sponsors and 10000industry …(more)
By Eric Savitz
Cisco Systems (CSCO), EMC (EMC) and VMware (VMW) are teaming up to sellhardware and software for cloud computing, the companies announced today.The three firms are creating something called the Virtual ComputingEnvironment coalition, …(more)
Reuters”Dexrex Gear ChatSync uses flexible SaaS and on-premise deployment methodsto help companies of all sizes archive and store messaging data for easy…(more)
ReutersAcquisition Adds Enterprise-Class Secure Web Gateway and Hybrid SaaSSolutions to M86`s Web and Email Products ORANGE, Calif. …(more)
Wall Street JournalPrivate clouds are designed to grab some of the cost savings inherent incloud computing, while allowing customers to maintain control over their IT…(more)
SYS-CON Media (press release)SVP Shelton Shugar, speaking at the 4th International Cloud Computing Expo,outlined some of the detail involved in serving 600 million users per month…(more)
Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face the same challenges as largercompanies when it comes to cutting costs and saving money in a difficulteconomy.(more)
ReutersLeading Software as a Service Provider Is Positioned to Deliver LifeInsurance Industry`s Most Comprehensive Solutions Platform to DriveStraight-Through …(more)
ReutersNC4’s Cloud Computing Solution Supports More Than 80000 Users and 2500Homeland Security Communities EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ –NC4 Inc., …(more)
Networking giant Cisco and storage giant EMC, along with virtualisationplayer VMware, have joined forces to create a Virtual Computing Environmentcoalition to drive their vision of tomorrow’s computing world, privatecloud computing.(more)
Speaking at the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, Calif.,Richard Marcello, president of technology, consulting, and integrationsolutions at Unisys, presented what he viewed as myths and truths aboutcloud computing, …(more)
SYS-CON Media (press release)By Cloud News Desk SYS-CON’s 4th International Cloud Computing Conference &
Expo, held on November 2 - 4, 2009, in Santa Clara, attracted more than 40…(more)
Virtualization heavyweights, such as VMware and Citrix, would like theirsoftware to be the foundation for both internal and external computeclouds.(more)
ExecutivePR Newswire (press release)SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Today SuccessFactors,Inc. (Nasdaq: SFSF) announced that SuccessFactors’ Vice President of Cloud…(more)
InformationWeekWhen it introduced the SaaS in April 2008, it offered a base version with 5GB of storage for $44 per user per month, and a more feature-rich versionwith …(more)
ReutersSuccessFactors Vice President of Cloud Computing to Participate on SaaSExecutive Panel at the Janney Montgomery Scott 2009 Software & ServicesConference …(more)
