November 2009

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• Legal Implications of Cloud Computing — Part Four (E-Discovery and

Digital …Information Law Group (blog)Back by popular demand, this is Part Four in our ongoing series, LegalImplications of Cloud Computing. This installment will focus on digitalevidence and …(more)

• Karmic Open Week Wrap-Up

By ble
The Ubuntu Universe/Multiverse continues to amaze me with the amount ofvariety of software available. Some tasks, like tax preparation, needfield-specific experts to gather the most up-to-the-minute information. …(more)

• How Cloud Computing Changes IT Organizations

InformationWeekFor software as a service, 56% will use it or are likely to. There arestill plenty of doubters. Variable computing capacity like Amazon’s EC2 hasits niche …(more)

• Cloud Computing’s Portability Gotcha

InformationWeekBy John Foley There were a couple of “aha” moments for me at the Interop
conference’s Enterprise Cloud Summit this month. The first was that somecompanies …(more)

• S&M: Where the saas rubber doesn’t meet the BI road.

SYS-CON Media (press release)I, for one, certainly couldn’t make sense of Colin Powell’s presence at oneof the keynotes (not sure what he can possibly offer the world of saas butmaybe …(more)

• Open Source, saas to drive future of microfinance IT: Grameen Technology

CenterMicrofinance Focus28, 2009: Open Source software and saas are emerging as the key ManagementInformation Systems (MIS) software for mfis, according to Craig Cheliusfrom the …(more)

• Open Source Technology: Open Source, SaaS to drive future of …

By Open Source
Open Source software and SaaS are emerging as the key ManagementInformation Systems (MIS) software for MFIs, according to Craig Cheliusfrom the Grameen Technology Center (GTC). These products, he argues, canoffer MFIs fully …(more)

• Site Demographic Fluctuations Indicate Increased Marketing Activity On

Leading …PR Web (press release)The software as a service model means that investment can be made toaccommodate any marketing budget, without the financial risk of thesoftware …(more)

• Bella Solutions Announces Dedicated Custom Built Web-Based Field Service …

Earthtimes (press release)… Software or saas (Software as a Service) for the Field Serviceindustry. The software provides the ability to streamline operations byproviding CRM, …(more)

• The Cloud & Your Monitoring Vendor

SYS-CON Media (press release)One of the beautiful things about SaaS models and cloud computing is theease and timeliness of updating software. Just listen to our own history of…(more)

• The Easy Way To Ensure Software Licensing Compliance

By admin
Cloud computing models will prevail with Software as a Service (SaaS) alongwith Platform as a Service. I believe hosting companies will be at thecutting edge of this evolution and will lead to industries becoming moreservice based. …(more)

• [#Cloud $B%/%i%&%IB.Js(B] $B%/%i%&%I$HK!L3!’(BE-Discovery$B$N4QE@$+$i8!>Z(B …

By g2-97cfb155521c5c2dda6603944aa422f5
The court, referring to a party declaration, described $B!H(BCloudComputing$B!I(B as $B!H(Ba term used to describe a software-as-a-service (SAAS)platform for the online delivery of products and services.$B!I(B (Compare thecourt’s description to the NIST …(more)

• What Are the Differences Between Cloud Computing and …

By tdomf_5cc3c
Through cloud computing, a world-class data center service and colocationprovider such as Consonus offers managed IT services through a hosted or$B!H(BSoftware as a Service$B!I(B model. A server or database can be physicallylocated in a …(more)

• The Power and Roi of Open Source

By Reader
They spread some awareness about Red Hat open source platform and threwsome light on how to participate in the open source community and how weall can benefit from this model. According to IDC’s recent research,enterprise adoption of … The marriage between SOA (Service orientedarchitecture or software as a service) and OSS though not revolutionarybecause of the weight of the IT legacy, is surely evolving gradually. TheCEO’s and CIO’s are not happy with the vendor …(more)

• Gartner predicts revenue from Internet-based “cloud computing …

By Mike
The trend toward cloud computing, or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), hasaccelerated during the economic crisis. Cloud computing lets firmsessentially rent text, spreadsheet, calendar or other programs as neededand avoid.(more)

• Is Cloud Computing anything new?

Cloud Computing is a buzz word that has recently taken the web hostingindustry by storm, but is Cloud Computing really anything new? The basicconcept of Cloud Computing is to remove the burden of…(more)

• All about cloud-computing and what it means to us engineers | 2 Thread

By admin
If you have been paying attention to the Google, Microsoft rivalry youmight have figured out that these two titans have something up theirsleeve. On one hand.(more)

• Cloud Computing: A Blast From the Past?

Cloud computing is nothing but a new spin on an old concept. The oldconcept itself was a pretty good idea, and it’s good to see that we’rereturning to it after so many years and so many PCs.(more)

• Why Cloud Computing and SoftwareasaServiceSaaS is Important for …

Im sure most of you have seen and heard about cloud computing andSoftwareasaServiceSaaSbut what do these things really mean and why shouldyou care …(more)

• Healthcare Transactions Weekly: Remediation Plan for Canopy …

By Devon Devine, JD
Devon headed up the strategic product direction at Members Health Network,leading a team of software engineers to help set architecture andinfrastructure direction for software as a service to credit unions. Priorto Members Health …(more)

• CSC Signs Cloud Computing Agreement

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Yeshim Deniz CSC announced that it has signed an agreement with the UK’s
Royal Mail Group to provide cloud computing information technology (IT)services …(more)

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

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• CIO > Doing nothing the costliest cloud option: IDC

Software as a Service (SaaS) where users can run predefined applicationsdirectly from their web browser. Platform as a Service (PaaS) in which usercan run applications as long as they are programmed in one of the languagessupported …(more)

• New frontier or cloud cuckoo land?

Irish TimesHaving created a platform for software as a service with itssales-automation customer relationship management (CRM) product, Salesforcenow hosts other …(more)

• When the Cloud Meets Agile Development

Enterprise Irregulars (blog)First, CA has a multitude of systems management products in its ITsolutions portfolio that could support many aspects of a saas (software asa service) …(more)

• Adobe outlines NBN vision

Computerworld AustraliaSoftware as a service (SaaS) delivery also had the potential to growdramatically via the NBN, McAlpine said. Particularly for Adobe. …(more)

• VMware, Cisco, NetApp combat ‘accidental’ IT

ITWorld CanadaUnder the strategy, the three companies will bring enterprises anend-to-end secure multi-tenancy platform. The plan was announced earlierthis year, …(more)

• Does Virtualization Equal Cloud Computing?

DABCC.com… technology found in my model of virtualization technology, is a usefultool in creating cloud computing environments, but may be used by itself.(more)

• Cyber Cast International to Offer cPanel as a cPanel Partner NOC

Earthtimes (press release)This partnership allows Cyber Cast Intl. to provide cPanel as asoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) value add-on to its hosting product lines. …(more)

• Remote Infrastructure Management: The Cloud Visage

By Remote Infrastructure Management
These applications are broadly divided into the following categories:Software as a Service (SaaS), Utility Computing, Web Services, Platform asa Service (PaaS), Managed Service Providers (MSP), Service Commerce, andInternet …(more)

• Help Guide For Software Engineer: Use AXIS library to create web …

By Sujith Delpachithra
It will auto deployed as a service. 9) You can access the service using”http://127.0.0.1:8080″. Create client using WSDL file 1) Open terminal. 2)Go to the directory you want to create client. 3) Run the below command….(more)

• YourBusinessCloud.com – New Web Accounting Application | Visit …

YourBusinessCloud.com offers an array of solutions that hope to transformyour experience working with MYOB accounting software as it has a webinterface that was especially created to make everything smoother.In thisway you will be allowed to make use of … system that aims to make yourlife easier. As a service, YourBusinessCloud.com could be a good solutionto bear in mind the next time you think about improving the way you manageyour accountancy related matters online.(more)

• Getbusi Books Major Wins with Netsweeper Internet Content …

By EIN
The Getbusi products and services are immediately available as softwaresolutions, on appliance platforms for network edge or In the Cloudimplementations, and as a fully operational Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)from Getbusi high performance data … and Getbusi, an innovative NextGeneration Internet Filtering and Reporting solutions developer, todayannounced the full availability of all new Getbusi platform productsresulting from their March 2009 OEM Agreement. …(more)

• European study points to strong cloud computing sector

Global Gold Internet ServicesEurope’s cloud computing and managed hosting sector has experienced stronggrowth despite the ongoing global economic downturn, it has been reported….(more)

• Delmatic lighting management system offers flexibility for 107 Cheapside …

Electrical Portal (blog)107 Cheapside in London is a 10-storey multi-tenancy commercial and retailbuilding. Delmatic has supplied a range of lighting controls and sensors to…(more)

• Everton tackles spam with saas option

ComputingIn future, the department will introduce deep content scanning of mail,another feature of Webroot’s saas email package. The will mean Everton candeal with …(more)

• Friday Rant: No Vendor (even an On-Demand One) is an Island

Spend Matters (blog)There seems to be a fallacy on the provider side of the Spend Managementmarket that On-Demand or SaaS business models do not require the same levelof …(more)

• Cloud computing ‘has hidden environmental costs’

Just HostWeb hosting users looking to be eco-friendly may want to take note of arecent report that has suggested cloud computing has hidden environmentalcosts. …(more)

• Youshang.com saas Paying Accounts hit 77000

Trading Markets (press release)Youshang.com ranked first in the saas market in the quarter. The followerswere www.wecoo.com and www.eabax.com. And next came www.800app.com, Xtools,…(more)

• Remindo: Social Web Collaboration for Businesses

Mashable (blog)Quick Pitch: A free, customizable SaaS Intranet with aFacebookFacebook-like environment that helps businesses, entrepreneurs,agencies and freelancers …(more)

• Managed UC for SMBs

Express ComputerHosted solutions will prove to be attractive to SMBs due Much like the SaaSmodel, hosted UC solutions enable companies to pay for usage, notownership. …(more)

• Remote support co SupportSpace raises $10m

GlobesThe company’s platform is based on an SaaS (software as a service) model,and it has a virtual workforce, experts who provide services to customers….(more)

• Computerworld Philippines :: Mobile & Wireless Security Software …

By Tom Noda
Executives described i.can as a service that promotes “lifestyleon-the-go” or a revolutionary mobile application that directly links to aperson’s bank account, allowing one to shop, order, and pay using only amobile phone. …(more)

• Cloud Computing: Is It The Fifth Utility? | Computersight

By David C. Wyld Southeastern Louisiana University
In other words, we have seen periods where computing power, data, andprograms have been held on a major, centralized platform, and we have alsoseen periods where that power has resided on one’s desktop-or today,literally in the palm of your hand. … Because as cloud computing featuresIT as a service, as The Economist magazine recently characterized thesituation, “in a world of services it often does not make sense to thinkof hardware and software separately.” …(more)

• Defining ‘Cloud Services’ | Business Computing World

By BCW
As we noted last year, ‘cloud services’ are fundamentally about an emergingdelivery/consumption model–one that can be applied to IT industryofferings (e.g., as in software-as-a-service (SaaS), and storage or servercapacity as a …(more)

• EU Sets Hearing on Oracle-Sun

VONThe acquisition of Sun would also give Oracle, which has announced itsintention to become a major provider of on-demand software-as-a-service,…(more)

• 2009 Infrastructure-as-a-Service & Cloud Computing, Black Book …

By Mike
In 2009, the IT Infrastructure Management Outsourcing client/user surveyinvestigates over 400 contracts held by 1120 of the top ITO spendingcorporations and organizations globally.(more)

• Informatica Debuts Cloud Computing Integration Tools | Online News …

One of the biggest technical obstacles in the world of cloud computing isintegrating cloud applications with each other and with on-premise systems.Data integration software developer Informatica released a package ofsoftware tools …(more)

• Cloud computing is ‘energy inefficient’

ashdowngroup.comA report from university IT organisation Jisc’s TechWatch servicehighlighted that cloud computing has hidden environmental costs due to thehighly …(more)

• Early Azure proof point: boost for Dynamics ERP

OvumAlthough it was criticized early on as simply software-as-a-service (SaaS)by a different name, Microsoft’s Software + Services initiative is actuallymore …(more)

• Cloud Computing Risk Assessment ENISA

The result is an in-depth and independent analysis that outlines some ofthe information security benefits and key security risks of cloudcomputing.(more)

• lifeIMAGE Debuts its e-Sharing Platform for Diagnostic Imaging

Earthtimes (press release)This Software as a Service (SaaS) model is an affordable alternative totoday’s expensive teleradiology infrastructure for low- to medium-sizedfacilities. …(more)

• CloudBench Applications Reports Q3 2009 Results and Business Highlights

Market Wire (press release)Revenues from BasicGov, the Company’s cloud computing solution for localgovernment, grew to $66649 in the third quarter, a 140% increase from$27822 in the …(more)

• Remindo: Social Web Collaboration for Businesses (Mashable)

SAAS DirectoryName: Remindo Quick Pitch: A free, customizable SaaS Intranet with aFacebook-like environment that helps businesses, entrepreneurs, agenciesand …(more)