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SYS-CON Media (press release)By Ellen Rubin The talk at the Cloud Computing Expo this week in Santa
Clara was all about enterprise cloud adoption. Is it real? Is it alreadyhappening? …(more)

Earthtimes (press release)Both applications will be delivered as part of an integrated solutionincorporating Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service(PaaS) …(more)

San Antonio ExpressFor the last four quarters, the company’s cloud computing business grew bymore than 100 percent in a year-over-year comparison. Rackspace said itgenerated …(more)

OnTheSnow.comSaas Grund will organise a special ‘Kids’ Week’ in January when childrenwill receive free ski equipment rentals, a ski pass, ski lessons, and evena free …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Fuat Kircaali Cloud Computing Expo is the new PC Expo, Comdex or
InternetWorld, and will be the next global IT event for the decade startingwith 2010. …(more)

Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue is forecast to reach $7.5billion in 2009, a 17.7 percent increase from 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion,according to Gartner. The market will show consistent growth through 2013when …(more)

Reduce capex expenses and the complexity of managing fluctuatinginfrastructure requirements with VMware vCloud Express and our partners.(more)

MacNNServoy has launched an update to its hybrid SaaS software, Servoy. Version5.0 can run on dedicated servers or in a cloud-based operation, with theability …(more)

Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USAOur technology and maintenance cap ex was approximately $14 millionprimarily related to the build out of our vCloud Express platform andadditional …(more)

By AWS Evangelist
AWS user Bob Wise (VP of Engineering for Melodeo, producer of nuTsie) askedme to pass along some information about his upcoming session at theBlackBerry Developer Conference (November 9-12 in San Francisco).(more)

EDL ConsultingGlobal revenue from SaaS will grow 17.7 percent this year to $7.5 billion,up from $6.8 billion in 2008, according to technology research firmGartner. …(more)

EDL ConsultingThe study, conducted by SaaS security developer Proofpoint, found thatalmost 40 percent of IT professionals surveyed are generally confused aboutthe term …(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)… the global leader in business execution software, added its weightbehind Europe’s first ever Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud servicesbusiness …(more)

PR Web - Ferndale,WA,USAWith MessageSolution Enterprise Archive 6.0 Multi-Tenancy SaaS edition,MessageSolution provides OEM and UI-rebranding services for partners thathost …(more)

PR Web (press release)A pioneer in Platform-as-a-Service since 2000, Caspio offers one of themost mature platforms available today; incorporating an enterprise-gradedatabase, …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Kevin Jackson Henry Sienkiewcz, DISA Computer Services Technical
Director, credits the cloud computing “hyper-standardized” environment forthe …(more)

Software …CNNMoney.com (press release)We get these customers live fast and we deliver consistent service throughour SaaS-model. The cost-profile of saas is perfect for clients in thecurrent …(more)

2009 …CNNMoney.com (press release)”These efforts enable our customers to use our cloud computing solutions tomake their companies more effective, more agile and more profitable. …(more)

The Associated PressThe company has been pushing into the business of so-called “cloud”computing, allowing customers to store data online rather than on their ownservers. …(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)For MESCO, as a service company for customer specific hardware and softwaredevelopment, it is a great benefit to cooperate with Atmel and HMT. …(more)

NewsBlazeRackspace Hosting is the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing andis ranked #43 on FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to work for in theUnited …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Delivering on its promiseto provide consumers an ever more immersive, dynamic and interactiveBlu-ray(TM) …(more)

NewsBlazeThe company’s signature ecommerce capabilities are delivered through theAllurent on Demand Software as a Service platform, which includes a libraryof …(more)

Their …CNNMoney.com (press release)As a saas firm, we remove the burden of building, housing and maintainingthese systems by handling that internally. This saves our clientsconsiderable …(more)

Intelligent EnterpriseCloud computing: Informatica says that it has “pioneered cloud computingfor data integration”; even so, look out for challenges from the likes ofTalend in …(more)

Bizjournals.comApprenda created saasgrid, an application server technology for companiesthat provide Software as a Service, or Saas, to their customers. …(more)

FederalNewsRadio.comToday, we take a look at cloud computing in the federal sphere withindustry insider John Gilroy of solutionsdevelopers. Fed Cloud Blog: Indoing research, …(more)

Channel InsiderGartner is forecasting worldwide software SaaS revenue to hit $7.5 billionin 2009, a 17.7 percent increase from 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion. …(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)ntrsupport is available via Saas (Software as a Service), self-hosted saasor Virtual Appliance, all offering a secure 256bit AES encrypted connectionwith …(more)

ChannelWeb… more on software-as-a-service applications and cloud-computing ITresources, combined with information technology running within their datacenters. …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)SYS-CON’s 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, held onNovember 2 - 4, 2009, in Santa Clara, attracted more than 40 sponsors withover 2000 …(more)

IT Business EdgeGartner has reported that worldwide SaaS revenue is expected to hit $7.5billion in 2009, a 17.7 percent increase over 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion….(more)

PC WorldFor many, cloud computing forces a reassessment of what they expect fromapplications and how they are used. I am thinking specifically about thefeature …(more)

socalTech.comSan Juan Capistrano-based OptionEase, a developer of software-as-a-servicefor options accounting, announced today that Pasadena-based CentralDesktop, …(more)

SearchCloudComputing.com… an enhanced AUP with additional procedures that address applicationsecurity relative to cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS)environments, …(more)

Motley FoolRackspace added some 15000 customers to its cloud-computing business whenit acquired Slicehost and Jungle Disk last October. This is merely a12-month …(more)

Dark Reading”For most smbs, the benefits of saas and third-party security fall intothree areas: cutting down on the stress associated with managing complexsecurity …(more)

Reseller News - New ZealandThere are also significant provisions for multitenancy. For instance,perhaps you have separate working groups or even customers that needdedicated …(more)

Momentum continues to build behind software as a service. Gartner isforecasting worldwide software SaaS revenue to hit $7.5 billion in 2009, a17.7 percent increase from 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion. And it’s notstopping there.(more)

By Derek Pilling
A conversation with the CEO of a SaaS company today reminded me of theimportance of the rule of 78s. What is this.(more)

By eWeek
Research firm Gartner predicts a rosy outlook for software-as-a-service(SaaS), which predicts revenues will top $7.5 billion worldwide in 2009.Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue is forecast to reach $7.5billion in 2009, …(more)

By vatsgaurav
Grid and Cloud Computing: A Business Perspective on Technology andApplications Publisher: Springer | Pages: 274 | 2009-12-01 | ISBN3642051928 | PDF | 6 MB In today’s dynamic business environment, ITdepartments are under permanent …(more)

By enomaly
ElasticVapor focuses on the emerging cloud computing, virtualization,software as a service and emerging technology industries.(more)

The key to modern cloud computing and the difference between it andClient/Server or SaaS is large scale redundancy. If all your data is storedin a single data center, even if it’s on multiple servers it’s not a cloud,…(more)

By Admin
The addition of SliceHost a popular cloud computing and hosting providerand JungleDisk, a favorite online backup service that supports Cloud files,makes the Rackspace Cloud a powerful cloud hosting solution. …(more)

By Andrea Di Maio
CrossGov said: RT @AndreaDiMaio: Help Gartner Define Its GovernmentResearch Agenda for 2010 : http://bit.ly/4gbp6K #gov20 #cloud #gartner[...] 2 Martin // Nov 8, 2009 at 11:23 am. Top 3 technology issues: 1)Cloud computing …(more)

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UKAdvanced multi-tenant capabilities make shared services organizations andcenters of excellence more cost-effective and efficient — Enhancedmulti-tenancy …(more)

Run, secure and manage applications in the internal cloud or have themfederated on-demand to partner-hosted external clouds with VMware vCloud.(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)The new product introductions announced today are offered to customers ason-premise, on-demand or software-as-a-service solutions, or blendedapproaches, …(more)

PC QuestThis type of SaaS (Software as a Service) or on-demand model offer savingsfor an organization as most of the hardware and solution expenses will beborne …(more)

Increases …No JitterThe software industry has been undergoing a transition of its own over thepast few years and that’s the shift to SaaS, and this transition hascreated new …(more)

and …PR-AU.com… (press release)Today successfactors, Inc. announced that successfactors’ Vice President ofCloud Computing, Tom Fisher, will present on an executive panel at theGoldman …(more)

Factoring …PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)’SaaS’ initially defined as Software as a Service is evolving towardsSolution as a Service. Beyond the availability of a technical solution, …(more)

Software-As-A-Service …Mobile-Financial.comFiserv, Inc., the leading global provider of financial services technologysolutions, today announced that The Family Credit Union, an $89.9 millioncredit …(more)

ZDNet UKRemember to check your security option settings with MS Internet Explorer 8- View demo planmill’s saas web-based business applications are nowequipped …(more)

Productivity …Business Wire (press release)For example, users of Exchange Server 2010 can benefit from Unisys UnifiedCommunications as a Service (UCaaS), which delivers Microsoft Exchange, …(more)

PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)Monitis is a 100% Cloud-based, complete, and flexible IT monitoringsolution, offered on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. Monitisconsolidates backend …(more)

InfoWorldIt’s been two months since Larry Ellison, in an onstage interview, treatedthe world to his latest, loudest takedown of cloud computing: “All it is isa …(more)

TMCnet - USAThe solution includes full redundancy and multi-tenancy to ensure allcommunications are recorded and partitioned without interruption formultiple …(more)

Business Wire (press release)The IBM framework platform is based on a service-oriented architecture(SOA) that merges a comprehensive software set that includes real-timecommunications …(more)

Seeking Alpha (blog)… Schedule (large companies) to include ClickRoster (shift planning),ClickMobile, and ClickIMRS (mid-size), and Software-as-a-Service (smallcompanies). …(more)

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UKSaaSGrid greatly reduces the barrier to entry for SaaS by overcomingsignificant technical hurdles like multi-tenancy and grid scalability, …(more)

Market Wire (press release)Given the increasing number of SaaS email security and compliance solutionsavailable and differences in data security, service level agreements, …(more)

TMC NetAn all-in-one Web-based project portfolio management solution, vpmi v4.5 isavailable onsite or via the Internet as a saas (News - Alert) offering fora …(more)

V3.co.uk”Today, every individual component is available as SaaS but it takes peoplelike us who live on top of this to bring it together as a solution,” saidRoss. …(more)

Third …WELT ONLINE”For enterprises to adopt a desktop virtualization platform effectively,they must be able to leverage the existing technologies and networks theyhave in …(more)

InformationWeekThe ceos of Hewlett-Packard and IBM agree that “cloud computing” is a badname–so what will take its place? By Bob Evans Last week we noted thatboth HP …(more)

CTO Edge (blog)As cloud computing services become a commodity, Skytap is trying todifferentiate itself by allowing IT organizations to manage resources inthe cloud in …(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)He will elaborate on how cloud computing can provide unprecedented levelsof real-time control and visibility over multi-subsidiary and multinational…(more)

By admin
IBM has unveiled new software development and testing tools for its publicand private cloud computing services, according to InformationWeek. Thetoolset, called Rational Software Delivery Services, bundles a set ofready-to-use app …(more)

Independent …CNNMoney.com (press release)With this Suite, Sterling Commerce has gained recognition from the analystcommunity as a leader in B2B gateway software, managed file transfer (MFT),…(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)QED Connect Inc. (”QED Connect”) (PINKSHEETS: QEDN), an innovative,software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider for the information security market,…(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Bross, along with the additional speakers and panelists, will discuss thepotential business impacts and importance of cloud computing as carriersfocus on …(more)

Market Wire (press release)Developers can plug into SmartVault’s Software-as-a-Service offering tomake customer documents available from the SmartVault Toolbar in QuickBooksas well …(more)

Wall Street Journal”People are embracing cloud computing faster than we anticipated,” StephenElop, who heads Microsoft’s business division - which includes theubiquitous …(more)

Infopackets (blog)Microsoft has assured users that it will strive to give cloud computingcustomers the same privacy commitments given to those using desktopsoftware. …(more)

InformationWeekInstead, Elop said, most of the savings will come from a combination of newfeatures in Exchange 2010 and the slow migration to e-mail as a service….(more)

IT Business EdgeGartner expects worldwide SaaS revenue to hit $7.5 billion in 2009, a 17.7percent increase over 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion. SaaS will enjoyconsistent …(more)

Panel …WELT ONLINEBuckley is scheduled to share his perspectives on the SaaS market onWednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:20 am ET. The inaugural Janney Software& Services …(more)

Dark ReadingAWS customers can access hyperguard SaaS by simply adding a small softwareplug-in to an existing web server Amazon Machine Image (AMI), or by usingart of …(more)

TMCnetbased security solutions provider Webroot has registered a 150 percentincrease in its year-on-year Web security Software-as-Service, or SaaS(News - Alert) …(more)

Los Angeles Public RelationsCloud computing is a technology that isn’t yet in the consciousness of theeveryday consumer, whereas in the corporate world a lot of heads arebeginning to …(more)

eWeek3 to create and market modular cloud computing systems appear to bebuilding a coalition with the combined market share and product lineup togo way beyond …(more)

Channel InsiderThe company offers a revenue-sharing opportunity for OEM and SaaS partnersfor web-based users of the Interstage cloud version. According to SeniorDirector …(more)

ZDNet - USAThey will be more than ready to offer Exchange 2010 to customers once thehosted version, with the appropriate features and functionality formultitenancy …(more)

AFPThe trend toward cloud computing, or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), hasaccelerated during the economic crisis. Cloud computing lets firmsessentially rent …(more)

Interoperability …CNNMoney.com (press release)Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, mostinteroperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT managementsoftware that helps …(more)

PC World… supported by a SOA (service- oriented architecture) framework andavailable in both on-premises and SaaS (software as a service) forms. …(more)

InformationWeekSoftware-as-a-service revenue is projected to rise 17.7% in 2009, fueled bygrowth in CRM and office suites. By Mary Hayes Weier The worldwide marketfor …(more)

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USAMulti-tenancy capabilities for multiple independent and isolated userauthentication. Automated user interface construction enabling expedientdesign based …(more)

SearchSOABy Jack Vaughan Fujitsu America Software is seeking to advance its Business
Process Management (BPM) efforts, announcing free hosting of BPMapplications …(more)

InformationWeekAt the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo Nov. 3 in Santa Clara, Calif.,representatives of Yahoo explained how they use Hadoop open sourcesoftware, …(more)

RTT News (press release)Today, Rackspace is the world leader in hosting and cloud computing thanksto our unique culture of customer service. We believe this advantage is the…(more)

The panel discussed the progress of Cloud Computing in the FederalGovernment, best practices including the DISA RACE program, challengesstill ahead, lessons learned, and the vision for the future. The completeshow will be webcast on …(more)

By Steve Beller PhD
Discusses the pros and cons of using cloud computing and desktopapplications for managing personal health information.(more)

By Mike Wendland
AFP - Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue fromInternet-based cloud computing will top 14 billion dollars annually by theend of 2013.(more)

The new release and corresponding cloud services are focused on expandingits channel through OEM, VARs and systems integrators, company said.(more)

By Ameed Taylor
V2 of the Cloud Computing Use Cases focuses on developer roles and what isneccessary for Open Api’s to work with Cloud Computing.(more)

Manila BulletinPrivate cloud computing offers the controls and security of today’s datacenter with the agility required for business innovation at substantiallylower …(more)

By vitalstocks
Salesforce.com (CRM) has entered into a strategic business deal with AdobeSystems Incorporated (ADBE), whereby the entities will combine the cloudcomputing.(more)

Gartner said that by explaining today’s request for infrastructure andoperations (I&O) modernisation funding within the context of cloudcomputing in the future, executives are less likely to feel that they arepaying twice for …(more)

eChannelLineIBM Smart Business Development and Test on the IBM Cloud is a free publiccloud beta for software development that provides compute and storage as aservice …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Jamal Mazhar Jamal Mazhar is Founder & CEO of Kaavo. He possesses more
than 15 years of experience in technology, engineering and consulting witha range …(more)

Seeking Alpha (blog)Although ConnectWise calls itself a professional services automation (PSA)provider for IT professionals, its software also helps them manage theirhelpdesk …(more)

BrighthandAs a service area, Ovi is just beginning to become a driver for Nokia.Granted, a service that is pulling in a projected $2 billion in revenue for2010 …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)So is Cloud Computing, after three years, finally coming to the boil? Here,by way of allowing you to judge for yourself, SYS-CON’s Cloud ComputingJournal …(more)

CSC helps to provide the cloud computing infrastructure and has come upwith an offering called ‘Trusted Cloud Services.’ Here CSC provides aportfolio of desktop, computing, storage, and network infrastructureservices available on a .(more)

By Subraya Mallya
Other Posts you might be interested in: Reducing SaaS Cost ofImplementation. To get the latest posts on this blog, subscribe via yourfavorite RSS feed reader (What is RSS?) or by entering your email addressbelow: Share your thoughts …(more)

Intelligent EnterpriseOco’s latest SaaS offering can grab actual revenue and cost from anenterprise resource planning system, forecast pipeline revenue from acustomer …(more)

SAAS Test Management: Economical Way To Use Testing Solutions SAAS is anabbreviation for Software as a Service. It is a software licensing modelwhich allows the user to use an application on demand. The application mayeither be downloaded by … 4) Since SAAS is a multitenancy platform, itoffers vendors to provide comprehensive and indefinite scalability andcustomisation capability. 5) SAAS solutions offer seamless integration andcollaboration amongst complementary …(more)

By webadmin@itbusinessedge.com
Isn’t open source software licensed? No, sorry, wait a minute. Hisalternative is not open source, it’s software-as-a-service (SaaS). So whichis it? And don’t IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sybase and SAP all offer both opensource terms and …(more)

… iTWire could be achieved in 6-8 weeks if needed. Services initiallyavailable from the Unisys cloud include infrastructure as a service,platform as a service, disaster recovery as a service and a range ofsoftware as a service. …(more)

By Arjen Schat
Paypal wants to push e-commerce to new heights by providing an easy to use,all purpose, money transaction platform. To give a perspective of themassive opportunity they have. Retail is the corner stone of today’se-commerce. … As a service you also have the option to implement your ownmicro fee for p2p transactions that involve your service, which opens upwhole new revenue streams for social finance startups that offer usefulservices that solve common headaches …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle(11-06) 09:59 PST — While many organizations have only begun down thecloud computing and virtualization roads in the past few years, some in theindustry …(more)

TMC NetHomisco is a global provider of software solutions, system integration andSoftware as a Service (SaaS) for markets that include education, financial,…(more)

InformationWeekThe first step is to ensure you have a good map of all your data silos:file shares, core database, e-mail, even software as a service and cloudapps. …(more)

US CIO Vivek Kundra, appearing Friday as the keynote speaker at theUniversity of Maryland’s CIO Forum, touched on a number of topics affectingboth public- and private-sector CIOs.(more)

IT Pro It will take five to 10 years for cloud computing to becomemainstream, but it is likely enterprises will always stay in hybridenvironments using.(more)

By kenovak@cisco.com
Naturally every cloud customer wants its own servers and network servicesto be logically isolated from others, consistent with the multi-tenantnature of cloud computing. A customer’s decisions about access security,load management, …(more)

By narayananraman
Sudhir’s take on cloud computing and SaaS was particularly interesting. Acommon theme across all the organizations (see CIO Priorities: Accenture,and CIO Priorities: Deloitte Consulting) is the focus on collaborativetechnologies, …(more)

Maureen O’Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, isthe Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media.She is the publisher of famous “Billygrams” and the editor-in-chief of”Client/Server …(more)

ForbesCisco’s 2007 acquisition of software-as-a-service firm Webex puts it incompetition with Microsoft ( MSFT - news - people ) and IBM ( IBM - news -people …(more)

ZDNetOne of the most exciting uses of this new platform will be as a keybuilding block in cloud computing infrastructure. Whether you’ve boughtinto the hype of …(more)

First TracksSaas-Fee, Switzerland - The Canadian curse continued, and the Americanriders could only muster a 12th place result as the LG FIS Snowboard WorldCup …(more)

By Joe Panettieri
As Google continues to build the Google Apps Reseller partner program, thesearch giant is considering another bold SaaS (software as a service) move.Specifically, Google has started brainstorming about a possible partnerprogram for …(more)

“Our strategy is to migrate established THQ brands into emerging onlinemarkets and to build an online gaming platform capable of supporting ourstrategy of providing software as a service globally,” he said during acall to investors …(more)

Vassal TV Gambler software When video receiver earliest became a householdfiller it also became the convergent bring up in the direction of thewhole. … With Internet satellite small screen, it is in this dayreasonable to watch movies from the whole men without and restrictions as aservice to high-priced content. Whether you like the latest hits or theclassics, whatever keyboard of movies you like, there is every somethingshowing on Internet helper television. …(more)

By Lug_Nut
I had a friend that got laid off from a knitting co. that went to work fora large auto dealer as a service writer. I asked him how he could do thatbecause he had NO knowlage of cars. His reply, just put down what thecustomer says is … As a former service manager, body shop manager,technician, and now a software engineer, I have to agree with thestatements that many service advisors fail to ask the correct questions toget technicians pointed to the real problem. …(more)

Satellite TV Especially bettor software When tube opening became ahousehold element it also became the focal tip on the intact family.Turning on the telly. … With Internet dependant video receiver, it is inthis day possible to pay attention to movies from the entire men withoutand restrictions as a service to high-priced content. Whether you like thelatest hits or the classics, whatever specimen of movies you like, there isever after something showing on Internet …(more)

By Bob Mottram
One of Eric Raymond’s observations, which I think has a lot of truth in it,is that users implicitly recognise that software should to be treated as aservice, because once it’s announced that a given piece of software will nolonger be …(more)

By markjgrindle
HP Blogs, and links to other HP online communities.(more)

Microsoft Raises Cloud Computing Concerns | Cpu ReviewsBy admin0
Microsoft, during the International Conference of Data Protection andPrivacy in Madrid, released a whitepaper outlining privacy concernsassociated with cloud computing. Shifting to software being hosted onlineas services in the …(more)

EDL ConsultingBusiness software developer PHASE 2 announced Thursday that its SaaSapplications are now available on Apps.gov, an online store for governmentagencies. …(more)

EDL Consulting”Many of our customers are enhancing their infrastructures through the useof SaaS offerings and other cloud capabilities which require reusableservices …(more)

in …PR.com (press release)VCSonline reports revenue from SaaS version of VPMi project managementsoftware has grown 30 percent in 2009 on the heals of the new VPMi version4.5 for …(more)

DigitimesIt appears that Microsoft is using this same business model to promote itscloud computing initiatives. Microsoft has announced that it is cooperatingwith …(more)

ZDNet UKThe statement Laurent made during his 15 minutes presentation that made mesit up was his assertion that Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendors, …(more)

By support@ebizq.net
Listen to my conversation with Scott Bils, founder and chief marketingofficer of Conformity, a newly launched company that helps enterprisescontrol and manage SaaS and cloud applications. In this podcast, discoverthe management …(more)

GuruFocus.cominContact Inc. operates as a hosted software as a service company offeringa range of hosted contact handling and performance management softwareservices …(more)

The AgeAUSTRALIAN snowboarder Torah Bright has qualified for February’s WinterOlympics in Vancouver after winning a World Cup halfpipe event in Saas Fee,…(more)

ARCastTV Special Michael Stiefel on Software as a Service in the Cloud …series of problems that are independent of a particular software platform Ifocus …(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)”Organizations are under significant pressure to reduce costs whileimproving the delivery of technology as a service to their business,” saidMartin …(more)

By kevin.jackson@dataline.com (Kevin L. Jackson)
During this week’s Federal Executive Forum taping, Navy CIO Robert Careydiscussed his views on cloud computing. Stating that the NGEN and CANES(Navy Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services) programs willboth leverage …(more)

By anthonymfreed@gmail.com (Information Security…
By Kevin L. Jackson, Vice President at Dataline During this week’s Federal
Executive Forum taping, Navy CIO Robert Carey discussed his views on cloudcomputing. Stating that the NGEN and CANES (Navy Consolidated AfloatNetworks and …(more)

By Lew Moorman
Tech enthusiasts, executives and investors are always looking for the nextbig, disruptive technology, and they appear to have found it in cloudcomputing. The movement of IT hardware and software out of offices andfactories and onto …(more)

CNNMoney.comCloud computing, in which software and other applications are housed in acentral location and delivered over networks to end users, could lead to ashift …(more)

Home …WELT ONLINEThomson is undertaking development of solutions that use SIMtone’sUniversal Cloud Computing Platform to offer operators and service providerswith a broad …(more)

istockAnalyst.com (press release) - Salem,OR,USASmartRecord’s(R) active recording technology, multi tenancy and deviceagnostic playback capabilities are the characteristics that makeSmartRecord(R) an …(more)

Ovum - London,England,UKMelbourne IT is one of the first off the block with a genuine pay-as-you-goinfrastructure service, recently launching its beta vCloud Express servicebased …(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)To take advantage of this offer, please visit the following link: — Howdoes “cloud computing,” now the domain of companies like Google, have itsroots in …(more)

Maintenance is the area where software-as-a-service products really standout, an expert has said.(more)

By Miikka Kukkosuo
Amiando is the worldwide software-as-a-service platform for eventmanagement and ticketing. Thei platform serves over 70.000 events worldwidewith innovative products like amiando Eventsites, amiando ViralTickets,amiando EasyEntry or …(more)

By Ronny Kerr
With compute and storage as a service environments, IBM hopes to create acomplete and unified platform for development in the cloud. Included in theplatform is a set of services called IBM Rational Software DeliveryServices for Cloud …(more)

By Luis
Convoy FMS is a Web-based, user-friendly GPS fleet management systemdeveloped by Lazer Technology Solutions that uses Google Maps as aplatform. Convoy FMS delivers detailed information on a vehicle’sactivities to a laptop or Web-enabled … IPC is also one of thePhilippines’ leading business solutions and services providers, promotingSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS). Geodata Systems Technologies, Inc. is aninformation technology company focused on Geographic Information …(more)

CNET Newsby Dave Rosenberg Microsoft released on Thursday a new position paper,”Privacy in the Cloud Computing Era: A Microsoft Perspective,” thatincludes …(more)

SearchCloudComputing.comApparently directed at providing assistance to the country’s electronicfirms in developing cloud computing products and services, its valueremains to be …(more)

CMSWireElementool offers a range of saas-based project management tools, from timeand issue tracking to help desk and development file sharing. …(more)

Channel InsiderDevelopers and partners can log on to this public cloud to accesscustomizable virtual machines along with compute- and storage-as-a-serviceresources. …(more)

Logistics ViewpointsUnder the leadership of CEO Jack Wilson, i2 went back to being a softwarecompany, with a renewed focus on developing innovative software solutions….(more)

Liz is Associate Online Editor at Ulitzer.com, where she covers news ontechnologies including Cloud Computing, Virtualization, AJAX, Rich InternetApplications, SOA, and WOA. You can forward your press releases by email…(more)

By Gary Woodill
There are many forms of cloud computing. My colleague, the always lucidJanet Clarey, explains cloud computing and solutions based on this model ina lengthy post on her blog. She includes definitions, diagrams andexamples, …(more)

The plan will spearhead software giant, Microsoft’s push into the region’sbudding cloud computing industry and also help local electronics firmsdevelop devices and services related to “cloud computing”. The centre willbe established …(more)

By JM Tuazon
FRAMINGHAM - Is cloud computing inevitable? Maybe, but IT still has a lotof questions to ask before floating away on its promises, according toMelissa Woo, director of cyberinfrastructure and network and operationsservices at the …(more)

By saas
saas is on a distinguished road. Becoming one with nature The constructionof Alila Cha-Am took three years to complete and was inaugurated inFebruary 2008. Its conceptual design fully embodies the architect’scontradictory approach to …(more)

SC Magazine USI see cloud computing significantly changing the security industry. The ITsecurity professional’s role will migrate from day-to-day operations tomore of a …(more)

News & ObserverData center company Hosted Solutions’ new cloud computing service isattracting business from new and existing customers such as a regionaldepartment store …(more)

NetworkWorld.comIBM Corp. has embarked on an 18-city tour across North America to promoteLotus and lotuslive, a suite of software-as-a-service (saas) versions ofthe Lotus …(more)

Wall Street Journal5:09 pm Following EMC/vmware/Cisco partnership, the key industry transitionhappening is from data centers to the cloud, “bringing IT as a service tolife,” …(more)

AHNMicrosoft also plans to establish cloud computing partnerships withfinancial institutions and hardware companies. …(more)

Reuters”The lack of integration with internal systems has held some firms backfrom using Cloud Computing or Software as a Service (SaaS). …(more)

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Taipei, Taiwan (AHN) - Microsoft Corp. has entered into a deal with theTaiwanese government and a Taiwanese firm for the construction of a centerthat will.(more)

ITWorld Canada - Toronto,Ontario,CanadaThe whitepaper advocates measures such as carefully drafting a servicelevel agreement (SLA), requiring cloud providers to ensure multi-tenancyand data …(more)

CommsDayThe cloud services from the collaboration will focus on three main areas:Software as a Service; Platform as a Service via Microsoft’s Windows Azure…(more)

EDL ConsultingThe new systems will allow businesses to form their own “private clouds”similar to centrally-controlled cloud computing services that offersoftware over …(more)

San Francisco ChronicleEucalyptus CEO Woody Rollins credited Cisco and EMC for giving customers aneasy way to embrace internal cloud computing. “Making it easy for people to…(more)

ITProPortalThe tool would initially be available in an internet-hostedSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) model in the first half of 2010, and wouldlater be launched as …(more)

computingDigitimesThe cooperation will cover SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform asa Service) and IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) models, CHT indicated….(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Gov. Granholm Terminates 96000 Michigan Promise College Scholarship Grants;Instead Shifts Same Amount of Scarce State Money to Gratuitously Buy …(more)

NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA… IT approach that helps IT run at the speed of business,” said ScottAronson, vice president of global accounts and vCloud market development,VMware. …(more)

Million …CNNMoney.com (press release)… Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based language technology platform. Bymaking the Company’s proven translation technology platform available toindividual …(more)

2009ReutersAbout Chyron As the pioneer of Graphics as a Service for digital videomedia Chyron continues to define the world of digital and broadcastgraphics with Web …(more)

ReutersThe site was designed to help them to find, purchase and use SaaS and othercloud computing services with the knowledge that they have already beenscreened …(more)

Cloud …ReutersThis creates a trusted environment for enterprises to leverage the benefitsof Cloud Computing. Organizations who wish to use Cloud services inconjunction …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)BRISBANE, Calif., Nov. 5 /prnewswire/ — Walmart.com is once againemphasizing its low-price commitment online by offering its Top 10pre-order DVD movie …(more)

CustomersReutersAbout SpeedTax A Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, SpeedTax performsreal-time, automated sales tax calculations, integrates seamlessly with its…(more)

DirectionsMag.comThe cloud is Internet-based; may offer Software as a Service, Platform as aService and Infrastructure as a Service; supports or will support the …(more)

InformationWeekTo become a major cloud computing hardware supplier, Dell must master bestpractices for producing the right machine for a given cloud. …(more)

AFP”Cloud computing does raise a number of important policy questionsconcerning how people, organizations, and governments handle informationand interactions …(more)

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance JournalCloud computing is a game changer. The cloud is disrupting traditionalsoftware and hardware business models. Entrepreneurial opportunities aboundas this …(more)

Intelligent EnterpriseWhile SaaS got few votes here, the demo by Birst certainly gets my vote formost leading edge. In some respects, the demo went so smoothly that Isuspect …(more)

Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USAF5 BIG-IP LTM and BIG-IP GTM provide the backbone for application deliveryinside and out of the cloud with solutions such as vCloud. …(more)

Reuters(Business Wire)– Benaissance, the leading provider of Software as aService solutions for benefits administrators and insurance carriers, todayannounced …(more)

Watch …ReutersRumbaFish builds into its software platform the ability to add an incentiveor reward for performing certain marketing behaviors, a viral,”word-of-mouth” …(more)

Pediatric …ReutersAbout the Doctations System Doctations provides Internet-based technologyas a service to physicians, other healthcare providers and patients - andforms …(more)

Hardware SharingVirtualization SharedHardware Multitenancy. 6.10.Application Platform SharingSharedProcessing Multitenancy …(more)

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USAThe state-of-the-art solution includes full redundancy and multi-tenancy toensure all communications are recorded and partitioned without interruptionfor …(more)

PlanetSKI.euAfter the big-air event in London last Saturday with the Austrian, StefanGimpl, winning the competition the Snowboard World Cup moves on to Saas-Feeat the …(more)

InformationWeekIt’s one of few vendors offering enterprise-resource planning applicationsin a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model (others include Workday and a newventure …(more)

System …ReutersThe computing centralization effect stemming from cloud computing willintensify the competition in the green data center segment. …(more)

IT Business Edge… makers a place to test out new hardware and software made to work withMicrosoft products, including new cloud computing applications andservices. …(more)

ReutersIBM is also extending its IBM Rational Software Delivery Services for CloudComputing to a private cloud infrastructure for enterprise customers whoprefer …(more)

NewsFactor NetworkElementool Inc. Partners with Zoho to release Elementool Docs –Software-as-a-Service provider Elementool releases online documentmanagement tool, …(more)

SAAS DirectoryI’m just back from sunny, warm Florida, venue for TDWI’s conference. Thebrightest spot from this conference is that it was one of the best attendedof the …(more)

SearchSOABy Rob Barry IBM has announced the beta release of two products that help
bring SOA test and development to both private and public cloud computing…(more)

NetworkWorld.comBy John Fontana , Network World , 11/05/2009 DENVER — Is cloud computing
inevitable? Maybe, but IT still has a lot of questions to ask beforefloating away …(more)

Will Software as a Service or Cloud Computing erode prices in businessapplication markets If sales force automation is an indicator the answer isyes Just …(more)

E-Commerce TimesPriced at US$50000 annually, the Software as a Service offering is aimed athigh-end e-commerce operations that want to provide customers looking for a…(more)

FierceWirelessBut with saas (software as a service)–the most mature and prominent ofthese IT cloud services are finding that because the compute resources, …(more)

ReutersAbout DigitalPost Interactive, Inc. DigitalPost Interactive is a SaaS(Software as a Service) and application provider that delivers B2B and B2Cdigital …(more)

SearchSecurity.com… Platform as a Service, in which a company hosts certain businessapplications beyond its boundaries, and Software as a Service, in which asoftware …(more)

ReutersThe innovations we have made to our next generation software platformfurther distinguish our offerings from anything else in the marketplace….(more)

National Business ReviewSmall businesses that don’t have the infrastructure, can access thetechnology as a service. Microsoft manages the infrastructure. …(more)

eWeekMost of the 30 or so sessions on Day 1 of the Cloud Computing Conference &Expo were well-attended, and the three main presentations in the lateafternoon …(more)

Microsoft Certified ProfessionalBy Herb Torrens Microsoft announced that it has bulked up some its
software-as-a-service offerings and lowered prices. Prices were reduced onMicrosoft’s …(more)

By kenneth
Cloud Computing: Yin and Yang. Cloud computing enables us. Amazon’s EC2allows anyone in the world to have instant access to incredibly powerfulhigh-end servers that would usually cost tens of thousands of dollars forpennies on the …(more)

ReutersVetSource Mobility will provide mobility solutions to the FederalGovernment and Government Contractors through Executive Order 13360, as aService Disabled …(more)

Wall Street Journal(MSFT) and the Taiwan government signed a memorandum of understandingWednesday to jointly set up a research center for cloud computing inTaiwan, …(more)

Business Solutions MagazineUsing an innovative SaaS (Software as a Service) delivery model, SRAprovides comprehensive analytics for enterprise storage environmentsthrough an …(more)

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Microsoft has launched a new campaign aimed at bringing users to itsDynamics hosted CRM service.(more)

PRESS RELEASE Webroot Grows Web Security SaaS Business By 150 PercentWebroot Web and Email Security Services fuel Webroot growth in securityservices…(more)

By zakopanelimba
Thousand Oaks-based Servoy, a developer of software for developing software-as-a-service applications, said Monday that it has upgraded its namesakeplatform.(more)

By admin
Microsoft has launched a new campaign aimed at bringing users to itsDynamics hosted CRM service. See the article here: Microsoft takes aim atSaaS CRM giants (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) …(more)

Microsoft Offers Free saas To Salesforce, Oracle Customers -InformationWeek.(more)

By Philipp Karcher
Rosslyn announced today the launch of its free SaaS automated spendanalysis tool, RA.Pid. This effort to bring spend analysis to the massesenabled by a SaaS deployment model is long overdue. Traditionally we seespend analysis …(more)

First TracksSaas-Fee, Switzerland - After Austria’s Stefan Gimpl claimed gold in theseason’s first big air in London last weekend, it’s time for some more LGSnowboard …(more)

PC WorldCisco Systems, EMC and vmware hope to soon sign the first Asian customersfor their cloud-computing partnership and Acadia joint venture. …(more)

Wall Street Journal(Adds comments from Ballmer on the company’s planned investment in cloudcomputing; details of Microsoft’s MOU with Chunghwa Telecom. …(more)

TopNews United StatesThe recent Microsoft move of slashing the price of its Exchange Onlineemail services, as well as building up some of its software-as-a-serviceofferings, …(more)

Fast Track Ski HolidaysThe best snowboarders from 26 countries are currently in the Swiss glacierresort of Saas Fee for the latest stage of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup….(more)

By Sidhrath Surana
With the help of Reliance Cloud Computing Services small and largebusinesses will be able to use their technology requirements without payingfor procuring,(more)

I had the pleasure of attending Gartner’s Symposium and IT Expo in Orlandoin October. Other than talking to a lot of customers and partners, I tooktime off between booth hours to attend sessions and I was especiallyinterested in …(more)

By Mike Piech
In a recent interview with Cloud Computing Journal, senior vice presidentof development for Oracle Enterprise Manager Richard Sarwal highlightsOracle’s fundamental objectives of making cloud computing enterprise gradeand supporting …(more)

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By admin
The seminars we are hosting December 8, 9 and 10 will provide attendeeswith a better understanding of the issues and opportunities for using cloudcomputing for homeland security, and the leading-edge NC4 solutionsavailable to them.(more)

Provides …TMCnet’The IBM Cloud Academy will advance awareness and adoption of cloudcomputing, including best practices for education and researchinstitutions. …(more)

EDL ConsultingSoftware developer Knoa released a new end-user experience monitoringsolution for virtualization, cloud and SaaS. The new solution, called Knoa…(more)

Firm`s …Reuters(Business Wire)– CubeTree today announced that Gartner Inc. positionedCubeTree in the Visionaries Quadrant of the “2009 Magic Quadrant for SocialSoftware …(more)

TMC NetPDI said that this marks its continued commitment to the technologyadvances in the world of cloud computing where business spending onsaas/Cloud …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)After two days of presentations at the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo,where companies tried to bring the audience up to an Intro to Clouds 101level, …(more)

Raleigh’s …ReutersLee is scheduled to deliver a “State of the Union” overview on cloudcomputing on the second day of the two-day conference, which begins todayat the …(more)

CNN InternationalWithout realizing it, I’d started cloud computing, that nebulous term thatrefers to the idea that computing power is moving off home pcs and laptopsand …(more)

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UKSolutions and services center on Data Center Monitoring and Multi-tenancy,Data Encryption and Tokenization, Federated Identity Management, …(more)

ReutersAvailable as a custom installation within an organization`s existing ITinfrastructure, as an external hosted offering or even viaSoftware-as-a-Service, …(more)

Top …ReutersThe criteria used by IDC to measure innovation were based on the followingthree key application trends: 1 Acceleration of software as a service(SaaS), …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)”SAP wanted our business, but our knowing that NetSuite’s entire focus ison SaaS and the depth of functionality they offered compared to SAPBusiness …(more)

By Prne
In addition, NetSuite OneWorld has been accredited by the Institute ofChartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW), and was also the firstSoftware as a Service (SaaS) ERP solution to be accredited by the GermanInstitute of …(more)

Cloudjobs.net is the No. 1 Online Source for jobs in Cloud Computing,Software as a Service (SaaS) and Virtualization.(more)

Reuters4 /PRNewswire/ — Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloudmanagement software, is expanding cloud computing capabilities for high …(more)

Reuters”Cloud computing makes it easier for those in the education industry,including students, faculty and administrators, to gain immediate access toa wide …(more)

By Matthew Weinberger
RightNow has launched their CX SaaS customer service platform, which blendsCRM With SaaS (software as a service) and social media.(more)

This article focuses on cloud computing and the benefits recurring billingpayment processing can provide for your business.(more)

By Daniel Druker
This blog is written by Dan Druker, SVP of Intacct Corporation, coveringfinancial management, accounting and ERP applications, Cloud Computing,Software as a Service and the SaaS ecosystem, SaaS and channels, the deathof the ERP suite …(more)

Infosecurity MagazineIn a press conference for reporters, the three companies said that thecoalition will bring private cloud computing and virtualisation toenterprises, …(more)

Search NetworkingWith this combination, Juniper hopes to build supercharged cloud computingnetworks for enterprises with the ability to push unlimited applicationsout to …(more)

PC WorldPulse will be released in general availability in a Web-hosted, SaaS(software-as-a-service) version before the first half of the year, and ason-premise …(more)

Reuters”The answer: create a simulated IT department using cloud computing,virtualization, SaaS, and hosted services,” said Lampe. MOVEit DMZ HostedServices …(more)

ReutersHe previously served as the President and VP Partnerships at dna13 Inc., asoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) company and a leader of on-demand software for…(more)

V3.co.uk - UKThe other major enhancement in Afaria 6.5 is multi-tenancy support, whichallows service providers, carriers or enterprises to support multipletenants or …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)So, today, in a nascent Cloud Computing industry–IDC estimates that Cloudrepresents 5 perccent of the market today, and will reach 10 percent withinfour …(more)

By a staff writer
IBM fired after massive cloud computing screw up.(more)

By hone
Objectivity/DB, available on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Thelaunch made Objectivity/DB the first federated, distributed databaseproduct accessible in a cloud computing environment.(more)

By Steven Bink
The software giant, which last month launched the latest version of itsoperating system, Windows 7, signed a memorandum of understanding withTaiwan’s government to jointly set up a research center for cloudcomputing. …(more)

By Editor
IBM (NYSE:IBM) today launched the IBM Cloud Academy, a global forum foreducators, researchers and information technology (IT) personnel from theeducation industry to pursue cloud computing initiatives, develop skillsand share best …(more)

There’s a split between cloud computing, which supports progress, andvirtualization of data centers, which doesn’t.(more)

ReutersAbout Protus Protus provides the highest quality software as a service(SaaS) communications tools for small-to-medium-businesses (SMB) andenterprise …(more)

Wisconsin Law JournalPlatform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provides the fundamental building blocks uponwhich software developers can build SaaS applications. …(more)

Motley FoolInstead, it is forming a cloud computing partnership with storage expertEMC and its virtual computing underling, VMware. The Acadia joint ventureand …(more)

PartnersCNNMoney.com (press release)Altus helps companies capture and deliver their valuable content via aturn-key, SaaS infrastructure and a global media delivery network. …(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)”Matt and Monico bring the experience and vision for building a scalablerevenue generation and service delivery organization for our new SaaSservices,” …(more)

“Over 150 SaaS applications are now available to customers through thislatest addition to our Virtual Server range, with each application being apotential opportunity for business improvement,” Easyspace managingdirector Errol …(more)

By Easyspace
Glasgow, UK, Nov 4th 2009 (PressReleasePoint) — Easyspace, one of theleading providers of domain names and web hosting services in the UK, hasannounced the launch of an extensive library of easy to install SaaSapplications for its …(more)

By maxbley
SaaS sales productivity has collapsed. Is this a symptom of the recession,or of a permanent change in the distribution model for software?(more)

By admin
Cloud computing is a highly scalable form of hosting, offering a convenientpay-as-you-go model for on-demand computing resources. This technologyprovides a number of benefits to both IT professionals and non-technicalusers aside from …(more)

SearchCloudComputing.comSpeaking of renting, everyone is talking about cloud computing. Do youthink cloud services will start to take off soon? Minasi: Cloud serviceswill be like …(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)Partnered with Fujitsu to distribute, resell, and support netsuite ReleaseJ, Japan’s first and only fully-localized, Software as a Service business…(more)

Thesoftware as a service camp is doing nothing but speeding up as small andlarge businesses would like to offload expensive software installations andjust …(more)

eChannelLine - North York,Ontario,CanadaSolutions and services centre on Data Centre Monitoring and Multi-tenancy,Data Encryption and Tokenization, Federated Identity Management, …(more)

CNET NewsThis is a band aid attempt at Cloud Computing. You need a real OS that canrun the INTEL multiple core cpu’s. All current os’s can’t. None of them….(more)

CNET Newsby Dave Rosenberg IBM on Wednesday announced a program designed to helpeducators and students pursue cloud-computing initiatives and better takeadvantage …(more)

CNNMoney.com (press release)Cloud computing, one of the fastest-growing trends in InformationTechnology infrastructure, involves the provisioning of dynamicallyscalable and …(more)

FederalNewsRadio.comMore recently software as a service (SaaS) has raised the level ofvirtualization to the application, with a business model of charging not bythe resources …(more)

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)

NASASpaceflight.comThe platform is small, occupying just one cubic metre and acts as a servicemodule to accommodate all the systems required for the satellite tofunction. …(more)

By noreply@blogger.com (Vince)
Over the horizon, we’re starting to see many clouds moving shifting over.With the city of angels moving over to Google Apps, its no surprise thatCloud Computing and SaaS (Software as a service) is picking up speed. …(more)

BusinessWeek… at least half of which are cloud startups working in the Infrastructureas a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) spaces. …(more)

Things I think about and find the time to write down.(more)

By Deirde
The SaaS business model is relatively new, but most of the legalconsiderations are well recognised, albeit that some aspects have developedfrom consumer services, which were far less likely to be challenged by thecustomers. …(more)

By admin
Our client, a tier-one venture backed leading SaaS company located west ofBoston, has exclusively engaged us to help them hire an outstanding SeniorSoftware Engineer to take a Business Intelligence (BI) / Reportingleadership role on …(more)

Daily BreezeSAAS is the main place to study for all of the athletes. Our tutoringsessions are there, along with the offices of our athletic academicadvisers, …(more)

Register… suggests that the joint venture will sell a line of products calledvBlock, which will focus on selling virtualized infrastructure for cloudcomputing. …(more)

FCW.comBy Doug Beizer Cloud computing, social-media technologies and economic
stimulus funding were prime topics at the American Council ofTechnology/Industry …(more)

Interbiznet Bugler (press release)icims, the third largest provider of Software-as-a-Service (saas) talentacquisition solutions, has been ranked in two separate awards, bothrecognizing …(more)

EDL ConsultingGoogle chief executive Eric Schmidt was right when he said that cloudcomputing is bigger than the personal computer revolution, according to one…(more)

EDL ConsultingBusinesses are increasingly turning to saas-based programs designedspecifically for office collaboration, according to one business magazine….(more)

PC World… organizations to deploy and run their own internal private clouds, aspart of its strategy to offer customers a variety of cloud computingoptions. …(more)

WELT ONLINEThis marks PDI’s continued commitment to the technology advances in theworld of cloud computing where business spending on SaaS/Cloud applicationsis …(more)

sign …TMCnetAn independent evaluation of software as a service (SaaS) suppliers oflegal software led Mr Cameron to Virtual Practices from a short-list whichalso …(more)

Intelligent EnterpriseThis might be the most significant win to-date for SaaS, a win that coulddrive others to cloud computing. LA mediated security risks by placing aclause in …(more)

ReutersAbout the Oracle PartnerNetwork Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global businessnetwork of more than 22000 companies that deliver innovative softwaresolutions …(more)

ReutersAbout ResponseLogix, Inc. ResponseLogix delivers software as a service(SaaS) technology to auto dealers that frees them to better respond toInternet leads …(more)

Market Wire (press release)… to publicly-traded corporations, and include leaders in next generationsoftware segments such as software as a service (SaaS) and open source. …(more)

By definition, cloud computing is a way of providing software as a service
(SaaS), infrastructure and hardware as a service (IaaS) and platform as aservice (PaaS), either individually or in different combinations. …(more)

By Zack
In a groundbreaking move, the big, busy city of Los Angeles, California hasagreed to use Google Apps — Google’s cloud-computing alternative toMicrosoft.(more)

By Duprez News
Cloud computing, social media dominate ELC FCW.com. Cloud computing,social-media technologies and economic stimulus funding were prime topicsat the American Council of Technology/Industry . …(more)

By Bill Echikson
Cloud computing, when IT software and services are delivered over the weband through a browser, is a paradigm shift, similar to taking yourjewellery out of your sock drawer and placing it in the bank. The bank hasthe economies of …(more)

MITS …Business Wire (press release)LifePoint’s clients use its services to transmit lab test results andrelated data through Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions developed andhosted by …(more)

Market Wire (press release)”watchdox facilitates secure external document sharing through a saasdelivery model that is easy to implement, yet comprehensive, replacing theneed for …(more)

Management …Earthtimes (press release)SpringCM is the first SaaS-only ECM vendor named to the Quadrant. By fullyutilizing the Software as a Service (SaaS) advantage, the SpringCM platform…(more)

Now …Reuters”Software as a Service (SaaS) offering PMP HQ is almost the only onlineproject management software available in so many languages,” said MarinaBrounova, …(more)

MITS …ReutersLifePoint`s clients use its services to transmit lab test results andrelated data through Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions developed andhosted by …(more)

Reuters(Business Wire)– INDATA, a leading industry provider of SaaS (Software asa Service) for buy-side, investment management firms today announced that…(more)

The Metropolitan Coporate CounselThis Software as a Service (saas) solution lets humans take back control oftheir data, and is ahead of the curve in terms of delivering the value that…(more)

Online Project Management Software as a Service - PMP HQ by TDC LLC is NowMultilingual. PMP HQ the next step in online project management software isnow …(more)

eChannelLineWatchDox is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) document control, tracking andprotection solution, and the program is aimed at solution providers lookingto …(more)

MSPmentorTwo sources tell our sister site, The VAR Guy, that Microsoft plans to makeSaaS (software as a service) price cuts amid a cloud war with Google Apps.Check …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Servoy 5.0 further extends the functionality of Servoy’s development anddeployment platform, allowing “SaaS and Back” hybrid applications — whichcan be …(more)

InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USAAdditional cloud providers such as Savvis, Verizon Business, AT&T havecommitted to make use of VMware’s vCloud API to establish cloud services,…(more)

Kramer …Reuters2 /PRNewswire/ — Hosted Solutions, the East Coast’s premier provider of ITinfrastructure as a service (IaaS), today announced that Jeff Kramer hasjoined …(more)

InformationWeekCloud computing has emerged as a hot trend, right alongside virtualizationand service-oriented architecture (SOA). Vendors are racing to cash in. …(more)

and …ReutersIts key differentiator to other Cloud Computing services is its ApplicationVirtualization technology enabling software delivery as SaaS, but executionon …(more)

CMSWireBy Barb Mosher | Published Nov 2, 2009 Now they take the Content ETL
platform one step further, offering a standalone version designed for saascompanies …(more)

eWeek - Woburn,MA,USAIt has all the elements needed for a cloud environment, includingmultitenancy and self-provisioning capabilities, Marcello said. Inaddition, Unisys offers …(more)

Technology news, views and jobs, Cloud computing will account for only afifth of overall enterprise IT by 2012 and will leave many businessesdisappointed, according to Gartner.(more)

The company announced Unisys Secure Private Cloud Solution, an innovativesolution for organizations to realize the operational and economic benefitsof cloud computing in their internal data centers. Unisys also announcedsignificant …(more)

By David Marshall
Unisys Corporation today announced the latest in a series of aggressivemoves to expand the full spectrum of secure cloud computing optionsavailable to enterprise CIOs. The company announced Unisys Secure PrivateCloud Solution, …(more)

By Jessica Stillman
The video of Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s predictions for the next five yearsof the internet, which we posted last week on Entry-Level Rebel, uncovered.(more)

The truth is that cloud computing means that now, more than ever, IToperations is a profession that has a very real economic andquality-of-life effect on its consumers–in very many ways much like healthcare or the law. …(more)

By VMguy
The easy way to understand and implement cloud computing technology writtenby a team of experts Cloud computing can be difficult to understand at.(more)

The joint line of products, dubbed vBlock, position the two companies tobetter compete against IBM and HP, which sell a broader array of datacenter equipment than either Cisco or EMC offer on their own.(more)

By HostReview News
There’s broad confusion today surrounding just what the cloud, who shoulduse it and it’s affect on businesses and IT. This panel will work toeliminate s…(more)

DatacenterDynamicsCisco CTO Padmasree Warrior said in June that the company planned to playin the Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service and IT-as-a-Servicelayers of …(more)

Yahoo! TechIn 2008, Nokia relaunched N-Gage not as a specific piece of hardware but asa service, also known as N-Gage 2.0. The new N-Gage was a total shift in…(more)

LivemintCloud computing refers to a scalable set of information technology servicesa user can access over the Internet. Mobile 3G phone services allow usersto …(more)

GlobeNewsWire (press release)We are continuing to work with our Value Added Resellers (vars) to identifyhigh quality leads for our Software as a Service (saas) based ecommerce …(more)

ReutersDynamic publishing can be provided as an on-premise client-sever model orhosted as software as a service (SaaS). Dynamic publishing plays anintegral role …(more)

By The VAR Guy
In its ongoing war against Google Apps, Microsoft is mulling comprehensiveSaaS (software as a service) price cuts, according to two sources that arefamiliar.(more)

By BlogPoster
… knowledge organized and always accessible. Joincube is delivered as aSaaS application (Software as a Service), so it includes full support, allnew releases and free upgrades, with no minimum contract and no sign-upfee. …(more)

Web Strategy by Jeremiah Oct 12 09. If you’re in the market to buy webbased collaboration tools, community platforms, CRM, or any software as aservice application, know your rights before you buy. …(more)

AsiaOne’This is where the shared platform comes in to help the SMBs,’ Mr Pandetold BizIT in a recent interview. Under the IT-as-a-service approach, TCSwill offer …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Yankee Group Sr. Researcher Agatha Poon at 4th Cloud Computing Expo nextweek in Santa Clara, CA By Cloud News Desk Yankee group published a reportlast …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)A recent Cloud Computing conference run by the same folks featured adiscussion of the Cloud Computing Manifesto and the defense of it by ibm’sKristof …(more)

By Rodos
#vForum MelbIT: vCloud Express. Customers like the quick or lack of salescycle. #vForum MelbIT: The developer on stage is manually scaling theirenviro. IMHO in future with Spring &/or vCloud API they can automate this….(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)I’ll be reporting on Cloud Computing Expo.com next week, even though I’m7500 miles away from its Santa Clara location. It starts Monday morning,…(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Cloud News Desk Yankee group published a report last August to share its
definition of cloud computing with the industry. …(more)

San Diego Union Tribune From the beginning, Goldenhersh built Enviance to deliver its software overthe Internet, also known as Software as a Service. “So businesses can buywhat …(more)

Honolulu Star-BulletinBy Cliff Miyake Technology is replete with buzzwords, and one of the most
popular nowadays is “cloud computing.” What exactly does this mean and whyshould …(more)

CNET NewsThe truth is that cloud computing means that now, more than ever, IToperations is a profession that has a very real economic andquality-of-life effect on …(more)

I’ll be reporting on Cloud Computing Expo.com next week, even though I’m7500 miles away from its Santa Clara location. It starts Monday morning,and features keynotes from Yahoo, Oracle, and Unisys. …(more)

Cloud Computing. Click here to download: Cloud_Computing.zip (7411 KB).Posted 21 minutes ago. 0 comments. Leave a comment… To leave a comment onthis posterous, please login by clicking one of the following. …(more)

eChannelLine… the newest release of its Storage Resource Analysis (SRA) service,using a flat rate pricing model for its Software as a Service (SaaS)delivery. …(more)

Newspost OnlineIn a move that combines the power of virtualization technology and cloudcomputing, Reliance Data Center, a part of Reliance Communications, todayannounced …(more)

TMCnet(Computer News Middle East Via Acquire Media newsedge) Is cloud computingjust a renaming of saas (software as a service) in today’s buzzword-proneIT …(more)