Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 8, 2009
This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.
- @ Gartner AADI: End-User Panel: Cloud Computing in the Real World
- SaaS Readiness Evaluation
- SaaS Architecture Question from Newbie - Stack Overflow
- Signify Extends 2FA Hosted Service To SaaS Apps - DarkReading
- Cisco Completes Acquisition of ScanSafe, Leading SaaS Web Security …
- Cisco Completes Acquisition of ScanSafe, Leading SaaS Web Security …
- @ Gartner AADI: Eric Knipp: Buckle Your Seatbelts: Web and Cloud …
- Kualo Launches theCloud — On-Demand Cloud Computing Solution
- Kualo Launches theCloud — On-Demand Cloud Computing Solution
- Cloud Computing: Do I Still Need Backups? - Information Faster Blog -
- CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3 | Cloud Computing Journal
- OakLeaf Systems: Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/7 …
- Novell To Unveil Strategy For Cloud Computing, Virtualization …
- What’s in Store for SaaS in 2010
- EMC FAST Technology Represents New Era in Storage and Information Management
- Five Technology Trends That Could Transform the Federal Government
- nutshellmail SAAS Tool Manages Facebook, Twitter Messages
- Security fears holding back cloud computing
- Monday’s Musings: SaaS, SOA, Integration and How To Make A Peanut …
- WaveMaker 6 Makes SaaS Simple for Macs - Introduces First Open …
- Insight Direct releases new version of field service management platform
- Cisco acquires SaaS web protection firm ScanSafe
- Apple acquires Lala’s SaaS-based music service
- Kualo and 3Tera launch cloud computing managed business hosting service
- Private cloud: Self-service IT at your command
- Cloud Computing Basics | Cloud Computing Journal
- Cloud Distribution: Cloud Computing Risk Assessment Report
- Software Companies Improving Health Care
- Cloud computing goes green underground in Finland - News, Gadgets …
- Intel unveils 48-core cloud computing silicon chip (BBC) [LWN.net]
- Security Issues Rain On Cloud Computing - Yahoo! Finance
- Slashdot Science Story | NASA Nebula, Cloud Computing In a Container
- GT Nexus Announces Charming Shoppes Renews and Expands With Import
- Top 10 Cloud Computing Stories Of 2009
- Google Reinvents Search For Mobile Era
- TM Forum Rallies Industry Giants to Create Ecosystem to Accelerate …
- IBM Helps Companies Monitor Data Center ‘Health’ with New Cloud Service
- Marketing Trends Add Fuel to the SaaS Development Fire
- CSC Positioned in ‘Leaders’ Quadrant of Leading Industry Analyst Firm’s
- UCSF Taps Acesis to Strengthen Patient Safety and Quality of Care
- Atlantic Kindles the Story: Does Mobile Make Piecemeal Content Work?
- Ovum Publishes saas Paper Consistent with Acumatica’s Deployment
- Zapproved(TM) Introduces Legal Hold Pro(TM), the World’s First Pure SaaS …
- WOLF Frameworks Drives Mobile SaaS Penetration, Enabling Real Time
- Top Cloud Computing Service Providers 2009 | Pulse of Technology
- NetApp and Microsoft Announce Three-Year Pact Spanning Virtualization,
- Fujitsu to Create Cloud Computing Ecosystem
- Roundup: Savvis, Axxana, Enomaly, ColoHouse
- Hubspan Announces WebSpan Connect Product Line
- Zapproved TM Introduces Legal Hold Pro TM , the World’s First Pure SaaS
- Top 5 cloud computing predictions for 2010 | Cloud Computing …
- RainStor rebrands and targets US cloud market for structured data
- E-Commerce News: Trends: Marketing Trends Add Fuel to the SaaS …
- Plaksa Inks Partnership with Bodhtree for CoE for SaaS and Cloud …
- Cloud Computing Poised to Transform Communication
- Five Technologies to See Huge Growth in US Gov’t, Group Says
- Cloud Computing Leaves Many Gray Areas on the Horizon
- Cloud Computing Leaves Many Gray Areas on the Horizon | Business Wire
- Dell Bets $450 Million On Cloud Moves
- Light Reading Services Software Capturing SaaS Cloud Computing …
- Novell Plans Big Cloud Computing, Virtualisation Push
- Fujitsu Launches Cloud Computing Services
- Fujitsu To Offer Cloud Services
- 2010 a Boom Year for Cloud Computing?
- Telcos Must Act Now to Capture saas Cloud Computing Business, Report Finds
- Microsoft Creates New Cloud Division
- SaaS Advice from Ovum
- SAP to launch Salesforce.com rival in mid-2010
- amerisourcebergen Specialty Group Wins infoworld 100 Award Using Cast
ebizQBy Brenda Michelson on December 7, 2009 6:37 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes Session
Abstract: Is your organization considering cloud computing? …(more)
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I have developed a number of departmental client-server applications, andam now ready to begin working on moving one of these applications to a SaaSmodel. …(more)
Extends two-factor authentication hosted services to provide secure accessto cloud-based applications.(more)
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire - 12/07/09) - Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO - News) todayannounced it has completed its purchase of ScanSafe, Inc. Based in Londonand San.(more)
SaaS Cisco Completes Acquisition of ScanSafe, Leading SaaS Web SecurityProvider - CNNMoney.com (press re.. http://bit.ly/7rmJTx.(more)
ebizQ - New Rochelle,NY,USAPlatform that is horizontally scalable, designed for multi-tenancy. Driversof this enterprise shift: developer productivity, time to market, …(more)
LONDON and TAMPA, FL–(Marketwire - December 7, 2009) - Kualo, a leader inmanaged business hosting, announces the launch of its new hosting service,…(more)
LONDON and TAMPA, FL — 12/07/09 — Kualo, a leader in managed businesshosting, announces the launch of its new hosting service, theCloud, …(more)
By pateiten
Discover new ideas in information management, document and recordsmanagement and other enterprise content management at HP Communities.(more)
Observations on cloud computing from Day 1 of Gartner’s …By Gene Phifer
This is Gartner’s primary conference for cloud computing in 2009, and theinterest in cloud computing is very high. I did a keynote this morning withDave Cearley and the room was packed. Lots of discussions in the hallwaysand 1-1 …(more)
CloudBerry Lab was established in 2008 by a group of experienced ITprofessionals with the mission to help organizations in adopting Cloudcomputing technologies by closing the gap between Cloud vendor propositionsand consumer needs …(more)
By –rj
What is cloud computing? The term means that end users no longer have toknow where their data resides. It is all “up in the air” in a sense. Nolonger are hospitals, imaging centers and private physicians’ offices tiedto on-site …(more)
By hipaa - Google News
Novell To Unveil Strategy For Cloud Computing, Virtualization ChannelWeb.Dragoon cited the need to build Health Insurance Portability andAccountability Act (HIPAA) protections into cloud applications, as anexample. …(more)
Intelligent EnterpriseSaaS is the older player in the world of cloud computing, having beenrelevant since about 2002 with the rapid rise of Salesforce.com. …(more)
PR Newswire (press release)Sophisticated built-in software to monitor, analyze, and respond to changesin the value and access patterns of the data to self-optimize storageresources, …(more)
eWeekBased on the study, Input officials said the company “projects the federalcloud computing market to grow from $370 million in 2009 to $1.2 billion in2014 …(more)
eWeekThe SAAS service then pushes those status updates and alerts in e-maildigests when the user decides to receive them. nutshellmail’s deliverymodel is also …(more)
V3.co.ukCloud computing is being held back by corporate concerns about security,according to Cisco’s 2009 Annual Security Report, which found that datasecurity …(more)
Rapid SaaS Adoption Will Lead To A Repeat Of 1990’s Best Of BreedIntegration ChallengesThe proliferation and rapid adoption of SaaSsolutions stems from 7 …(more)
“With WaveMaker 6, Mac developers can now build SaaS-enabled web apps on OSX and deploy them to Amazon EC 2 with a single button click!” …(more)
Computer Business ReviewBy Staff Reporter Insight Direct has released version 4.0 of field service
management software-as-a-service platform VaZing, which introduces newfranchise …(more)
EDL ConsultingNetworking giant Cisco announced Monday its acquisition of SaaS webprotection firm ScanSafe in a move that will expand the company’s portfolioof content …(more)
EDL ConsultingAn Apple spokesman confirmed Sunday that the company acquired SaaS musicstreaming firm Lala, in what could be the first step toward a new Appleonline …(more)
EDL Consulting”Having the support of 3Tera in rolling out new services and capabilitiesmakes us confident in the benefits of cloud computing for our hostingbusiness,” …(more)
San Francisco Chronicle”Now we’re moving into what we call cloud computing and again were goingthrough the same cycle of user awareness and ‘don’t worry about it, it’shere, …(more)
One of the hottest trends in small business and enterprise-sized IT iscloud computing. Cloud computing represents a major shift in the waycompanies view their technology infrastructure. This type of approach to ITrelies on the …(more)
By scott@cloud-distribution.com (Scott Dobson)
ISOLATION FAILURE: multi-tenancy and shared resources are definingcharacteristics of cloud computing. This risk category covers the failureof mechanisms separating storage, memory, routing and even reputationbetween different tenants …(more)
TheStreet.comLeveraging modern technologies like Software as a Service and asocial-networking inspired rules engine, Athenahealth brings a large degreeof automation to …(more)
In the chill of a massive cave beneath an orthodox Christian cathedral, acity power firm is preparing what it thinks will be the greenest datacenter on …(more)
Intel unveils 48-core cloud computing silicon chip (BBC). Posted Dec 3,2009 17: 48 UTC (Thu) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020) [Link]. No offense tothe BBC, …(more)
The forecast for regulatory compliance remains foggy in the gathering stormof cloud computing. As more data reside in distant computers connected viathe …(more)
1sockchuck writes “NASA has built its Nebula cloud computing platforminside a data center container so it can add capacity quickly, bringingextra …(more)
Operating …CNNMoney.com (press release)Delivered via the software as a service (SaaS) model, the GT Nexus platformsupports and automates a range of processes for the retailer, …(more)
ChannelWebPerhaps the biggest story about cloud computing in 2009 was cloud computingitself. Even as some pundits continued to debate the definition of cloud…(more)
InformationWeek… Calif., where the “Searchology” event took place, Google VP ofengineering Vic Gundotra said that thanks to the cloud, computing haschanged. …(more)
IT News Online - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India… yet the notion of managing large scale multi-tenancy in the cloudpresents a variety of challenges,” said Joe Wojtal, Vice President,Operations and …(more)
PR Newswire (press release)”With this new service, IBM is delivering our smartest data center softwarein which businesses choose and pay for what they need. …(more)
E-Commerce TimesTo execute successful direct digital marketing, an elemental ingredient inthe software platform recipe is a data mart built specifically for quickly…(more)
Oracle …PR Newswire (press release)According to Gartner, “Although areas such as software as a service (SaaS)and cloud computing are still relatively peripheral to buyers and sellersof ERP …(more)
Business Wire (press release)… the new Acesis software platform to efficiently streamline I-CaRe forUCSF’s extensive case review process. Acesis’ Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)…(more)
Minonline (subscription)The stories can be accessed on the dedicated Kindle devices, on the Kindlefor PC software or via the iPhone Kindle app. The inaugural stories in theseries …(more)
Flexibility …Business Wire (press release)Paper describes key issues and recommends maintaining flexibility betweenon-premise and saas to match changing business needs. …(more)
PR-inside.com (press release)As a SaaS application, Legal Hold Pro has a number of key advantages forhelping in-house legal teams and law firms implement defensible litigationholds. …(more)
Analytics …Business Wire India (press release)SaaS applications built using WOLF PaaS now enjoy the ability to workseamlessly on the Apple iPhone mobility platform and serve the needs forcustomers who …(more)
By singhbasant@gmail.com (Basant Narayan Singh)
It offers vCloud: Run, secure and manage applications in the private cloudor have them federated on-demand to partner-hosted public clouds. vCloud isgiving a tough competition to more established Amazon’s AWS. …(more)
Cloud …CNNMoney.com (press release)Under the new agreement, the two companies will collaborate and delivertechnology solutions that span virtualization, private cloud computing, …(more)
CTO Edge (blog)As part of an overall effort to expand the footprint of its cloud computingservices in North America, Fujitsu plans to create a cloud computingecosystem …(more)
Data Center KnowledgeFormerly dubbed Project Spirit, the Savvis Symphony private cloud platformwill integrate the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). This new platformwill …(more)
TMC Net… estimating that companies worldwide spent more than $1.5 billion onintegration as a service and B2B integration outsourcing and expectorganizations to …(more)
System …Market Wire (press release)PORTLAND, OR–(Marketwire - December 8, 2009) - Zapproved Inc., aSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider with a platform that addsaccountability to business …(more)
Cloud computing standards and major cloud computing outages top Linthicum’slist .(more)
eChannelLineRainStor’s move to the US is being done to improve access to a growing SaaSand cloud data management market, for its’ online data retention solutionthat …(more)
By Brian Deagan
A trend is not a fad. A fad comes and goes quickly, while trends havestaying power. Great ideas become trends when they are widely adoptedbeyond their original driving force. Such is the case with the marketingtrend of direct digital …(more)
By Arvind
Web Hosting news, articles and discussion on hosting related informationand services. Get the latest and most relevant web hosting news andarticles from the industry’s most respected news organizations.(more)
LiveScience.comLet’s say it up front: Cloud computing has nothing to do with lying on ahillside admiring the fluffy white shapes in the sky. But it potentiallytouches …(more)
PC WorldBy Grant Gross, IDG News Service Five technologies, including the trendy
cloud computing and old workhorse open-source software, will see hugeadoption …(more)
Welt OnlineLook around the Web and you’ll be hard-pressed to find two matchingdescriptions of cloud computing. But while the definition is a movingtarget, …(more)
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Look around the Web and you’ll be hard-pressed tofind two matching descriptions of cloud computing. But while the definitionis a …(more)
MSPmentorBut now, Dell Cloud Evangelist Barton George is starting to tell people howthose deals fit together into a $450 million cloud and saas (software as a…(more)
Telcos now have a major opportunity to aggregate SaaS applications so thatenterprises can go one-stop-shopping for all their SaaS needs.(more)
ITProPortalWith the IT industry being significantly swayed by the slew of changesbrought upon due to the emergence of cloud computing and virtualisation,…(more)
SYS-CON Media (press release)… cloud services designed to help enterprises and ISVs in North Americaquickly reap the cost and agility benefits of reliable, secure cloudcomputing. …(more)
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USAFujitsu is following the example of VMware, which also submitted thespecification for its vCloud API to the incubator. By becoming publicstandards, …(more)
Microsoft Certified ProfessionalSMB customers, on the other hand, typically start with the cloudplatform-as-a-service (PaaS). These shops have either been slower to pursuein-house …(more)
PR Newswire (press release)”The majority of telcos are still evaluating the role they can play in theemerging saas market and how saas fits into a broader cloud computingcontext. …(more)
eWeekMicrosoft has announced the forma-tion of a new group aimed at focusing oncloud computing and moving the lessons learned in the cloud back intoMicrosoft’s …(more)
ERP Cloud News (blog)The problem with most SaaS offerings is that it’s difficult to switch fromSaaS back to on-premise. There are several stories about customers tryingto …(more)
ReutersSalesforce has poached SAP customers in recent years with so-calledsoftware-as-a-service, or SaaS, offerings that corporate users can onlyaccess over the …(more)
Iron’s …Market Wire (press release)The company deployed Salesforce CRM in three of its distribution businessunits using the Cast Iron Integration Solution to connect the saasapplication …(more)


