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

• HP Ushers Telecoms Toward Cloud

InformationWeekIt’s also positioning itself to become the software platform for apotentially large new group of suppliers of software-as-a-service:telecommunications …(more)

• Delays in Networx transition put cloud computing decisions on hold

NextgovBy Aliya Sternstein 12/16/2009 The Networx telecommunications services
contract comes with everything agencies need to set up so-called cloudcomputing …(more)

• Microsoft Boosts Cloud Automation With Opalis Buy

Redmond Channel PartnerHe also suggested that Opalis’ software will help Microsoft with itsbroader objective of bringing cloud computing to the masses. …(more)

• The Problem with SaaS

ebizQ (blog)By Andre Yee on December 16, 2009 9:47 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes Obviously, since
I work for Eloqua, I’m a big believer in SaaS - the quick deployment, …(more)

• Demystifying Cloud Computing: Five Things Every CEO Should Know

Alibaba News ChannelEveryone is talking about cloud computing these days, but what is itreally, and why should chief executives care? When you boil it down, cloudcomputing is …(more)

• HP introduces comms-as-a-service platform for telcos

iTWireUnderpinning the HP CaaS program is the new HP Aggregation Platform forSoftware as a Service (SaaS), which acts as a mediation layer between the…(more)

• Continuous Integration in Cloud Computing

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Salvatore Genovese Continuous integration (http://ci.ulitzer.com)
describes a set of software engineering practices that speed up thedelivery of …(more)

• How Google became Microsoft - a decade of hits, misses, and gaffes

Register… the once trendy Software-as-a-Service moniker it pioneered to re-inventits hosted customer-relationship-management service as a “cloud” platform….(more)

• A Cloud Computing Wish List for 2010

SYS-CON Media (press release)By John Savageau A cloud spot market allows commercial cloud service
providers the ability to announce surplus or idle processing and storagecapacity to a …(more)

• NHPS adopts SaaS-based services for loan processing

EDL ConsultingNonprofit community development organization Neighborhood PartnershipHousing Services will use CounselorDirect’s SaaS-based software to speed uploan …(more)

• CORESense Unveils Industries First SaaS-based Retail Management Software

for …PR Web (press release)Delivers grid-based merchandise planning, replenishment and reporting in alow total cost of ownership (TCO) Software-as-a-Service solution. …(more)

• Optenet Offers New SaaS Security Solution For The Enterprise

Dark ReadingMIAMI - December 15, 2009 - Optenet, a pioneer and global leader ofenabling SaaS offerings and delivering “on-premise” security solutions,today announced …(more)

• Callidus Software Significantly Expands Cloud Computing Footprint at …

CNNMoney.com (press release)… they will be expanding their entire suite on top of the Force.complatform to further embrace the cloud computing advancements atsalesforce.com [...]. …(more)

• Opus Interactive Joins VMware vCloud Initiative As A VMware …

Opus Interactive a leading managed services provider of professionalhosting solutions today announced it has joined the VMware vCloudinitiative as a …(more)

• SmallCapSentinel.com: Credibility in a Cloud

CNNMoney.com (press release)In fact, you’ll notice a near ubiquity of the phrase “cloud computing.” Formany, the notion of cloud computing is a concept overdue and clearly thenext …(more)

• CERN Selects Platform Computing for World’s Largest Scientific

Collaboration CloudPR Newswire (press release)”For CERN’s cloud computing initiative, we needed an infrastructure thatwould support our existing grid in a heterogeneous environment that couldmanage …(more)

• UK trade groups come together to develop SaaS/cloud standards

ZDNet (blog)It was on the back of these pointers that I started a conversation betweenthe UK’s ICAEW (ICAEW is the UK equivalent of AICPA) and three SaaS/cloudtrade …(more)

• SeeWhy Brings in $2M

XconomyThe startup said the funds would help it boost sales, marketing and SaaSsupport for its main product, Abandonment Tracker Pro. …(more)

• 2010 set to be the year of the cloud for SMEs

TMC NetSMEs are waking up to the benefits of using cloud computing andsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to obtain low-cost access tostate-of-the-art …(more)

• 3 Tools Make Phone the Center of Small Biz Universe

Small Business ComputingSaaS (software-as-a-service) communications specialist Protus is toutingits my1voice service as a way to help business owners achieve work/lifebalance …(more)

• Cost-effective Web application security testing options take SaaS form

SearchCIO-Midmarket.comThe SaaS model also eliminates the costs of servers and infrastructureneeded to house the vulnerability testing software used to do thevulnerability scans …(more)

• Rackspace partners with FathomDB

Bizjournals.comThe Rackspace Cloud, the cloud computing division of Rackspace Hosting, isadding FathomDB, a database-as-a-service program, to its portfolio of tools…(more)

• Outsourcery: 2010 set to be the year of the cloud for SMEs

TMC NetCloud computing, where the needs of users are satisfied by web-basedsoftware rather than stored on large in-house servers, enables businessesto store …(more)

• Sapience Conference Features First Shoot-Out Between SAP and NetSuite

Cloud …PR Newswire (press release)The results demonstrate the strength of NetSuite’s ( NYSE: N) dedicated andpioneering commitment to cloud computing, its large diverse customer base,…(more)

• Data Loss Protection and Your CRM System

ComputerworldYou’ll need to work closely with your ILP tool vendor, as SaaS CRM systemspresent some special challenges. If you haven’t bought one already, …(more)

• Tech Data Belgium Enters SaaS Market Using Parallels Automation

Web Host Industry Review”Parallels Automation software creates an easy way to enter and access theSoftware-as-a-Service market and is a cost-effective and scalablesolution,” …(more)

• 2010 Prediction: Simon Crosby, Citrix

Virtual Strategy MagazineVirtualized server, storage and networking resources offered byInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS) service providers such as Amazon EC2,RackSpace and …(more)

• Rackspace’s Popular Cloud Computing Tools Ecosystem

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Yeshim Deniz The Rackspace Cloud, the cloud computing division of
Rackspace Hosting announced on Thursday the latest addition to Rackspace’spopular …(more)

• Microsoft’s Private Cloud Formation

Virtualization ReviewBut for cloud computing to take hold in the enterprise forbusiness-critical applications, Microsoft knows it must extend WindowsAzure to integrate …(more)

• Cost savings driving firms toward cloud computing

EDL ConsultingAdoption rates for cloud computing and virtualization will rise as theeconomy drives firms toward cost-effective information technologysolutions, …(more)

• Open Source As A SaaS Endgame Digging A Bit More | CloudAve

I recently revisited myopen source as a SaaS endgame theory quoting a newsabout another web app releasing their code under an open source licensebefore …(more)

• Cloud computing: The telcos’ game to lose

ComputerworldBy Johna Till Johnson Network World - You’re probably sick of hearing about
cloud computing. I can’t say I blame you. The buzz seems to be nearlydeafening …(more)

• Amazon Auction Cloud Computing Capacity

Next Big Future (blog)Businesses can now bid for computing capacity during times of low demand tosave money. EC2 continues to offer two other pricing methods: On-Demand …(more)

• ‘ReliaCloud’ Cloud Computing Service Launched By VISI

Earthtimes (press release)MINNEAPOLIS - (Business Wire) VISI, a leading data center services andmanaged hosting provider, today announced its entry into the public cloudcomputing …(more)

• Why Ballerinas Don’t Fall Over

Virtual Strategy MagazineWe had just got into a discussion on how economies of scale play into cloudcomputing and how the service providers need to get economies of scale by…(more)

• The On-Demand Enterprise: Enabling and Managing Cloud Computing Services

CTRRegardless of the terms cloud computing, on-demand, SaaS, or virtualizeddelivery, IT and business applications are increasingly being acquired andconsumed …(more)

• A Quick Intro to Knowledge Tree SaaS Document Management

CMSWireThe SaaS version is full versioned document management systems for userswho want an alternative to on premise software, providing a secure servicewith …(more)

• Cloud computing The telcos game to lose

You’re probably sick of hearing about cloud computing. I can’t say I blameyou. The buzz seems to be nearly deafening these days. And the mostannoying part …(more)

• Open Source vs. SaaS BI: Choose Wisely | GoodData

By Jerome Pineau
In it, I point out that OSBI does indeed work for a vast number of veryspecific users, but most OSS-minded readers skipped right over thatstatement and interpreted my post as a blind bashing of OSS in favor ofSaaS BI. …(more)

• Software directories not ready for SaaS | MOdeling LAnguages

By jordi
Problems of trying to add a software service in one of the existingsoftware directories.(more)

• SaaS Partners Boost Open-Xchange Open Source Email | Linux Plus

By LXer Linux News
Open-Xchange claims 2009 was a banner year; more than 15 million peopleworldwide are running the open source email system, an 80 percent increasefrom 2008. The company’s secret to success involves SaaS (software as aservice) partners …(more)

• SaaS Is Not Your Friend | RevaHealth.com

By Caelen King
I meet with a lot of start-ups that are determined on disrupting industrieswith Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. The business plans I seeincreasingly.(more)

• Cloud Security Alliance Issues New Guidelines

PC WorldBy Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service The Cloud Security Alliance published
the second edition of its guidelines for secure cloud computing onThursday, …(more)

• VillageEDOCS Makes $927K Debt Repayment, Moves Forward With MVP Emphasis

PR Newswire (press release)17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — VillageEDOCS, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VEDO),a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) provider, announces repayment of$927917 …(more)

• PROS Partners with Cast Iron Systems to Simplify Integration

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)By Business Wire PROS (NYSE: PRO), the world leader in enterprise pricing
software, announced today that it has teamed with Cast Iron Systems, the #1SaaS …(more)

• HP Beefs Up Cloud Portfolio for Telcos

DatamationTo that end, HP this week unveiled new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)offerings dubbed HP Operations Orchestration and HP Communications as aService, …(more)

• [#Cloud #$B%/%i%&%I(B] PaaS$B%Y%s%@!<$,A}2C$9$kCf!”$3$N%l%$%d!<$G$N(B …

J2EE developers who understand scale up SQL databases for instance areunlikely to adjust to a completely different scale out programming modelembodied by Google AppEngine. Products Mentioned: - VMware’s vCloud -Oracle CRM On Demand …(more)

• Hosting.com Makes Client-Driven Enhancements to Its Cloud Portfolio

TMCnet - USAHosting.com’s portfolio of Cloud Hosting Solutions include CloudEnterprise, Cloud Dedicated, Cloud VPS, and vCloud Express - solutions thatreduce costs, …(more)

• Scholastic Corporation F2Q10 (Qtr End 11/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha (blog)We have also matured as a service organization providing consulting andprofessional development at the district building and classroom level. …(more)

• Virtualization Vs Cloud Computing (

Data Center JournalMany people equate cloud computing to virtualization which is only partlytrue, for the full concept of cloud computing is much more elaborate and…(more)