December 2009

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• Resisting SaaS For IT Management Bad Career Move Dinosaur

The question is very simple are you going to be dragged by the businesspeople in your organization to introduce SaaS solutions into your ITmanagement …(more)

• Bridgeline Reports Record Sales, Record Profits, and Record Cash

Generation …CNNMoney.com (press release)Revenue from software subscription and perpetual licenses grew 63%. *Bridgeline has 676 customers, of which 504 or 75% of these customers paid amonthly …(more)

• Cloud delusions at the turn of the decade (ZDNet) | Green …

By buildnews
How to avoid amateur cloud, fool’s cloud, firewall jealousy, misdirectedmulti-tenancy and half-aaSed applications. My views on how to implementcloud and SaaS.(more)

• Online HelpDesk solution | BizMean Gulf Free Classifieds And …

By iquallteam
Software as a service. We help you manage technical support, helpdesk,customer support, sales and customers. URL:http://www.easyhelpdeskhosting.com/edh/helpdesk.php. Tags: Stats: Images.There are no images. Sponsored Links …(more)

• Knowledge Infusion Center of Excellence: Knowledge Infuser: Bill …

By coe@knowledgeinfusion.com
Discussion on Software as a Service vendors and how they are impacting theHR technology market…”There is no doubt that Software as a Service hasarrived as a delivery model for HR and Talent Management technology;unfortunately, …(more)

• Nearshore Journal | Where Outsourcing, Tech and Capital Markets …

By admin
Since 2009 is coming to a close, I thought it would be a good time toreview how I did with my predictions for the year regarding theSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud computing market. … Theconvergence of software, business and information services has beenevolving for a while. The best example of how this process is manifestingitself is Thomson-Reuters’ use of Salesforce.com’s Force.com platform tocreate and deliver a new wealth management service to its …(more)

• Revionics Launches Inventory Optimization System

Earthtimes (press release)The system is highly scalable, serving retailers of all sizes and lines oftrade, and is offered on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. …(more)

• eCocoma Web Consultant – Cloud delusions at the turn of the decad

How to avoid amateur cloud, fool’s cloud, firewall jealousy, misdirectedmulti-tenancy and half-aaSed applications. My views on how to implementcloud and SaaS have hardened considerably over the course of 2009.(source:blogs.zdnet.com) …(more)

• The Evolution Of The Netbook/Cloud Computing, Again, Shows The …

This post is part of the IT Innovation series, sponsored by Sun & Intel….(more)

• Federal agencies switch to cloud computing solutions

EDL ConsultingCost concerns could drive a number of federal agencies to switch privatecloud computing solutions, a former CIA information technology chief wrotein an …(more)

• Server virtualization and cloud computing carry savings into 2010

SearchCIO.comBy Christina Torode, Senior News Writer A combination of server
virtualization, Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and, soon,cloud-based storage …(more)

• MapleWorks Technology Develops Cloud Computing Applications

TMCnetExamples of cloud computing applications include those developed bySalesforce.com, a leading global provider of cloud-based email and websecurity, …(more)

• MapleWorks Technology Develops Cloud Computing Applications

PR Web (press release)… video, cloud, and network infrastructure markets, announces that itprovides cloud computing services for customers, in which any authenticateddevice …(more)

• Cloud computing: Love it or hate it?

ComputerworldIs cloud computing the next best thing in IT, or is it overhyped andunderdelivering? Here’s what both sides of the debate have to say. …(more)

• Cloud computing will kill these 3 technologies

InfoWorldWhen looking at the space that cloud computing occupies in the tech world,it’s almost difficult to imagine that cloud computing could actually push afew …(more)

• Cloud computing revolution ‘set to continue’

ashdowngroup.comCloud computing is likely to be a key focus area for many businesses overthe coming year, a new study has indicated. Apart from Web 2.0, thetechnology is …(more)

• Cloud or Ground? Let the Customer Decide

E-Commerce TimesSaaS has become an increasingly popular model for cloud computing adoption,with 68 percent of US respondents in a recent study from Avanade reporting…(more)

• Collocation services such as cloud computing

8elCollocation services, in particular cloud computing, can allow companies toenjoy “significantly enhanced economies of scale”. Adam Bosnian, vicepresident …(more)

• 2010 the year of cloudcomputingM&A | The Open Road CNET News

Cloud computing is becoming less about science projects and more aboutreal-world deployments, which should lead to big vendors buying start-upsto round …(more)

• Cloud computing ‘a key area for 2010′

Global Gold Internet ServicesTechnologists are set to focus on cloud computing as a growth area over thenext 12 months, a new study has indicated. According to a poll of chief …(more)

• Platform as a Service (PaaS) ~ Digital Signage Software, Design …

CommandCenterHD is an example of Platform as a Service (PaaS) – a type ofsoftware deployment where an application is made available to userson-demand over …(more)

• F3′s Interaction Church Starts 2010 on Right Path

CNNMoney.com (press release)F3 Technologies, Inc. (F3) is an Atlanta-based Software-as-a-Servicedevelopment company and application service provider created to provide ondemand …(more)

• Dorado Promotes Dave Parker to Vice President, Business Development

dBusinessNews Sacramento (press release)Along with the benefits of SaaS – increased functionality and dependabilitywith minimal capital costs, flexible configurations, rapid deployment andagile …(more)

• CA Named a Leader in Two Project Portfolio Management Markets by

Independent …PR Newswire (press release)Its commitment to offering SaaS solutions and deep training capabilitiesmake it more accessible for the ‘accidental project manager. …(more)

• Bridgeline FY09 revenue up 12% to $23.9m

Computer Business ReviewBy Staff Reporter Bridgeline Software, a developer of SaaS-based web
application management software and interactive technology offerings, hasreported …(more)

• Parature Announces Doug Lipp, Former Head of Training at Disney University,

as …Trading Markets (press release)The company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery and integrated,intuitive design enables organizations to better and more efficientlyserve, support, …(more)

• Software developers bring SOA apps into cloud computing

SearchSOA… Due to rising demand, software architects and developers are currentlyhard at work bringing SOA apps and ebbs into cloud computing architectures….(more)

• Libra OnDemand Making Strides in Spearheading, Supporting CRM Initiatives

Hotel Interactive, Inc.The secret to the company’s rapid success lies in its web-based,Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application (a hotel needs nothing more than astandard Web …(more)

• 10 Big Cloud Trends for 2010

PC WorldBy Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld Cloud computing is clearly worming its
way into the enterprise, especially as a testing and developmentenvironment and …(more)

• Cloud delusions at the turn of the decade

ZDNetHalfway through the year, I took a conscious decision to promotemulti-tenancy as the only acceptable architecture for cloud and SaaSinfrastructures. …(more)

• Magic Software Announces Distribution of Cash Dividend

PR Newswire (press release)… of multiple-mode application platform solutions – including FullClient, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Mobile or Software-as-a-Service(SaaS) modes …(more)

• Cloud computing to be popular in 2010

ihotdesk – IT NewsCloud computing is likely to be one of the main technologies IT outsourcingusers focus on in 2010, it has been suggested. Recent research fromLogicalis …(more)

• Service Net Warranty, LLC Acquires the Assets of Equiguard, Inc.

PR Newswire (press release)Craig Funke, President and CEO of Equiguard states, “As a Service NetCompany, Equiguard will be strategically positioned to offer a greaterlevel of …(more)

• Q & A: Army CIO Advances Consolidation Effort

InformationWeekCloud computing and powerful mobile devices are part of Jeffrey Sorenson’splan to centralize Army IT and make it more consistent for soldiersdeploying …(more)

• Salesforce Predicts Shift in Business for 2010, Looks Back on Year’s

ProgressTMCnetWith its dynamic product portfolio, the company’s sales, service and cloudcomputing systems lend to sales teams and companies looking to maximizetime, …(more)

• Why Would A Business Change The Delivery Of Its IT Systems?

Fresh Business ThinkingBy Jonathan Dawkins, Managed Services Consultant of Ardent Solutions The
advent of SaaS (Software as a Service) delivery of computing power tobusinesses …(more)

• Salesforce.com’s Wizard Was Parker Harris And Team

InformationWeek (blog)No software as a service has a perfect record, but Salesforce.com’s hasbeen so reliable, despite the customer’s rapid growth of its customer base,…(more)

• TPG Software Announces Scalable Investment Accounting Version of

Portfolio …Earthtimes (press release)This can benefit those companies who are seeking an Application ServiceProvider (ASP) or Software as a Service (SaaS) solution rather than housingthe …(more)

• 2010 Data Center Wish List: More Money, Virtualization, Cloud Computing

eWeekThose items revolved around virtualization and cloud computing, as well assuch hardware as systems sporting Intel’s “Nehalem EX” processor, Cisco’sUCS and …(more)

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

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• How SaaS-Able Are Content, Collaboration, And Data Software …

The most SaaS-able I&KM apps are blogs, email, and Web conferencing, whilethe least SaaS-able are business process management and master datamanagement.(more)

• How Cloud Computing Will Drive SaaS in 2010

DABCC.comWhen we think about software-as-a-service (SaaS), we tend to envisionlarge-scale services such as Salesforce.com. After all, the conventionalwisdom is …(more)

• Red Hat Continues It’s Winning Streak

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Lavenya Dilip Cloud Computing Expo – Red Hat has reported an impressive
fiscal third quarter profits with revenue increase of 18 per cent comparedto the …(more)

• Clouds are gathering along the horizon

Jakarta PostSo, why not use the software owned by a provider as a service (SaaS)? Orits infrastructure (IaaS)? Or even host in-house developed applications onthe …(more)

• Why multitenancy matters | Software as Services | ZDNetcom

I’d like to refine the description of multi-tenancy that I set out in mypost earlier this week on Many degrees of multi-tenancy. Intacct’s CTO,Aaron.(more)

• 10 Predictions for 2010

PC MagazineCloud computing will suffer a setback. If you followed the industry in the1990s, you remember that every year of that decade was predicted to be the”year …(more)

• The Cloud Computing/SaaS Scorecard for 2009

Seeking Alpha (blog)As a result, Gartner estimates the SaaS market will have reachedapproximately $8 billion at the end of 2009, a 21.9% rise from $6.6 billionin 2008. …(more)

• Fujitsu Launches Cloud-based Services to Support End-User ICT

Japan Corporate News (press release)Quickly deploys a client virtualization environment, provided as a servicefrom the cloud platform. Provides a general support desk for responding to…(more)

• Iron Mountain joins Cloud Security Alliance

CTRAs a corporate member, Iron Mountain will offer its technology inenterprise Storage-as-a-Service (SaaS) and other cloud solutions spanninginformation …(more)

• Cloud Computing & Enterprise IT: Cost & Operational Benefits

SYS-CON Media (press release)Right before Christmas, the White House tapped Microsoft’s long-ago chiefsecurity officer, the CEO of the non-profit Information Security ForumHoward …(more)

• From Outsourcing To Multi-Sourcing

ForbesThat mitigates the desire for businesses to go out and directly obtainthese cloud services or software-as-a-service–basically an end-run aroundIT. …(more)

• The Cloudy IT Landscape

ForbesBut the push toward utility-based outsourcing, which allows companies toturn on and off servers, storage and software, has profound implicationsfor the …(more)

• The Time Is Ripe for Private Clouds in the Public Sector

E-Commerce TimesBy Bob Flores As standards for privacy and security mature in the cloud,
cloud computing will only expand in the public sector. Success will dependon the …(more)

• Global CIO: My 5 Favorite Cover Stories Of 2009

InformationWeekWe’ll see it in increasing use of cloud computing, particularly in hybridclouds that combine more flexible in-house computing infrastructure withpublic, …(more)

• Callidus Software Receives “Positive” Rating From Principal Analyst

Research FirmCNNMoney.com (press release)Our award-winning Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications set thestandard for performance management across the sales force. Over 2 millionemployees and …(more)

• Software as a serviceSAAS Sales and Business Development Manager …

Job details for a Software as a service (SAAS) – Sales and BusinessDevelopment Manager job in Manchester, Lancashire listed at Totaljobs.com -46280757.(more)

• Terremark – jclouds – Overview of the Terremark vCloud Express …

In vCloud express, the size of a vApp is very customizable. As such, thereis not a “master list” of sizes. However, Terremark has an extension called…(more)

• Electronic Medical Billing Software for the integrated workflow of …

By iforyouz
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). “Gone are the hard disk fails and solvesoftware maintenance. No more office staff and mood of fighting or payingthe benefits. They are now only for the service business is the perfect wayto pay,” says …(more)

• Deal Radar 2009: Orangescape | Sramana Mitra on Strategy

By Shailesh Otari
Orangescape is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) company from India thatfacilitates business application development. Orangescape is essentially aproduction environment that allows techno-functional experts to converttheir ideas into …(more)

• Six SaaS and Cloud Plays for Oracle Partners | The VAR Guy

By Kevin OBrien
Oracle’s Kevin O’Brien explains how Oracle channel partners can developtheir SaaS (software as a service) and cloud business strategies for 2010…. Both pure play SaaS vendors as well as established ISVs have leveragedThe Oracle Platform for SaaS over the past decade. Scratch below thesurface of a successful SaaS application and you’re likely to find Oracle.For the cliff notes summary of SaaS ISV success read these 18 quotes orread the full case studies. …(more)

• Customizable Field Service Scheduling Software

By etallex
About Bella Solutions: Bella provides web based software or SaaS (Softwareas a Service) for Field Service companies such as Cleaning Services, ITServices, Contractors, HVAC, and many more. Essentially, the software canbe utilized in …(more)

• Gallery: Terremark Readies Secure Cloud Data Center

InformationWeekThe company offers two kinds of cloud services: vCloud Express, whichprovide on-demand infrastructure in a few minutes with credit card payment,…(more)

• Is a Cloud Service Broker Right for Your Business?

NewsFactor NetworkGartner defines a brokerage as a service where a broker may simply be abusiness-to-business (B2B) technology provider. The firm believes CSBs, …(more)

• Oskaloosa Public Library Selects LibLime Enterprise Koha

PRLog.Org (press release)This Software as a Service offering on LibLime’s new Cloud Computingplatform will also feature regular monthly releases as additionalcustomer-sponsored …(more)

• Fujitsu launches Workplace LCM Service

Computer Business ReviewIn addition, it has been expanded into Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) todeliver a host of business applications to PCs at customer sites throughthe internet. …(more)

• 10 Cloud Computing Trends for 2010

IT Business Edge (blog)By date: Although cloud computing is gaining ground in the enterprise,
vendors are still trying to become a platform for business-criticalapplications. …(more)

• Cloud Computing Deep Dive Report

DatamationInfoWorld: This report includes an excerpt of the book Cloud Computing andSOA Convergence in Your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide that coversselecting …(more)

• Web Hosting Year in Review: Hosting Software and Technology

Web Host Industry ReviewParallels has made it easier for web hosting businesses to manage theirhosting, and provide Software-as-a-Service applications. VMware has createdwhat it …(more)

• SAP Business ByDesign Update: Multi-tenancy, In-Core Memory DB and …

a single customer. Think of these components as containing functionalityand tables to support: tax calculations, printing services, knowledgemanagement …(more)

• Cloud computing, so much more than multi-tenancy | TalkBack on ZDNet

Phil, You are right and I like your argument. But to stop speaking about MTis to concede that.(more)

• A Geeky Field Trip Into The Guts of Multitenancy – Force.com Blog

Sati hit upon a great point in his last post – selling the religion ofmultitenancy aint easy. But we’re here to lend you a hand. The cloudcomputing video …(more)

• [#BISERVER-3887] Support multi-tenancy. – Pentaho BI Platform Tracking

Support multi-tenancy. Created: 10/Dec/09 03:54 PM Updated: 10/Dec/09 03:59PM. Component/s: None. Affects Version/s: None. Fix Version/s: SUGAR S2 …(more)

• (WO/2009/055543) METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT …

The invention provides a method and apparatus to enable multi-tenancycapability for … Multi-tenancy allows an administrator to monitormultiple customer …(more)

• Top 10 Tech Stories of the Decade

PC WorldBotnets got so sophisticated that they began to be offered as, essentially,software-as-a-service packages to criminals. That’s what happened sixmonths …(more)

• MIT Techology Review Covers “Swamp Computing”

SYS-CON Media (press release)”The very term cloud computing should be replaced by swamp computing.” RonRivest, MIT Computer Scientist, co-inventor, RSA public key cryptography…(more)

• EyeOS enters cloud computing foray

Notebooks.comIn the battle for cloud computing operating systems, first there was theChrome OS, then there is Jolicloud..and now, there is a newcomer calledEyeOS. …(more)

• Compuware Links to OpSource – Analyst Blog

BenzingaOpSource provides complete Cloud operations, infrastructure and servicesfor companies of all sizes, from Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ISVs to the…(more)

• Growing Number of Clients Turn to iCIMS for Employee Data Management Needs

PR Web (press release)The recent trend is a direct testament to the superior business modeloffered by the SaaS provider, which ensures clients don’t run into hiddencosts for …(more)