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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.

• FTC Examining Cloud Computing

InformationWeek”[T]he ability of cloud computing services to collect and centrally storeincreasing amounts of consumer data, combined with the ease with which such…(more)

• Hybrid hosting solutions predicted for cloud computing

Experian QAS AustraliaHybrid hosting solutions will grow in importance in the world of cloudcomputing during the next 12 months, it has been suggested. …(more)

• Research and Markets: Indian Small & Medium Businesses SaaS Channel

Partners …NewsBlazeThe 2009 India SMB SaaS Channel Partners report provides a comprehensiveview of the new high value channel partners that have emerged in thesetrying …(more)

• Boulder-based Rally Software raises $16M, eyes growth and IPO

Colorado Daily… executive officer of Rally, a software-as-a-service firm that providescollaborative software development and application lifecycle managementtools. …(more)

• VMware Looking To Buy Zimbra From Yahoo?

ChannelWebMore importantly, VMware would gain an open source application which itcould run as part of a cloud computing stack, either as a product in itselfor as a …(more)

• Cloudsurf trademark joins wave of Sony cloud computing hints

Tags cloudcomputing cloudstrife cloudsurf internet online playstation3processor pscloud psthanks sony trademark videocameras …(more)

• Enterprise Cloud Computing Utilities

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Tony Bishop Cloud Computing Expo - Today’s CIO organizations face a
complex array of challenges in managing the Business Platform (the group of…(more)

• Musings of Rodos VMware’s joining the vCloud dots

Currently VMware have the hottest technology for the IaaS play beingvSphere and the coming Redwood vCloud software In the PaaS space they havepicked up …(more)

• 2010: Will the Apple tablet rule all?

InsideVandyiGuide Media was a patent purchased by Apple senior exec Regina Porter,cited as a service, not product. The new iTunes is coming. This iTunes isbased more …(more)

• Linux Today - Has Cloud Computing Jumped the Shark?

“The recent Barron’s magazine cover story, Sky’s the Limit, reports on theheadlong rush among tech companies to get into cloud computing. …(more)

• Internal cloud computing changed IT in 2009

EDL ConsultingCloud-based services showed corporate IT departments how concepts such asvirtualization, self-provisioning, multitenancy, elasticity and SOA couldcut …(more)

• Targeted enterprise SaaS solutions coming in 2010

EDL ConsultingThe coming year will be an important time for targeted SaaS solutions builton large, ready-made platforms, according to a recent piece. …(more)

• Dell and Infobird announce enterprise cloud computing platform

EDL ConsultingChinese cloud management system vendor Infobird announced Tuesday that itwill partner with Dell to provide a new enterprise cloud computingplatform. …(more)

• Qualsys hosts cloud computing security webinar

EDL ConsultingIT security risk and compliance management software provider Qualsysannounced Monday that it will host a cloud computing security webinar onJanuary 7. …(more)

• Navy establishes cloud computing network for seafaring vessels

EDL ConsultingThe Navy announced that it will establish a new cloud computing network tomanage data and services on a common hosted network accessible by users onland …(more)

• Google’s 10 toughest rivals

NetworkWorld.comOn track to rack up $22 billion or more in sales this year, Amazon has thefinancial wherewithal to battle Google in e-books and cloud computing. …(more)

• Intuit’s New SaaS | SMART ENTERPRISE INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR …

The desktop software maker is now expanding into software as a service. Toget there, CIO Ginny Lee is using the best of Lean IT.(more)

• SaaS CRM wins new business with low investment

SearchCIO-Midmarket.comThe project started in September 2008 and by February, the Software as aService (SaaS) CRM application had wooed 15 financial advisers away fromexisting …(more)

• SaaS and Cloud Computing Driving Data Centre Use

SYS-CON Media (press release)By RealWire News Distribution London, UK, - 5th January, 2010 - UK
businesses are primarily concerned with SaaS and cloud computing with 31per cent saying …(more)

• Salesforce.com’s New Year Test: Will Service Outages Sink SaaS?

Seeking Alpha (blog)So, will this service disruption derail Salesforce.com, theSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) and broader cloud computing movement? …(more)

• The SaaS Revolution

Constructech MagazineLast year, the construction industry saw a bit of revitalization in theSaaS (software-as-a-service) market. A significant number of technologyproviders in …(more)

• Cisco Eos(TM) Social Entertainment Platform Expands Footprint With New …

CNNMoney.com (press release)Cisco Eos is a hosted “software as a service” platform that enables Media &Entertainment companies to more economically create, manage and monetizesocial …(more)

• CIOs still confused about Cloud Computing | Avastu Blog …

By Tarry Singh
[ad#cc] Over half of CIOs (53%) fail to see how cloud computing can savethem money, according to BT’s Enterprise Intelligence survey. That isdespite.(more)

• Dell and Infobird Build Target Cloud Computing | Web 2.0 Journal

It will leverage Dell’s extensive small-and-medium enterprise (SME)customer base by providing them with a cloud-computing service platformfrom Infobird that will in-turn enhance their client’s effective businesscommunication and …(more)

• FTC Investigating Cloud Computing | The VAR Guy

By Matthew Weinberger
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking into cloud computing, tryingto figure out what the security and privacy concerns could mean forconsumers.(more)

• F3 Technologies Provides Year End Review and 2010 Outlook

CNNMoney.com (press release)Paul’s pedigree and experience in the Software as a Service industry haveproved invaluable to the operations of the company. …(more)

• AdvancedMD Buys PracticeOne

techrockies.comSalt Lake City-based AdvancedMD Software, a developer ofsoftware-as-a-service tools for medical practice management, announcedtoday that it has acquired …(more)

• Dell India Offers SaaS Applications on the Cloud

CXOToday.comBy Manu Sharma Dell India today launched its portfolio of
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications for large enterprises, small andmedium businesses …(more)

• AdvancedMD Acquires PracticeOne

PR Newswire (press release)The strategic acquisition of PracticeOne expands the AdvancedMD PracticeManagement product to include a SaaS-based EHR. The new combined offeringwill …(more)

• Windows 7 & Cloud Computing

Appalachian IndependentWindows 7 & cloud computing: blackcomb, authoring in the set somethingbeing released now hybrid apples. Windows 7 & cloud computing: withbluetooth, …(more)

• Intel to Present on the Larger Trends in Cloud Computing at 5th Cloud Expo

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Cloud News Desk Cloud computing allows companies to perform feats of
computation that would otherwise have been impossible, or at leastprohibitively …(more)

• Cisco sees strong demand, but suppliers lag

MarketWatchThe demand is being fuelled in part by the trend toward cloud computing, inwhich companies access computing power through a network, instead ofin-house …(more)

• BI Trumps ERP For Ski Maker

InformationWeekExecutives at Rossignol North America get sales and inventory informationfrom PivotLink, a software-as-a-service-based business intelligence system….(more)

• Demandforce Selected by the California Dental Association

PR Newswire (press release)Founded in 2003, Demandforce is a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)provider used by nearly 7000 business users to create demand for theirproducts and …(more)

• Dell to offer SaaS

Business StandardPTI / Chennai/ Bangalore January 07, 2010, 0:55 IST Dell India todaylaunched its portfolio of services offerings as Software-as-a-Service(SaaS) …(more)

• Nine Questions To Ask About SaaS - New Report Published

OfficialWire (press release)by Press Office Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is an attractive alternativeto on-premise computing, and many suppliers now use the SaaS model todeliver …(more)

• AdvancedMD Acquires PracticeOne

HealthLeaders MediaAdvancedMD, based in Salt Lake City, said the acquisition of PracticeOnewill allow it to expand its product line to include a SaaS-based electronichealth …(more)

• Google’s OpenSocial Fueling Atlassian’s SaaS Development Shift

ADT MagazineBy John K. Waters Google’s OpenSocial is fueling “a major evolutionary
shift” in the development space around Software as a Service (SaaS), …(more)

• Websense Announces Fourth Quarter and 2009 Billings Above Guidance Ranges

CNNMoney.com (press release)Incremental business, which consists primarily of our market leading Websecurity gateway, SaaS security and data loss prevention solutions, …(more)

• Potential VMware Acquisition May Threaten Microsoft Exchange Stronghold

Channel Insider… and hosted software as a service offerings, much the way Microsoft andothers offer hosted Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint, others weren’t sosure. …(more)

• FTC to examine cloud privacy concerns

ComputerworldIn its letter, the FTC said it wants to be sure the FCC pays attention totechnologies such as cloud computing and identity management in drawing upits …(more)