January 29, 2010

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

• Payload descriptor for cloud computing: An update

CNETFor instance, raw data sets, “middleware” of various sorts and evenextensions to SaaS applications could count as a payload to be evaluated….(more)

• SamePage Offers New Deployment Model with MultiTenancy for On …

More information on the new multitenancy feature of SamePage is availableat httpwwwetouchnetproductscollaborationfeatures_multi_tenancyhtml …(more)

• Four New Bedding Clients Select STORIS

Furniture World Magazine (press release)These retailers will benefit from STORIS’ dynamic SaaS model, theaffordable option for emerging and growing small or mid-size businesses….(more)

• Oracle’s Larry Being Larry (Ellison)

Channel InsiderSo let’s understand that all this stuff is cloud computing. Everything iscloud computing. “Now existing data centers today are feeling bad that theyare …(more)

• Dell goes deep into cloud with SaaS

Express ComputerThe new Dell SaaS applications add cloud-based IT services to the existingconsulting, support and managed service capabilities under Dell Services,…(more)

• Montclair Advisors – 2010 SaaS Hall of Fame | Smart SaaS

Given we are starting a new decade and many could argue that SaaS startedin during the last ten years, I thought it would be appropriate torecognize …(more)

• Tech Adviser: Cloud computing means that programs, data are online

Dallas Morning NewsSimply put, cloud computing means using the Internet to provide yourprograms and store your data. Instead of spending $300 on a new copy ofMicrosoft …(more)

• Downloader: Yahoo! drops Zimbra, VMware picks it up

By N0 1
VMWare will continue to support Zimbra’s existing products. But the companyalso plans to use Zimbra’s technology to expand the software available forcustomers to deploy using the VMware vCloud ecosystem. …(more)

• Is Security the Next Cloud Computing Play? – Donna’s SecurityFlash

By donna
Donna’s SecurityFlash points you to interesting stories and news about PCand internet security.(more)

• Cloud Computing And Wall Street | CloudAve

By Krishnan Subramanian
Cloud Computing is slowly creeping into many different industries. It fitsvery well to the needs of Main Street. Will i.(more)

• Gojko Adzic: Tips for keeping your sanity (and apps) in the cloud …

By brenda michelson
Although Software Design is further down my enterprise considerations list,when Gojko Adzoc’s post on lessons he has learned developing in Amazon’sAWS environment, I knew I had to pass it along. The post describes newchallenges for …(more)

• Cloud Computing with the Windows Azure Platform (With Source Code …

By Mafia
The book begins with a look at the differences between cloud computing andapplication hosting and examines the various issues that .NET developersand IT managers face in moving from on-premise to cloud-based applications,…(more)

• Partnership Announced Between Cisco, NetApp and VMware | Web …

By THN Editor
The partnership these three companies have introduced will provide anend-to-end Secure Multi-tenancy Design Architecture that provides enhancedsecurity in cloud environments by isolating the information technology (IT)resources and …(more)

• Goodbye Scott McNealy and Thanks for the Memories | Insecure About …

By Jon Oltsik
My McNealy blog on NWW: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/56555 14mins ago; [Blog] Goodbye Scott McNealy and Thanks for the Memories:http://ping.fm/SHYMq 20 mins ago; My Network World blog on securemulti-tenancy …(more)

• Partnership Announced Between Cisco, NetApp and VMware | Web …

The partnership these three companies have introduced will provide anend-to-end Secure Multi-tenancy Design Architecture [...]PartnershipAnnounced Between Cisco, NetApp and VMware is a post from: Hosting News andReseller Web Hosting …(more)

• Secure multitenancy stack for virtual server environments launched …

Secure multitenancy stack for virtual server environments launched byNetApp, Cisco and VMware. Full story: TechTarget. NetApp Inc., CiscoSystems Inc. and …(more)

• CA, Inc. F3Q10 (Qtr End 12/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha (blog)What excites me even more about the impress of the number of wins was thesuccess we had with our clarity software as a service offering, whichaccounted …(more)

• Mimecast’s $21m shows strength of SaaS in Europe

ZDNet (blog)I’ve written several times in the past about the lack of visibility forEuropean SaaS vendors, while taking the opportunity to highlight notablecompanies …(more)

• SMB Trends The Channel Needs To Know

Channel InsiderMost channel pros are familiar with the current SMB trends such as theincreasing adoption of SaaS, managed services, virtualization and mobileapplications …(more)

• Will Cloud Computing Kill Privacy?

ITworld.comby Erik Larkin As cloud computing speeds ahead, privacy protections are toooften being left in the dust. Loosely defined, cloud computing involvesprograms …(more)

• Focus Systems Enters Agreement to Provide Law Firm with Cloud Computing

SolutionTransWorldNews (press release)This contract is another step in the wave of customers that are expected toenter the cloud computing market over the next 5 years, and puts FocusSystems …(more)

• Cisco, NetApp and VMware Collaborate for a More Secure Cloud

SYS-CON Media (press release)The three technology companies have unveiled an end-to-end SecureMulti-tenancy Design Architecture that enhances security in the cloud. Howdoes that work, …(more)

• Teneros Launches Hosted Disaster Recovery Service

eWeekMessaging technology development and distribution company Teneros, Inc.announced a disaster recovery offering, DR-as-a-Service, a hosted solutionfor …(more)

• CA’s McCracken Seeks Cloud Computing, Security Deals

BusinessWeekCA will spend at least $300 million a year on cloud computing and securitysoftware acquisitions this fiscal year and next, McCracken said yesterday,…(more)

• When to Apply Cloud Computing

IT Business Edge (blog)By date: There’s a lot of debate these days about when to use cloud
computing and for what types of applications. Given the relatively earlydays of the …(more)

• Silicon Beach: Refresh Miami January Meetup

Miami New Times (blog)Martinez recommended the following providers for cloud computing:AmazonAWS, Rackspace Cloud and vCloud Express by Terremark. …(more)

• Apple’s iPad can simultaneously kill a category and create a new one

WTN NewsCreate the consumer device that can drive the Cloud Computing and Softwareas a Service. Think of it this way, the web capabilities of this device,…(more)

• Microsoft: U.S. Must Weigh In on Cloud Computing – InternetNews.com

Effort looks to encourage revised laws and industry and privacy protectionsas cloud computing takes off.(more)

• ONTILITY Intros New SaaS Solar Business Technology Platform

TMCnetThe ONTILITY EcoTech Platform has been designed upon a ‘software as aservice’ or ‘SaaS’ Web 2.0 based architecture. The platform has gotNetSuite (News …(more)

• G Cloud: Government adds SaaS to public sector IT

ZDNet UKThe government has embarked on the G Cloud project, part of a package ofmeasures detailed in its Government ICT Strategy released on Wednesday. …(more)

• PivotLink Named One of “100 Coolest Cloud Computing Products” by

Everything …SYS-CON Media (press release)This underscores our success in partnering with SaaS and Cloud computingleaders to provide the next generation of embedded business analytics thatdrive …(more)

• In Integrating Sun, Oracle Bets Big on a New Sales Strategy

DailyFinanceAdditionally, Morningstar’s Rafael Garcia forecast another potentialproblem for Oracle in an analyst note: “Small providers ofsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) …(more)

• Microsoft and Avanade: Twice the CRM SaaS?

MSPmentorMicrosoft is doubling down on the SaaS market through Avanade, thecompany’s joint consulting and integration venture with Accenture. …(more)

• Philippe Courtot: Cloud Computing Growing Pains

By admin
Philippe Courtot, CEO of Qualys, founder member of the Cloud SecurityAlliance and Jericho Forum member talks about the growing.(more)

• 2nd Cloud Computing World Forum

By CMSWire.com Events Calendar
Industry events calendar containg conferences, user groups, webinars, topicsummits, and other types of educational gatherings. Primary topics includecontent management sytems, enterprise cms, social media, web publishing and…(more)

• Tech services company focused on utilities harnesses cloud …

By Heather Clancy
Here’s the deal, IBM and ABB Group, which is a company that provides ITinfrastructure and automation services to utilities, have extended anexisting 10-year IT sourcing contract to add a cloud computing componentthat could help …(more)

• Microsoft’s Cloud Plan Is Risky

TheStreet.comTheStreet) — In an aggressive move to one-up cloud computing rivalsAmazon(MSFT Quote) and Google(MSFT Quote), Microsoft(MSFT Quote), whichbeat analysts’ …(more)

• Alert Logic’s Co-Founder to Present at Cloud Expo 2010

SYS-CON Media (press release)The emergence of the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) andPlatform-as-a-Service (PaaS) models are just two of the many inflectionpoints as IT migrates …(more)

• More Acquisitions Ahead for VMware?

Datamation… but analysts are already laying odds on which software companies itwill acquire this year as it builds out its platform-as-a-service (PaaS)strategy. …(more)