April 20, 2010

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

• Adaptive Computing moves beyond supercomputing

Salt Lake TribuneThe company is a partner with IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other large hardwareproviders for cloud computing and data centers. Its software also is usedby …(more)

• Plateau and Saugatuck Technology to Unveil Results of Latest Global HR SaaS

SurveyEarthtimes (press release)ARLINGTON, VA — 04/19/10 — Plateau Systems, a leading provider ofenterprise-class SaaS solutions for talent management, today announced thatas a sponsor …(more)

• Drupal upgrade to be slower but more scalable

InfoWorld… contextually on the Web; RDF (Resource Description Framework), enablinginformation to be pulled from other Websites; and cloud computing and SaaS….(more)

• Inaugural vCloud Meetup vCloudPalo Alto CA Meetupcom

We are hosting the first vCloud meetup during the Cloud Computing Expo atThe Irish Rogue near the Cloud Computing Expo in NYC from 6:30-8pm April20th.(more)

• Impetus Begets Impetus at Cloud Expo in New York

SYS-CON Media (press release)He was quoted in India as follows, with regards to his participation:”Cloud computing is the new reality where the world is shifting fromproduct and high …(more)

• An Update on Debt financing for SaaS products

Last year I wrote about the need for a new kind of financing in CreditCrisis A good time to finance SaaS products with debt Recently a company c.(more)

• HBase @ Adobe: An Interview with Adobe SaaS Infrastructure Team …

About one month ago, the Adobe SaaS Infrastructure Team (ASIT) haspublished two excellent articles on their experience and work with HBase….(more)

• Cloud Computing: Do I Stay or Do I Go?

SYS-CON Media (press release)This is a sampling of current headlines related to Cloud Computing, as theFifth International Cloud Expo opens at the Javits Center in New York. …(more)

• Cloud Expo Gold Sponsor Terremark Pushes Cloud Into Government

SYS-CON Media (press release)In this session we’ll talk about the architecture and benefits of aRails-based Platform-as-a-Service built on Enterprise Cloud infrastructure,…(more)

• CDC Software acquires provider of SaaS supply chain management solutions

Trading Markets (press release)NASDAQ) on Wednesday announced that it has signed an agreement on acquiringa leading provider of on-demand software as a service (SaaS) supply chain…(more)

• Region’s First SaaS Company Launches

ZawyaDubai- UAE, 20 th April 2010- LiveRoute, the Middle East’s first localcompany dedicated to providing Software as a Service (SaaS) to businessesin the …(more)

• SaaS advice for hesitant businesses (16/04/2010)

OutsourceryFirms hesitant about moving towards software as a service (SaaS) have beengiven some advice by a business publication. While SaaS may be provingextremely …(more)

• Thomson Reuters to Offer ‘Cloud’ Data Network Service for Banks

BusinessWeekBy Matthew Campbell April 20 (Bloomberg) — Thomson Reuters Corp. said it
will offer a new data distribution network based on online cloud computingwhich …(more)

• Why users are switching to the cloud

InfoWorldAfter that, I hit the rails and headed to New York City to check out theCloud Computing Expo at the Javits Center (did you know Amtrak trains haveWi-Fi …(more)

• vCloud Bing Twitter

Use Bing to get the latest Tweets on a topic, along with the most popularlinks being shared on Twitter, in real-time.(more)

• Mortgage Solution As A Service Is The Future Of Loan Technology …

By Financial Advice
Traditionally a shopper would buy a Links Paperless Mortgage bundle, set upthe software program on their native workstation or servers, after whichsupport the software program themselves. With the software as a servicemethod the …(more)

• Cloud Distribution – VENDOR: New Cloud Service Offers Antivirus …

By Scott Dobson
Panda Software also offers a free cloud antivirus system for consumers.Cloud Distribution are UK distributors of Panda’s Cloud Protectionplatform, please get in touch if you’d like to trial the solution. …Cloud computing is a paradigm of computing in which dynamically scalableand often virtualized resources are provided as a service over theInternet. Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control overthe technology infrastructure in the “Cloud” that …(more)

• Veeva Systems Expands Leadership Team

MarketWatch (press release)Tim Cabral comes to Veeva from Walsh Wireless, where he served as CFO/COO,and from Agistics, a venture-backed start-up focused on developing SaaSworkforce …(more)

• WinMagic to Provide its SecureDoc Full-Disk Encryption for the New Range

of …MarketWatch (press release)The new offering will be the first SaaS solution to offer full-diskencryption, encryption of removable media, activation and management ofIntel(R) …(more)

• BBC News Cloud computing Privacy and trust up in the cloud

Why storing personal data online means putting both privacy and trust inthe cloud.(more)

• Axway CTO to Moderate Cloud Computing Event for MIT Enterprise Forum Phoenix

MarketWatch (press release)PHOENIX, Apr 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — As part of its leadership oneffective cloud computing strategies, Axway’s chief technology officer,Dave Bennett, …(more)

• SharePoint 2010: a glimpse of the future

IDM.net.auSharePoint 2010 supports multi tenancy architecture and reduces the featuregap between on premise and hosted models. The first class user experienceacross …(more)

• Ahead of the Bell: SuccessFactors Upgraded

ABC News”The improving economy is leading to increased demand for software ingeneral, and SaaS HR software in particular,” the analyst wrote in a noteto investors …(more)

• LiveRoute SaaS solutions launches its operations

istockAnalyst.com (press release)(Source: Middle East Company News)LiveRoute, the Middle East’s first localcompany dedicated to providing Software as a Service (SaaS) to businessesin the …(more)

• HE-5 Resources’ Triple Crown CRM and Cloud Computing: A Secured Ride Above

the …MarketWatch (press release)Being a software as a service (SAAS) web provider, we have incorporated thefollowing exceptional measures to access our housed servers: climatecontrol …(more)

• CDC Software Plans to Invest and Form Strategic Relationship with

eBizNET …MarketWatch (press release)eBizNET offers an integrated suite of on-demand SaaS Supply Chain Execution(SCE) solutions including warehouse management, transportation management,…(more)

• Proginet Intros AnyFileNow, Universal File Transfer Service

TMCnet… the introduction of AnyFileNow, a new universal file transfer serviceto be offered as a Software as a Service or SaaS (News – Alert) solution….(more)

• Up and down the stack Secure MultiTenancy | Network Administrator …

Many infrastructure technologies are aligning beyond simple network,storage and server technologies. If you haven’t given attention to SecureMulti.(more)

• b-pack Rolls Out Global SaaS Solution in North America and Europe for

Complete …ebizQb-pack, a European leader in business optimization and purchasingsolutions, announced today the North American and European roll-out of itsnewest SaaS …(more)

• Layer7 announces cloud suite

NetworkWorld.comBut if you’ve tied your business to platform-as-a-service (PaaS),software-as-a-service (SaaS), or identity-as-a-service (IaaS) then a breakin those clouds …(more)

• Another View: Peering Clearly at the Future

New York Times (blog)Software-as-a-service vendors are taking market share from traditionalpackaged application vendors in many areas of enterprise software. …(more)

• IBM Benefiting from Increased Tech Spending

Cabot Wealth Advisory… innovation cycle is kinking in, citing such hot tech trends as cloudcomputing, virtualization, service-oriented architecture andsoftware-as-a-service. …(more)

• vCloud Solutions Architect SISO at VMware in anywhere in US | LinkedIn

Now hiring! View the vCloud Solutions Architect – SI/SO job opportunity atVMware in anywhere in US on LinkedIn. The vCloud Solutions Architect willbe …(more)

• Up and down the stack: Secure Multi-Tenancy – Tech Field Day Posterous

Up and down the stack: Secure Multi-Tenancy. via Google Alerts – “GestaltIT” by TechRepublic on 4/20/10. This is made most clearly evident by thepresentation of SMT to a group of bloggers at the recent Gestalt IT TechField Day event …(more)

• Appetite for SaaS Solutions Keys Security Services Rebound

CertCitiesThis is according to a new study from market-watcher Infonetics Research,which seems surprisingly sanguine about the five-year outlook for SaaS andother …(more)

• Global CIO: Steve Ballmer Interview: ‘Hockey Stick’ Cloud Growth Ahead

InformationWeekMicrosoft CEO talks about new competition with Google, Amazon, andSalesforce, and why CIOs now are ready for cloud computing. By Chris MurphyMicrosoft CEO …(more)

• Google Gaia Hack Shows Cloud Isn\’t Safe After All

eWeekThis was not an assault on cloud computing. It was an attack on thetechnology infrastructure of major corporations in sectors as diverse asfinance, …(more)

• Compellent to Demonstrate Toolkit for Cloud Computing at Microsoft

Management …MarketWatch (press release)… Compellent will demonstrate how enterprises can easily deploy cloudcomputing environments through the integration of its Fluid Data storageand the …(more)

• The Future of Business Computing to be Discussed at the Cloud Computing

World …BigNews.biz (press release)Leading Software providers will discuss the future of business computing atthe Cloud Computing World Forum (http://www.cloudwf.com/) taking place June29 …(more)

• Cloud Communications Alliance Forms

Billing WorldA newly created cloud-computing consortium hopes to drive development andadoption of the first nationwide high-definition enterprise voice and datanetwork …(more)

• Boomi Launches Industry’s First “Trust” Site for SaaS and Cloud Integration

Marketwire (press release)”Integration is arguably one of the most critical technologies that willpower the continued success and growth of the SaaS and cloud computingindustry,” …(more)

• SAP to launch alternative SaaS models

Bangkok PostSINGAPORE : After a tough year in 2009, this year SAP will gear up to fightits competitors by offering alternative new Software as a Service (SaaS)models …(more)

• Start-up founded by HP vets targets cloud computing deployments

San Francisco ChronicleFor example, the vendor RightScale orchestrates cloud deployments for bothstorage and virtual server capacity, with software-as-a-service that buildsand …(more)

• VMware Reports First Quarter 2010 Results

MarketWatch (press release)Services revenues, which include software maintenance and professionalservices, were $322 million, an increase of 51% from the first quarter of2009. …(more)

• Innovative IT Company Launches Cloud Computing Platform

NewsBlazeA Web 2.0 technology company, CET is rapidly deploying its powerfulplatform to bring the benefits of cloud computing, software as a service(SaaS), …(more)

• Cloud adoption on the rise, but new report highlights trouble spots

Washington TechnologyBy Wyatt Kash The issues that have impeded the federal government’s early
efforts to adopt cloud computing — a general lack of awareness andconcerns about …(more)

• Software as a Service (SAAS) New Business Sales – North West Job …

Information Technology job vacancy for Software as a Service (SAAS) NewBusiness Sales – North West role in Warrington, Lancashire.(more)

• Microsoft puts desktop admin tools in cloud – Software as a …

Software as a service technology > applications > news … It uses standardMicrosoft software, such as Forefront, Windows Server Update Services, …(more)

• C#/ASP.NET – Software-As-A-Service

Be a part of our growth as we take our hosted and client serverapplications and make the available as part of our newSoftware-As-A-Service (SAAS) model. …(more)

• VMware Profits Up 12% On Jump In Revenues

Wall Street JournalThe strong performance reflects the popular trend towards virtualizationand cloud computing. VMware, majority owned by EMC Corp. …(more)

• Cloud Expo: The Rules Of Cloud Design Exposed

ChannelWebTo unlock the true potential of the new cloud computing paradigm — whichhas become an imperative — companies must focus on the science of clouds….(more)