April 2010

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• Software-as-a-service ‘will continue to be in dema…

Experian QAS AustraliaSoftware-as-a-service solutions will be taken up by a growing number ofsmall and medium-sized businesses over the next few years. …(more)

• Salesforce, VMware Announce VMforce For Cloud Computing

NASDAQCloud computing is a broad term that refers to IT applications and servicesthat run on a remote server and are delivered over the Internet, …(more)

• Interop: What (Really) Is Cloud Computing?

InformationWeekBut does that really fit the definition of cloud computing, an IT modelthat, some argue, necessarily adds a third-party, external service providerto the …(more)

• CDC Software Secures $30 million in New Financing to Fuel Expansion Plans

MarketWatch (press release)… delivery options for their solutions, including on-premise, hosted,cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) or blended-hybrid deploymentofferings. …(more)

• Twitter / VMware vCloud: We’re live! http://www.vmf …

RT @dd0s: #Current We’re live! http://www.vmforce.com http://bit.ly/919jrt#prc #gfw #bypassgfw.(more)

• vCloud Enterprise Solutions Architect – VMware – United Kingdom …

vCloud Enterprise Solutions Architect – Sales-EMEA vCloud EnterpriseSolutions Architect VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in BusinessInfrastructure …(more)

• VMware vCloud | Facebook

Ongi etorri VMware vCloud(r)en Facebookeko orri ofizialera. Eskuratu edukiesklusiboa eta elkarreragin VMware vCloud(r)ekin zuzenean Facebooketik.(more)

• VMware vCloud | Facebook

Welcome to the official Facebook Page of VMware vCloud. Get exclusivecontent and interact with VMware vCloud right from Facebook.(more)

• Qualora il SMB Adottare Cloud Computing? | La virtualizzazione Pratica

With the advent of VMware Go, vCloud Express, and the vCloud API, VMware’smarketing message is that all SMBs should use the cloud.(more)

• [ubuntu] Running software as a service after install – Ubuntu Forums

[ubuntu] Running software as a service after install Server Platforms. …How can I run openssh as a service? When I try /etc/init.d/ssh restart itdoesn’t …(more)

• VMForce: Salesforce and VMWare’s Cool New Platform as a Service …

VMForce: Salesforce and VMWare’s Cool New Platform as a Service. Posted bysmoothspan on April 27, 2010. Salesforce and VMWare have big news todaywith the …(more)

• Hacker News | Ask HN: What SaaS apps have a great UI ?

http://freeagentcentral.com/ and http://campaignmonitor.com are bothparagons of SaaS UI: beautiful form, and elegant function. …(more)

• Real-World Cloud Computing

SYS-CON Media (press release)By Ray DePena As many of you are aware, Monday, April 19th, marked the
first day of the Cloud Computing Expo at the Jacob Javits Center in NewYork City. …(more)

• VMware: VMware vCloud Blog: Fog: Driving Clouds with Ruby

By vCloud Team
vCloud is the newest provider in fog and currently has many low levelcalls, a few models and no mocks. You can help implement more support andfollow its progress on github here or you can see a more complete exampleof fog with vCloud …(more)

• SaaS: Microsoft Preparing BPOS Billing for VARs? | The VAR Guy

By The VAR Guy
At Microsoft Hosting Summit, Microsoft may announce plans to allow VARs tomanage customer billing for BPOS, which includes Exchange Online &SharePoint Online.(more)

• Seven Essential Questions for SaaS Hosting Providers | Insurance …

By editor
‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) continues to gain momentum among softwarebusiness executives as a more cost effective and easier to control deliverymechanism. | Car insurance.(more)

• Nimsoft Delivers SaaS to the Cloud With On-Demand Unified …

Nimsoft On Demand monitors external IT resources-including SaaSapplications such as Salesforce.com and Google Apps, and infrastructurecloud services such as Rackspace Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Terramark andBlueLock. …(more)

• MessageSolution Kicks off MessageSolution SaaS Tour 2010 …

By saas-buzz
Showcasing its integrated cloud-based enterprise information archivingsolution for e-mail, file systems and SharePoint, MessageSolution hasannounced the.(more)

• Credigy Receivables | Why ISP’s need for it, SaaS

By Credigy Receivables
Over the years, successfully managed hosting provider hosting, customerrelationship management (CRM Software – Service (SaaS a) solution,including e-mail, the.(more)

• VMware and Salesforce.com to develop cloud computing platform

oDesk Job News (blog)VMware has joined with Salesforce.com to develop a cloud computing servicecalled VMforce, PCWorld reports. VMforce will help companies deploy andmanage …(more)

• Open-Xchange Introduces Simplified SaaS Partner Pricing

PR Web (press release)The new OXrate pricing program has five SaaS partner levels based on theproviders’ customer base — ranging from less than 1000 to more than 250000…(more)

• 9 Compelling Business Benefits of Gmail Cloud Computing For All …

By benz
Deploying Google’s Gmail for my start-up internet marketing business hasallowed minimal and secure IT administration of my 8 websites (28+ emailaccounts).(more)

• How Cloud Computing Security Resembles the Financial Meltdown

By editorial@devx.com
A Gartner analyst report questions the practice of software as a servicevendors paying for SAS 70 certifications.(more)

• Spirent Enables CIOs to Realize the Promise of Cloud Computing

HostReview.com (press release)Spirent’s cloud computing testing methodology validates theQualityofService (QoS) of cloud infrastructures as well as the QualityofExperience (QoE) across …(more)

• Global CIO: Microsoft Vs. VMware-Salesforce Shows Cloud’s Biggest Value

InformationWeekMicrosoft Azure and the new VMware/Salesforce hookup focus on platform as aservice, promising both a development environment and infrastructureonline. …(more)

• LiveOffice Reports Record Revenue in First Quarter

TMCnetThe report points out that the buyers expect to increasingly deploySaaS/hosted models in 2010. “Companies have historically looked toarchiving solutions …(more)

• Mimecast Launches First Always-On Continuity Service for BlackBerry

Smartphone …MarketWatch (press release)Until now, businesses have been limited in their range of continuitychoices for the BlackBerry solution, relying on SaaS services that requirethe …(more)

• VMforce: Cloud mates with Java marriage of necessity for VMware and

Salesforce.comZDNet (blog)VMware was busy forming its vCloud strategy to stay a step ahead of rivalsthat seek to make VMware’s core virtualization hypervisor businesscommodity, …(more)

• Cheevers and Company Advances Execution Capabilities With Web-Based

TechnologyPR Newswire (press release)The Software as a Service (SaaS) platform automates middle- and back-officeprocesses across asset classes to provide insight into daily profitabilityand …(more)

• Savvis Live on Workday Human Resources

MarketWatch (press release)That approach, delivered in a flexible SaaS business model, providessignificant, measurable value to Savvis on a daily basis.” About WorkdayWorkday is the …(more)

• Interop Attendees Storm Ahead With Cloud Computing

MarketWatch (press release)LAS VEGAS, NV, Apr 28, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Despite the highadoption rate of cloud computing services among Interop attendees, manychallenges …(more)

• Cisco, VMware, EMC Detail Ambitious Vblock Expansion

ChannelWeb”With so much conversation around cloud computing and cloud infrastructure,we’ve seen our value proposition resonate more clearly. …(more)

• Interop: Cloud security raises concerns for auditors

NetworkWorld.comDetermine the cloud type that suits you best, software as a service,platform as a service or infrastructure as a service. 4. Choose a deliverymodel. …(more)

• Cloud Computing SaaS Vertical News Environment Eqentia

Read the latest cloud computing, grid computing, virtualization news,cloud-based services insights, education, business intelligence in aknowledge portal.(more)

• E-Commerce News: SaaS: Will Office 2010 Shred Google Docs?

Once again, Microsoft and Google are locking horns in the office appsspace, releasing their latest products within days of each other.(more)

• Can Channel Organizations Survive in a SaaS and Cloud World? Talking With

Jeff …ebizQ (blog)PS: Will traditional channel organizations be disintermediated by cloud inand at SaaS services? JK: Well, there’s that threat if they don’t change to…(more)

• Interop 2010 Show Winners

InformationWeek… of the key attributes that you’d expect from the cloud–multitenancy,self-service, usage-based pricing, and ready-to-use virtualized softwareimages. …(more)

• Interop: IBM Urges Cloud Adoption

InformationWeek”Cloud economics and technologies are real, the benefits are real,” saidKristof Kloeckner, CTO for Cloud Computing at IBM. “It’s a fundamentalshift in how …(more)

• VMware, Salesforce Partner To Build Java Dev Platform in the Cloud

ADT MagazineBy John K. Waters Virtualization company VMware and software-as-a-service
provider Salesforce.com have joined forces to build a platform for buildingand …(more)

• The Elements of the Cloud

InformationWeek (blog)Platform-as-a-service: This is the newest addition to the cloud lexicon. Itrefers to a service that makes available an operating system, database andtools …(more)

• SAP Tips Hand on Cloud Plans as Profits Soar

InformationWeekAddressing SAP’s SaaS and on-demand developments, Snabe offered themonths-old mantra that a revamped Business ByDesign SaaS suite will beready by mid 2010 …(more)

• DD105 Multi Tenancy in SharePoint 2010

Multi-Tenancyin SharePoint 2010 DD105 Spencer HarbarEnterprise Architectharbar.net.(more)

• Sorting Out the Debate Over Cloud Computing

EnterpriseNetworkingPlanetTaking that one step further, today’s Software as a Service (SaaS) modelsrepresent the true spirit of cloud-based applications. …(more)

• SAP Tips Hand on Cloud Plans as Profits Soar

InformationWeekSnabe stuck to a familiar script, pointing to efforts to expand SAP’sprimacy in on-premise enterprise applications, to enter into thesoftware-as-a-service …(more)

• Sterling Commerce Recognized as Top IT Provider for Logistics Industry

MarketWatch (press release)Expanded software-as-a-service offerings provide integration-as-a-servicesolutions to help companies raise the value of what they deliver tocustomers and …(more)

• Compuware Gomez CTO to Participate in All About the Cloud 2010 Conference

MarketWatch (press release)750 executives from ISVs, SaaS, Web, and Enterprise companies, along withindustry Event leading analysts, venture capitalists and media, willexplore, …(more)

• Human Resources Turns to SaaS

CIO InsightBy Dennis McCafferty on 2010-04-28 HR departments view SaaS as a way to
stay on top of recruitment and other company goals, according to a newsurvey from …(more)

• VMforce = Java + Spring Java Platform + vCloud + SalesForce Data …

By Bernd Harzog
VMware and SalesForce.com have come together to provide a robust, scalablePaaS offering for Java Developers. Existing Force.com developers will nowhave the ability to use Java to build and extend their applications and allJava …(more)

• vCloud Service Director Step by Step by The Rain Makers – NTPRO.NL …

By nospam@example.com (Eric Sloof)
vCloud Network Isolation Backed – Create a network pool backed by vCloudisolated networks. A vCloud isolated network spans hosts and providestraffic isolation from other networks. The system provisions vCloudisolated networks …(more)

• VMforce: Marriage of Necessity | OnStrategies Perspectives

By Tony Baer
VMware was busy forming its vCloud strategy to stay a step ahead of rivalsthat seek to make VMware’s core virtualization hypervisor businesscommodity, while SpringSource acquired CloudFoundry to take its expandingJava stack to the …(more)

• Cloud Distribution – NEWS: Salesforce.com and VMware Form …

By Scott Dobson
VMware’s vCloud technology will onramp the Java application onto the cloud,automate the wiring of the application to the Force.com database, andmanage the underlying vSphere virtualization platform. VMware vSphere: Thevirtualization …(more)

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• Interop: F5 Unveils Cloud Tools

InformationWeekThe vendor said those are the key technologies needed to realize the fullflexibility and adaptability of virtualization and cloud computingservices. …(more)

• $B!V(BVMware vCloud$B!W$K$D$$$F$N%j%s%/(B | Facebook

VMware vCloud$B$5$s(B Hey vCloud peeps – a reminder that tonight is the …We are hosting the first vCloud meetup during the Cloud Computing Expo atThe Irish …(more)

• biding my time until cloudcamp / dyntini / vcloud… – aneel …

biding my time until cloudcamp / dyntini / vcloud event / prod db on cloud+ opennebula talks – all at the same time.(more)

• #vcloud – Bing Twitter

logzilla: Hiring #vCloud Solutions Program Manager to build and managehybrid # cloud … logzilla: Hiring #vCloud Security Architect to developsecure and …(more)

• Can I make special arrangement to have my own hard drive tower …

Is it possible to make special arrangements with vCloud Express to havesome … As vCloud Express represents essentially a kiosk-based sharedresource …(more)

• How to Move Your Business to Cloud Computing

PC WorldAnd today, for mission-critical data, Internet-based computing–aka cloudcomputing–is introducing major changes to the way work is done. …(more)

• HealthStream Announces First Quarter 2010 Results

MarketWatch (press release)… provide a range of learning solutions–delivered via asoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) model–that include: the HLC–ourInternet-based learning platform, …(more)

• TODO1 expands SaaS payments product set with Clear2Pay Open Payment

Framework …MiamiHerald.comMIAMI & BRUSSELS — TODO1, a leading Software as a Service e-commerceprovider to some of the largest banks in Latin America, announces today atNACHA …(more)

• Shadow Ventures Software Changes Name to Amplicare

By goinhome
Amplicare’s software as a service (SaaS) solution is fast and easy toimplement.(more)

• Lawson moves to back private clouds

BusinessWeekLawson’s announcement is more a telling indication of cloud computing’sgrowing ubiquity, rather than a major technological breakthrough. …(more)

• BBC: Cloud computing to double by 2012

EDL ConsultingThe BBC recently reported that cloud computing in the United Kingdom willdouble in use and total revenue produced by 2012. …(more)

• Panda Security revolutionizes cloud computing web security

EDL ConsultingPanda Security celebrates the third anniversary of its cloud computing websecurity service Collective Intelligence on Monday, April 26, 2010. …(more)

• Cloud computing vendor CloudPonto offers green solutions

EDL ConsultingAside from its potential to reduce the IT budget of a customer,CloudPronto, a cloud computing vendor, offers its customers green serversthat use less …(more)

• alarm:clock: AppFirst Raises $1M. Launches Performance Monitoring SaaS

AppFirst has launched its SaaS-based application performance monitoringservice and said that it has raised an undisclosed amount of capital fromFirstMark …(more)

• 3PAR Brings Utility Storage to Korea

MarketWatch (press release)”As the Korean market adopts datacenter virtualization and cloud computing,the demand for highly virtualized storage also increases,” said Lee. …(more)

• Enterprise Software As A Service Revolution | Morten Lund – It’s …

ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (REVOLUTION) – http://lundxy.com I have…. imagine that all those processes are wrapped into a cloud platformwith open …(more)

• How to Market Cloud Computing Solutions | Cloud Computing Journal

Cloud computing is a collection of components that has to be deliveredseamlessly – and customers notice. Microsoft seems to know that and theydid an excellent job in presenting their story – of course sharing theirstage with a …(more)

• OakLeaf Systems: Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 4/26 …

By –rj
I’m wrapping up a bit of the work we’ve been doing on data movementoptimizations for cloud computing and the latest set of data yielded someinteresting points I thought I’d share. The work done here is not reallyrocket science but …(more)

• The Cloud Computing Show: The Cloud Computing Show #28

By The Cloud Computing Show
Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show,http://www.thecloudcomputingshow.com. INDUSTRY NEWS ——————– >>VMware/SpringSource/RabbitMQ >> Amazon SNS >> Twitter getting their owndata center what happened to the cloud? …(more)

• Who thinks this should be Kane’s next storyline?

By admin
Anyone who thinks this should be Kane’s next storyline? Kane is in a gamewith someone and she embarrace irgendwie.Die next week in Kane interfearsthat match.(more)

• BUYINS.NET: HBIO, KEYN, PROJ, TSON, BWINB, CACB Expected To Be Lower

After …Trading Markets (press release)The company offers Internet test and measurement software-as-a-servicesolutions, and mobile test and measurement software-as-a-service andlicensed …(more)

• AdvancedMD Announces Significant Performance Improvements Taking

SaaS-based …PR Newswire (press release)Through these improvements, AdvancedMD has reduced bandwidth utilizationout of its SaaS platform by 73%, as measured between April 2009 and January2010. …(more)

• SikkU Reloads Real Estate Software With the Addition of Mobile Technology

MarketWatch (press release)Founded in 2008, Henderson Systems, LLC is a private company providingPlatform as a Service (PaaS) software building blocks which can be tailoredto meet …(more)

• Enterprise Java developers get Force.com cloud access

InfoWorldVMware vCloud virtualization will manage the Java stack and on-rampingapplications onto the cloud as well as the underlying vSpherevirtualization platform …(more)

• VMware, Salesforce.com to offer in-cloud Java

CNETThe service is an example of one variety of cloud computing, ageneral-purpose foundation customers can use to run their own programs. …(more)

• Adapting Your Operation for Cloud Computing

Data Center KnowledgeIndustry chatter sells cloud and cloud computing as the answer to all ourIT concerns and business needs, and the rapid growth of the segmentdefinitely …(more)

• Zhang Tao of China’s CCID Forecast Cloud Computing’s Growth

SYS-CON Media (press release)I was also confused as my interview with Zhang Tao progressed, because Ihad been told that China was lagging in SOA, let alone Cloud Computing, …(more)

• Clear Books Announces Financing Deal To Further Scale Its SaaS Online …

MarketWatch (press release)It is quickly establishing itself as a leader in the growing SaaS onlineaccounting software market in the UK. Managing Director, Tim Fouracre,said, …(more)

• Upgrade Savings Factor Big in SaaS Choice

Internet EvolutionRecently I spent two days talking with users and prospective users ofSaaS-based applications. There is a common theme to the list ofexpectations and …(more)

• Service-now.com Posts Another Record Quarter of ITSM SaaS Customer Adoption

Marketwire (press release)Dramatic Service-now.com revenue growth was driven by demand for modern ITservice management, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and a practical approachto …(more)

• Mitratech and June Consulting Partner to Expand Access to SaaS Legal

e-Billing …Marketwire (press release)As a member of Mitratech’s reseller network, June will offer theTeamConnect Express e-Billing, spend management and matter management SaaSsolution as part …(more)

• art of defence Integrates hyperguard With WhiteHat Sentinel to Deliver

Risk …MarketWatch (press release)Ideal for the unique cloud computing environment, customers can combineWhiteHat Sentinel’s SaaS-based website vulnerability managementcapabilities with …(more)

• Re Terremark vcloud express development account Developer’s Corner …

Terremark presents the vCloud Express cloud computing community.(more)

• VMForce: Salesforce and VMWare’s Cool New Platform as a Service

Enterprise Irregulars (blog)Inevitably it will be less big than the hype that’s sure to come, butthat’s no knock on the platform, which looks pretty cool. …(more)

• Software-as-a-(Self)-Service

Logistics ViewpointsAfter a webcast I participated in recently, where I talked aboutsoftware-as-a-service TMS, I received an email from a consultant friend whois extremely …(more)

• Microsoft provides glimpse of CRM roadmap

SearchCRM.comWith CRM 5, Microsoft intends to speed up its release cycle to a fasterpace that will more closely match the releases of its Software as a Service(SaaS) …(more)

• Sharpen Your SAAS Smarts Before Committing to the Cloud

eWeekThe industry is again seeing a new game changer with companies likeSalesforce.com, NetSuite and Workday taking the limelight with theircloud-only SAAS …(more)

• Managed Services Software: SaaS or On Premises?

MSPmentorPlus, many managed services platforms are now available on premises or as aSaaS (software as a service) configuration. Not sure which path to choose?…(more)

• Leading Email Archiving Provider LiveOffice Reports Record Revenue in

First …MarketWatch (press release)In addition, our data shows the buyers expect to increasingly deploySaaS/hosted models in 2010.” LiveOffice Vice President of Sales andBusiness …(more)

• inContact White Paper Offers Valuable Insight Upon The Benefits Of SaaS

SolutionsTMCnetIn a recent white paper presented by inContact, a company providingSoftware as a Software or ‘SaaS’ (News – Alert) solutions, it has beenstated that these …(more)

• VMware Teams With Salesforce On VMForce

InformationWeekDevelopers have been able to modify their standard SaaS applications usingthe VisualForce user interface components provided by Salesforce and theApex …(more)

• How SAAS Pricing Plans Have Evolved Over a Period of Time

By Ashish
How SAAS Pricing Models have evolved over a period of time. How pricing ofcloud computing products have evolved over the last few years.(more)

• Sharpen Your SAAS Smarts Before Committing to the Cloud …

By John Overridex
Sharpen Your SAAS Smarts Before Committing to the Cloud The cloudrevolution has taken the software industry by storm, heralding wholesalechanges in how.(more)

• 10 Key Questions to ask Before Buying a SaaS System

Looking for a new SaaS system? A simple Google search from your PC, for thewords ‘SaaS’ or ‘Online Document Management’, will quickly confirm thatthere are an awful lot of products on offer out there. With so many tochoose from how …(more)

• Scheduling Chronicles: Making The Switch to SaaS

By John Anderson
In a time where many organizations are cutting budgets SaaS orSoftware-as-a-Service is a nice way to put some money back into yourorganization’s budget and improve your ROI. SaaS allows organizations tocut back on the dollars they …(more)

• Possible Hostile Takeover and LOI – Interest Shown in HE-5 Resources

Corp’s …MarketWatch (press release)Since it will be sold as SaaS (Software as a Service), cloud computing willprovide the insight, technology, and synergy to efficiently support the …(more)

• Sovran Self Storage Maximizes Employee Performance with Cornerstone

OnDemand’s …MarketWatch (press release)Cornerstone offers a true Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, making ita faster, more efficient and more cost-effective way for Sovran to deploy,…(more)

• What is the difference between multi-tenancy and multi-user …

I believe I understand this in terms of hardware, where multipleindividuals … You can read this post concerning your question.Multi-tenant vs multi-user …(more)

• Architecting for multi-tenancy in the cloud – SYS-CON Media (press …

Architecting for multi-tenancy in the cloud – SYS-CON Media (pressrelease). Friday, April 23, 2010, 6:34:03 AM. Why is Software as a service(SaaS) gaining …(more)

• Combining Different Multi-tenancy Patterns in Service-Oriented …

In this paper weshow how the services in a service-oriented SaaSapplicationcan be deployed using different multi-tenancy patterns. …(more)

• Cloud Computing: How Secure Is It? – InternetNews.com

Panel of experts discusses what needs to happen for the concept of thecloud to become less of a potentially risky concept.(more)

• Spirent Enables CIOs to Realize the Promise of Cloud Computing

MarketWatch (press release)”In an IDC survey, more than 80 percent of enterprises cite security,availability and performance as challenges of the cloud computing model,”said Lucinda …(more)

• Canonical Stakes Cloud Computing Claim

CTO Edge (blog)And with the move to private cloud computing architectures, Shuttleworthsaid cloud computing will serve as a catalyst for change among enterprisecustomers …(more)

• Arbor helps telcos deliver threat-detection-as-a-service

ConnectedPlanet (blog)The new solution, Peakflow Virtual X, is a virtualized version of Arboer’sthreat detection platform, which up to now Arbor has offered as a security…(more)

• Boomi Intros First Trust Website for SaaS and Cloud Integration

TMCnetBob Moul, CEO, Boomi said integration is one of the most criticaltechnologies that will power the continued success and growth of the SaaS(News – Alert) …(more)

• Red Hat Extends Linux Subscriptions to Cloud Computing

Server WatchBy Sean Michael Kerner Moving enterprise IT software to the cloud isn’t
just a technology issue, it’s software support entitlement issue as well….(more)

• Before You Choose a Cloud Computing Vendor: 8 Questions

NetworkWorld.comBy Kevin Fogarty, CIO There are few ways a CIO can look better than by
walking in to the CEO’s office to offer a sophisticated technology servicethat …(more)

• Cloud Computing Climbs Adoption S-Curve

Intelligent Enterprise (blog)If Cloud Computing is of more than passing interest to you — and you’restill sitting on the sidelines — here’s a series of recent happenings (andmy …(more)

• Multitenancy and Model Driven Engineering necessary assets of a …

Multitenancy is fundamental to PaaS In a multitenant environment a singleapplication can be used and customized by different organization as if theyeach …(more)

• Ultimate Reports Q1 2010 Financial Results

MarketWatch (press release)The increase was primarily attributable to revenue growth from ourSoftware-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) offering. Recurring revenues for the firstquarter of 2010 …(more)

• Zix Corporation Has Record Quarter in Q1 as It Achieves GAAP Profitability

for …MarketWatch (press release)… email expected to be increasingly delivered as a service, I believe oursuperior and highly-differentiated technology offered in aSoftware-as-a-Service …(more)

• Is Your Cloud Computing Vendor Secure?

eSecurity PlanetAs the debate over security in the cloud continues, it’s tough to knowwhether a cloud computing vendor’s claims about security are sound. …(more)

• Interactive Intelligence Reports 2010 First Quarter Operating Results

MarketWatch (press release)”These orders included significant new communications-as-a-servicecontracts. Revenues recognized from CaaS continued to build and contributedto our …(more)

• Market Leader(R) Announces First Quarter Results

MarketWatch (press release)These improved customer unit metrics demonstrate the transformation thatthe company has undergone since it re-launched around its software as aservice …(more)