May 11, 2010

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

• Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in May 2010

MarketWatch (press release)John Engates, chief technology officer, will participate on the “Deliveringthe Cloud” panel at the Morgan Stanley Cloud Computing Symposium in NewYork …(more)

• Cloud Computing Expert Becomes DISA’s CIO

GovInfoSecurity.comA Defense Information Systems Agency’s cloud computing expert, HenrySienkiewicz, is the agency’s new chief information officer. …(more)

• Intuit Expands Its Healthcare Business, Buys Medfusion

Wall Street JournalMore than 95% of organizations expect to maintain or increase their use ofsoftware as a service, which is also known as SaaS, according to datatracker …(more)

• Softwareasaservice stashes business tools on Internet USATODAYcom

Today, small businesses can tap into a swelling portfolio of businessapplications residing in far-off computer servers.(more)

• Leaving Facebook Will Be Good For Zynga In The Long Term

San Francisco ChronicleThat’s because Facebook games are the first large scale example of games asa service with a free to play component (the biggest MMO’s are a servicebut …(more)

• Office 2010: banking on Apps

Sydney Morning HeraldGoogle’s “software as a service” suite dealt a body blow to Microsoftbecause it was everything that Office wasn’t. The apps lived on Google’sservers …(more)

• TrustCash Management to Be Appointed as Director of Payment Processing

of …MarketWatch (press release)Alligato(TM) delivers the most sophisticated, comprehensive voice 2.0platform available. The technology infrastructure provides the first trulyopen access …(more)

• Evergreen Energy Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results

MarketWatch (press release)Management anticipates release of the GreenCert Energy 2.0, also availableon-premise or through software-as-a-service (SaaS), in late 2010. …(more)

• Customers now clearer on cloud computing

Minneapolis Star TribuneBy STEVE ALEXANDER, Star Tribune Cloud computing used to be one of those
wispy technical phrases that was hard to define. Was it a new name foroutsourcing? …(more)

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• VMware Acquires GemStone For Building Cloud Computing Apps

By editorial@devx.com
Data caching technology offers Java developers modern middleware forcloud-based apps.(more)

• Paying for Private Cloud Computing | Blogs | ITBusinessEdge.com

By webadmin@itbusinessedge.com
Perhaps the biggest challenge facing senior IT directors is how to pay forthe reinvention of their enterprise IT operations as a private cloudcomputing servic.(more)

• OakLeaf Systems: Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 5/10 …

By –rj
Cloud computing is what has changed the game. It provides small businesseswith the ability to deploy websites and applications quickly, to pay onlyfor what you use, and leave all the management issues to someone else. …(more)

• Verizon Business Unveils New Fixed Mobile Convergence Offering in Europe

PR Newswire (press release)In a separate announcement Tuesday (May 11), the company introducedEnterprise Mobility as a Service, a cloud-based solution for businesses tomore simply …(more)

• EMC chief sees the future in cloud computing

Boston GlobeBy Hiawatha Bray EMC Corp. chief executive Joe Tucci said yesterday that
the true revolution in digital technology is only just starting, as cloudcomputing …(more)

• TIBCO Brings Enterprise 3.0 to the Cloud With Growing Family of TIBCO

Silver …MarketWatch (press release)Those options should include a mix of public, private and hybrid cloudcomputing models in addition to traditional on-premises deployments. …(more)

• RewardStream Rated Top SaaS Loyalty Software Solution by Leading Global …

PR Web (press release)(PRWEB) May 11, 2010 — RewardStream, a leading loyalty software company,is pleased to announce that it has been rated the top Software-as-a-Service(SaaS) …(more)

• Additional requirements for storage virtualization; multi-tenancy …

By admin
SNIA defined storage virtualization in 2001 and focused on two importantrequirements. First was the abstraction of storage functions to enableapplication and network independent management of storage and data.(more)

• Should a targeted country strike back at the cyber attackers?

ZDNet (blog)Two of the many cyber warfare tactics made possible these due to thematurity of cybercrime concept into today’s Crimeware-as-a-Service (CaaS)business …(more)

• Verizon unveils cloud-based service for mobile workers

Telecompaper (subscription)The offering, Enterprise Mobility as a Service, uses enhanced software andan intuitive user interface to enable employee laptops and netbooks todetect and …(more)

• software-as-a-service News and Other Resources | ZDNet

Software as a Service (SaaS) is the only way clinics and small medicalpractices are going … Cast Iron launches new platform to bridge cloud andon-site …(more)

• Mycentraljersey – Software-as-a-service stashes business tools on …

So-called software-as-a-service, or SaaS, has long been available to bigcompanies. Now that computing power has become dirt cheap and Internetusage …(more)

• Software as a Service, SaaS, Enterprise Apps Are Evolving From …

web based erp software applications like saas and the evolution ofintegration discussion.(more)

• Plateau Systems Goes Global With Software as a Service

Plateau customers were also interested in the software-as-a-service (SaaS)… is able to leverage the company’s global content distribution platformfor …(more)

• Amazon Web Services Sees Infrastructure as Commodity

PC WorldIf cloud computing services offer the tremendous benefits and flexibilitythat executives promise, why doesn’t Amazon Web Services (AWS) charge morefor …(more)

• Franklin Covey Co. Signs Licensing Agreement with COMPLETE XRM for Rights

to …MarketWatch (press release)Franklin Covey has partnered with COMPLETE XRM to develop and deliverPlanPlus(TM) Online, a Web-based, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applicationthat allows …(more)

• Asia’s software piracy costs still greatest

ZDNet AsiaThe survey took into account software deployed as a service in the cloud,as well as open source software. Victor Lim, IDC Asia-Pacific consulting…(more)

• Verizon Business Introduces New Model for Cloud-Based Security

PR Newswire (press release)”By offering security-as-a-service, enterprises can tailor their securitysolutions to meet the unique needs of their business, with the ability to…(more)

• Cloud Computing Use Increases With Improving Economy

InformationWeekAs the economy improves, IT managers are turning to cloud computing to helprein in increasingly complex virtual and physical infrastructure, …(more)

• Wyse to Present the Power of Desktop Virtualization for Cloud Computing

at …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)Jeff will discuss the best strategy for delivering the power of Citrix HDXtechnologies in thin and cloud computing environments. …(more)

• Google exec: Microsoft too far behind in cloud apps

ComputerworldAnd the office software front is heating up as Google continues to pushGoogle Docs to the forefront of cloud computing and Microsoft readies tomove its …(more)

• Blue Coat Interop Survey Reveals Broad Adoption of Cloud-Based

Software-as-a …MarketWatch (press release)”As companies adopt SaaS and other cloud-based services, they clearly needto rethink their networking strategies,” said Brian Ball, senior vicepresident …(more)

• RightNow Receives Positive Industry Response to Cloud Services Agreement

MarketWatch (press release)Bruce Temkin, “RightNow Revamps the Software Buying Experience,” CustomerExperience Matters Blog “RightNow’s flexible cloud contract is good newsfor SaaS …(more)

• SaaS – Sassy or Savvy?

PR Newswire (press release)Is Software as a Service (SaaS) the latest business fad, or does it delivervalue? TORONTO, May 11 /PRNewswire/ – In the old days, you would drive tothe …(more)

• A.D.A.M., Inc. Announces First Quarter 2010 Financial Results

MarketWatch (press release)”Our first quarter results demonstrate the cash-generating strengths of ourSaaS business model. First quarter license revenues grew 5%, driven by an11% …(more)

• Epicor(R) Announces On-Demand Cloud Computing Solution

MarketWatch (press release)With Epicor Express we will be able to accurately budget our IT costs on ayear-to-year basis, as moving ERP to Cloud computing reduces our long-termIT …(more)

• Best Buy Goes to the Cloud

SYS-CON Media (press release)The application, which has since come to be named Twelpforce, is a primeexample of innovators like Best Buy leveraging cloud computing to enhancetheir …(more)

• Epicor Aims at Manufacturers With New SaaS App

PC WorldLike NetSuite, Epicor Manufacturing Express Edition is fully multitenantSaaS (software as a service), wherein customers share a single instance ofthe …(more)

• First SaaS CRM Application Network for Life Sciences Industry Launched

By …
istockAnalyst.com (press release)May 11, 2010 (Business Wire) — Veeva Systems unveiled the first SaaS CRMapplication network for life sciences companies at its 2 nd Annual CustomerSummit …(more)

• Bottomline Technologies Presents Paymode-X(TM)

MarketWatch (press release)Paymode-X’s Software as a Service (SaaS) model also eases implementationand service burdens and brings a rapid investment return. “When we acquiredPayMode …(more)

• Salesforce’s Benioff: Microsoft, IBM play catchup in cloud computing

USA TodayBenioff: We are entering the second generation of cloud computing, call itCloud 2.0. It’s about enabling a whole new level of capabilities forbusiness …(more)

• Opportunities in the ‘cloud’

Financial PostReuters For technology giants Microsoft, Google and Amazon.com and millionsof other smaller companies around the world, cloud computing isn’t just apart …(more)

• Microsoft CTO Discusses IT’s Future Apart From the Cloud

PC WorldBy Chris Kanaracus Despite the unrelenting hype around cloud computing,
it’s just one aspect of several that will shape the next generation ofenterprise IT …(more)

• First SaaS CRM Application Network for Life Sciences Industry Launched

By …
Business Wire (press release)(BUSINESS WIRE)–Veeva Systems unveiled the first SaaS CRM applicationnetwork for life sciences companies at its 2 nd Annual Customer Summit,which kicked …(more)

• Sage Launches SaaS Integrated Payments

WebCPABy WebCPA Staff Sage North America has introduced Sage Exchange, a new
secure, cloud-based Payment Card Industry-certified payments system toallow small …(more)

• Cloud Platform Leader Heroku Secures $10 Million in Funding

MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 11, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Heroku, theindustry’s leading Ruby cloud application platform-as-a-service (PaaS)provider, …(more)

• Cloud Success Hinges On Customer Satisfaction, Partners

ChannelWebBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN With more than a decade of cloud computing and
software-as-a-service (SaaS) under its belt, QuickBooks and TurboTaxsoftware maker …(more)

• Panasonic embraces cloud computing to cut costs-Nikkei

ReutersT) plans to adopt cloud computing at its factories next fiscal year to cutcosts and improve efficiency, the Nikkei business daily said. …(more)

• Apple assembling pieces for big cloud platform

Computerworld (blog)While iTunes and the App Store have been big wins for Apple in cloudcomputing, Apple doesn’t have a deep bench of cloud offerings; its onlineoffice suite …(more)

• Cloud: it’s not all or nothing

ZDNet (blog)The SaaS industry is at last learning to live with conventional installedsoftware – and vice versa. Phil Wainewright is an influential commentatorand …(more)

• Cloud Computing

DatamationMore than a few people are uncertain as to what separates cloud computingrelated concepts such as utility computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS)and …(more)

• Simon says he has a new identity system

ZDNet (blog)… doctors and clinics, most of whom are getting broadband anyway so theycan create Electronic Health Records (EHRs) under Software as a Service(SaaS). …(more)

• SoSaaS Same old Software as a Service | ZDNet

I’ve always been wary of the term software-as-a-service, … andsingleplatform so each customer bears a small portion of the cost tooperate the complete …(more)

• EnergyConnect Group, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2010 Results

MarketWatch (press release)In addition, we remain well positioned with our software-as-a-Servicetechnology platform as customers begin to focus on reducing their overallcost of …(more)

• Cloud computing and the changing role of the CIO

Washington Technology (blog)Will cloud computing make the role of the information technology departmentand chief information officer obsolete? If not, it will sure change theroles. …(more)

• Some Favorite Cloud Computing Links – Marc Hamilton’s Weblog

Oracle is doing so many things related to cloud computing its hard tohighlight just one, but this webcast does a good job of introducing you tomany of …(more)

• Constellation Acquires eFit Financial

MarketWatch (press release)The company’s modular software-as-a-service (SaaS) approach enables itsusers to manage their membership and facility while minimizing dependenceon …(more)