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Daily Cloud Feed – Feb 28, 2011

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

  • FIZ Karlsruhe: KnowEsis Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • KnowEsis Software as a Service (SaaS). Installing and maintaining aneScience infrastructure like eSciDoc Infrastructure or a second-generation…(more)

  • Fujitsu ANZ gets second dibs on Cloud services
  • Australian TechworldThe public and private Cloud offerings will be based in the vendor’s tierthree data centres in Australia and will be expanded this year to includesoftware as a service (SaaS) suite including messaging, customerrelationship management (CRM) and …(more)

  • Extreme Networks brings networking to OpenStack community | The …
  • Extreme Networks, Inc., recently announced its membership in the OpenStackcommunity, an open source cloud operating system founded by Rackspace andNASA, …(more)

  • Victoria Livschitz speaks at the OpenStack event
  • Victoria Livschitz speaks at the OpenStack event Victoria Livschitz GridDynamics CEO speaks at OpenStack lightening talk fro, Grid Dynamics helpscompanies …(more)

  • Echo Global Logistics Launches Self-Service TMS
  • Supply & Demand Chain ExecutiveFlexTMS is a software-as-a-service TMS with integrated managed services. Itis intended to provide shippers with a customized, cost-effective solutionfor their logistics needs, and it offers a standard solution that includesrouting guide management, …(more)

  • Texas CU Takes Project Management Into the Cloud
  • Credit Union TimesThe $715 million San Antonio institution is now using asoftware-as-a-service solution called Smartsheet to manage thecollaborative process of creating and producing print and Webcommunications for use by the credit unions as a whole and individually …(more)

  • XO Communications to Offer Cloud Solution
  • TMCnetThe company’s new cloud communications solution integrates a wide range ofIP telephony features including local and long distance calling,enterprise-wide HD voice and video, network services, and IP phone sets ina communications as a service (CaaS), …(more)

  • names and faces
  • Bradenton HeraldPatricia Hunsader, assistant professor in the College of Education, hasbeen selected as a Service, Teaching and Research scholar, one of only 38from a national pool of applicants. The STaR program is sponsored by theNational Science Foundation and …(more)

  • Centrica Selects HP for $400 Million Technology Migration
  • Business Wire (press release)With the new agreement, HP (NYSE:HPQ) will enable Centrica to move to autility-based private cloud computing environment that will supportCentrica’s change program, improve speed of deployment, help lower costsand support the company’s environmental …(more)

  • Infosys converts cloud threat into opportunity
  • InformationWeek IndiaThe cloud computing model has been widely perceived as a threat to thegrowth of the software outsourcing industry. Here is how Infosys came upwith an answer By Srikanth RP, InformationWeek, February 28, 2011 A recentGartner report predicts that 20 …(more)

  • Cloud Computing To Boost European Recovery
  • eWEEK Europe UKWith cloud computing, businesses won’t have to buy, develop or maintaincostly IT systems and applications. By switching to the pay-as-you-gomodel, businesses can reap major cost savings. The financial benefit forcloud computing will exceed $1tn by …(more)

  • SAManage and Winvale Bring SaaS-based IT Management to the US Public Sector
  • PR Web (press release)SAManage, a leading provider of SaaS-based IT management software, todayannounced that it has partnered with Winvale, a Washington, DC governmentsales consultancy to make its products available to federal, state, andlocal government agencies. …(more)

  • Ajaxorg Debuts DevelopmentAsAService Platform For Javascript HTML5
  • Ajax.org is today introducing Cloud9 IDE, a fresh cloud-based developmentplatform for JavaScript incorporating HTML5, and supporting Python, Rubyand PHP.(more)

  • Ajax.org Debuts Development-As-A-Service Platform For Javascript …
  • By Robin Wauters
    Ajax.org is today introducing Cloud9 IDE, a fresh cloud-based developmentplatform for JavaScript incorporating HTML5, and supporting Python, Rubyand PHP . The …(more)

  • Cloud Computing Won’t Boost Productivity Much, Study Suggests
  • TMCnetBy Gary Kim Cloud computing represents part of the next great wave of
    computing architecture, many would argue. But the big benefits likely willcome in the area of computing costs, rather than productivity gains forsmall and large businesses. …(more)

  • HP bags $400m Centrica win
  • CRN – UKThe seven-year deal will allow Centrica to move to a utility-based privatecloud computing environment, helping it to supply gas and electricity moreeffectively. HP will provide these services from two UK data centres,backed up by offshore resources …(more)

  • Hollywood’s Render Farms Move to the Cloud
  • Data Center KnowledgeBut last night’s ceremony provided reminders that even Hollywood can notescape the cloud computing trend, as the powerful render farms of computersthat make animated films and incredible visual effects take to the cloudsto power the movies. …(more)

  • German tech sector bullish before giant IT fair
  • AFPOne of the main drivers for growth in the sector is poised to be “cloudcomputing” — the idea of storing data online rather than physically onusers’ machines — Scheer said. He forecast that sales in cloud computingservices would register heady …(more)

  • HBMG Launches VECTOR TM Rapidly Deployable Cloud Computing Appliance at
  • DEMO …Marketwire (press release)This disruptive technology leverages the benefits of the latest cloudcomputing technologies and services with the best attributes of localizeddata centers. HBMG has worked closely with its partners to bring this newtechnology approach to the world. …(more)

  • DMTF to Examine Need for Software License Management Standards
  • Business Wire (press release)The emergence of cloud computing along with virtualization adds additionalcomplexity to software license management for customers, platform vendors,and application providers. These difficulties combine to increase theamount of effort required to …(more)

  • Wyse CEO Discusses Latest Trends in Cloud Computing, Mobility and …
  • Business Wire (press release)Mr. Shibutani, Sr. Analyst at IDC Japan, Mr. Kamei, Asst. Manager at SugamoShinkin and Mr. Goto, Sr. Manager at NTT Communications will also sharetheir perspectives around cloud computing and desktop virtualization aswell as their own Wyse case …(more)

  • ADI Time Appoints Robert Gryta to Vice President of Sales
  • PR Newswire (press release)ADI Time offers a wide variety of on-site and software-as-a-service (SaaS)solutions designed to fit each customer’s application or needs. SaaSsolutions are hosted by a secure world-class SAS 70 data center. Throughits open API, ADI Time and its …(more)

  • Lionbridge Announces Cloud-Based Engagement Platform for Multilingual
  • Experts …PR Newswire (press release)In addition to job postings on GeoWorkz, subscribers gain access toTranslation Workspace, Lionbridge’s world-class, SaaS-based translationproductivity platform. Translation Workspace enables subscribers to managetheir translation memories and other …(more)

  • Symplified Founder Jonti McLaren to Present Cloud Security Market
  • Perspective …Business Wire (press release)According to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) market report [1] ,software as a Service (SaaS) will grow at a 25.3 percent annual compoundrate through 2014. However, in order for cloud computing to achieve widescale adoption by enterprises, …(more)

  • Strong Growth In SaaS CRM | Sramana Mitra
  • By Sramana_Mitra
    Entrepreneur & Strategy Consultant Sramana Mitra’s Blog on Technology,Business and Strategy.(more)

  • vcloud Hotfile Download
  • provides an overview of what cloud is defines VMware vCloud Director anddescribes the key capabilities of vCloud Director product …(more)

  • GoGrid Expands Data Center Infrastructure | Cloud Computing Journal
  • The new facility allows GoGrid to meet increasing demand for GoGridinfrastructure cloud solutions and also serves as a vehicle to offer newCloud Computing services and management tools. The agreement between GoGridand DRT includes …(more)

  • IBM and FONAFE Bring Cloud Computing to Critical Government …
  • By Angeline Fox
    Agreement to centralize government services operations, save Peruviangovernment an estimated $4.2 million over five years LIMA, Peru & ARMONK,N.Y. -:(more)

  • Software AG Will Make WebMethods Cloud-Ready in Q3
  • CIO”The next steps are more interesting — rewriting/refactoring products totake advantage of cloud elasticity and multitenancy,” Rymer added. …(more)

  • Virtualization And The Cloud: The Trouble Is Troubleshooting
  • Forbes (blog)More companies are taking advantage of cloud computing and virtualizationtechnologies to streamline their network operations, but significantmanagement challenges remain, according to Network Instruments’ State ofthe Network Global Study. …(more)

  • NaviSite’s Razor Sharp Focus on Cloud Computing Innovation
  • TMCnetNaviSite (News – Alert) is hoping to provide guidance on this decision andto provide more information, Claudine Bianchi, CMO, NaviSite, took time togive an interview with Cisco (News – Alert) TV at Cloud Expo NY on launchof Cloud Computing & Managed …(more)

  • Salesforce.com’s CRM Cloud Computing Helps Wiel Brien Make Affordable
  • Home …TMCnetBy Juliana Kenny, TMCnet Web Editor Salesforce.com (News – Alert) and Wiel
    Brien, a real estate company, have recently revealed the success of WielBrien’s Home Affordable Again program through the utilization ofSalesforce’s Cloud 2 technologies. …(more)

  • Parallels Unveils New Cloud Hosted Exchange Infrastructure, Hosted PBX and
  • APS …TMCnetOn this occasion, the company has also offered support for Microsoft Office365 Syndication and Hyper-V Cloud. According to Parallels, these newproducts help the company to explore the markets in small and mediumbusiness cloud consumption. …(more)

  • Texada Offers SaaS Subscription Option for SRM System
  • TMCnetBy Madhubanti Rudra A provider of enterprise software solutions for
    equipment rental and mobile equipment, Texada Software Inc. announced thelaunch of a Software-as-a-Service model for its Systematic RentalManagement (“SRM”) system. …(more)

  • Enterprise Connect: Verizon Announces Cloud Unified Collaboration
  • InformationWeekThe telco’s Unified Communications & Collaboration-as-a-Service will beable to switch calls between mobile phones and IP desk phones. By David F.Carr , InformationWeek Verizon is promising to deliver a cloud-basedunified communications service by …(more)

  • Magic Software Chosen by the State of Israel’s Ministry
  • TMCnetuniPaaS is an application platform that simplifies the process of buildingand deploying business applications. uniPaaS is used to build and deployfull client, rich internet applications (RIA), mobile applications andSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS (News …(more)

  • PointClickCare Receives Strategic Growth Investment From JMI Equity
  • PR Newswire (press release)With the investment, JMI Equity will work with the PointClickCareleadership team to continue to expand the company’s innovativesoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) product offerings and advance its marketleadership through organic and inorganic growth. …(more)

  • Service-Now Lets Users Be More Social
  • eWeekService-now.com is bringing enterprise social capabilities to the softwareas a service IT service-management platform with the addition of chat andlive feed to the Winter 2011 release. Service-now provides the chat andlive-feed capability as a …(more)

  • Verizon moves ahead with unified communications in the cloud.
  • Enterprise VoIP PlanetIn November, the telecom giant announced a program to deliver UnifiedCommunications and Collaboration (UC&C) as a service. That trial phase ransmoothly and beta testing officially begins this week, with an eye toward acommercial launch in the late …(more)

  • net Setting up a user roles management system with multitenancy …
  • Does anyone have any schema’s data models or suggestions for creating auser … Have you looked at Rhino security It might not do exactly what youwant but …(more)

  • Global Crossing Launches Communications as a Service Business Model
  • TMCnetThe highlight of this service is a network-centric platform that combinesthe company’s Global Crossing IP Virtual Private Network (IP VPN), SessionInitiated Protocol (SIP) Trunking, and Global Crossing Ready Access hostedaudio conferencing services, …(more)

  • Cloud Computing: Development-as-a-Service Platform Cloud9 IDE
  • SYS-CON Media (press release)Hi Ruben, thanks for taking the time talking to us, you just launched thefirst commercial development-as-a-service platform for JavaScript andHTML5. Ruben: We want it to be the premier online development environmentfor JavaScript and HTML5 …(more)

  • Apple Should Be the Savior of Cloud Computing
  • PCWorldThat’s a shame, because Apple could deliver a kick up the derriere thatcloud computing really needs right now. To be fair, there is some cloudintegration in Mac OS X. Apple’s MobileMe service provides online storageand calendar and address book …(more)

Daily Log News Feed – Feb 28, 2011

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

Daily ITIL News Feed – Feb 28, 2011

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

Daily Cloud Feed – Feb 27, 2011

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

Daily Log News Feed – Feb 27, 2011

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

Daily ITIL News Feed – Feb 27, 2011

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