March 2011

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

• Squiz Selects CA 3Tera AppLogic Platform to Power New Cloud Computing

ServicePRWire… today announced that leading Australian web solutions provider Squizhas chosen CA 3Tera AppLogic software as its cloud computing platform. Withthe software, Squiz delivers its product suite to customers in asoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) offering. …(more)

• SaaS, Paas, IaaS: Which of These Things is not Like the Others?

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)Incorporated into this question is a underlying skepticism that I addressedin my entry, Scale is the Common Abstraction of Cloud Computing, which isdoes Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) really belong within the definition ofcloud computing? …(more)

• Dell Equinix and Rackspace Collaborate to Launch OpenStack Cloud …

Dell, Equinix and Rackspace have collaborated to develop an OpenStack clouddemonstration and test environment, available in three data centers.(more)

• Themeforest Freemium SaaS WordPress CMS Blog II sunDox torrent …

fast and easy themeforest freemium saas wordpress cms blog ii sundoxtorrent downloads.(more)

• India to leverage IBM’s $38 mn investment in cloud computing centre

Business StandardGlobal software services and products firm IBM has announced a $38 million(around Rs 170 crore) investment in a new IBM Asia Pacific Cloud ComputingData Centre in Singapore, which will provide businesses in India withsolutions and services to …(more)

• Workday Releases Integrated Cloud Computing Solution

DatamationSolving this is no small feat, but it may be one of the greatest long-termbenefits of the cloud computing model, both in terms of cost and agility.It’s the processes, after all, that count most and should be easy to safelymake, remake and iterate on …(more)

• Simplweb Launches Cloud-based Version of its Joomla! SaaS for Small

BusinessesPR Web (press release)CMS as SaaS, began 2011 with a relaunch of its end-to-end CMS websiteservice for small businesses on a new cloud-based platform. The RackSpaceCloud makes our clients’ websites easy to build, highly scalable andcompletely bulletproof. …(more)

• Bottomline acquires Allegient Systems for $48M

Seacoastonline.comNo revenue estimations were given for the Allegient acquisition but KevinDonovan, chief financial officer of Bottomline Technologies, said it”expands Bottomline’s portfolio of SaaS (software as a service) solutionsand will drive profitable …(more)

• Dell, Equinix, Rackspace develop OpenStack cloud demo

Telecompaper (subscription)Dell, data centre operator Equinix and cloud computing specialist RackspaceHosting have collaborated to develop an OpenStack cloud demonstration andtest environment. The demo environment will be available in three datacentres: the Equinix …(more)

• 3 more cloud killers

InfoWorldI haven’t been shy about talking up the many of the benefits of cloudcomputing, but I address the dark side as well. Ironically, the caveats tocloud computing aren’t typically technology related. However, they canderail your cloud computing plans if …(more)

• OpenStack Lets Partners, Customers Test Drive Cloud Environment

Partners and potential users now of the ability to give the OpenStackcloud, the open source cloud play, a spin thanks to new demo and testenvironments …(more)

• Dell, Equinix and Rackspace Collaborate for OpenStack Cloud …

“OpenStack provides an open, standard platform that gives organizations thechoice of how and where to deploy a cloud, as well as the flexibility tomove …(more)

• Rackspace Hosting Inc. Climbed To A New 52-Week High

RTT News(RTTNews) – Rackspace Hosting Inc. (RAX: News ), Dell Inc. (DELL: News )and Equinix Inc. (EQIX) announced Wednesday morning that they havecollaborated to develop an OpenStack cloud demonstration and testenvironment. Rackspace Hosting Inc. traded to …(more)

• The Many Colors of Cloud Encryption

TechNewsWorldThe public cloud service models, be it Software as a Service (SaaS),Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), posenew challenges to protecting and controlling sensitive data. In all clouddelivery models, be it SaaS, …(more)

• INDATA Releases Industry White Paper for Managing Compliance in the New …

Business Wire (press release)(BUSINESS WIRE)–INDATA, a leading industry provider of SaaS (Software as aService) for buy-side firms including trade order management (OMS),compliance, portfolio accounting and front-to-back office, today announcedthe release of an industry white …(more)

• Cloud-computing adoption tops datacentre agenda

ZDNet UKBy Larry Dignan, ZDNet.com, 31 March, 2011 11:47 Cloud-computing adoption
among datacentre managers has snowballed in the last year, according to asurvey by datacentre association Afcom, with more than 70 percent ofrespondents already implementing …(more)

• Rackspace and Equinix Get Boost From Cloud Computing Partnership

Seeking AlphaOn Wednesday, Dell (DELL), Equinix (EQIX), and Rackspace (RAX) announcedthat they joined forces to offer an OpenStack demonstration and testenvironment to customers who will then enjoy the ability to move cloudassets between data centers in …(more)

• White Paper: SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) secures in uncertain times

ComputerWeekly.comWhile IT budgets may be shrinking, there is definitely no shortage ofattacks IT professionals face in regard to Web and email. The link betweenthe two is becoming indistinguishable, thanks to the use of Web 2.0technologies such as social networking, …(more)

• Birst Adds Powerful In-Memory Processing, SAP Connectivity With Latest

ReleaseSYS-CON Media (press release)Birst is the SaaS Business Intelligence leader that accelerates businessresults by deploying fast, powerful, and agile business intelligencesolutions for its customers. Birst overcomes the traditional cost,complexity, and performance barriers of …(more)

• Autowork Online Now Reaches Over 2000 Customers

PR Newswire (press release)Compatible suppliers can link directly to Autowork Online, enabling repairshops to identify parts, check stock and place orders directly from withinthe software. As a ‘cloud computing’ solution, Autowork Online is hostedand maintained centrally, …(more)

• Bit Stew Systems Debuts Smart Grid Management Platform

Renew Gridby Renew Grid on Thursday 31 March 2011 Software company Bit Stew SystemsInc. has released its Grid Director 2.0 platform – a software-as-a-serviceoffering that provides real-time event mapping, user-defined analytics, andan event-driven calendar …(more)

• FIZ Karlsruhe: KnowEsis Software as a Service (SaaS)

What can KnowEsis Software as a Service (SaaS) do for you? Host yourcustomized Fedora or eSciDoc Infrastructure instance; Integrate with yourlocal …(more)

• PlanSource hires Bill Wheeler to head up sales for the Western United States

PR Newswire (press release)PlanSource is on the cutting edge of SaaS solutions for the healthcaresupply chain creating efficiencies and enabling next generation revenueopportunities. I look forward to working with the exceptional staff andmanagement team and helping to drive …(more)

• Multitenancy In ofbiz

I have enabled multi-tenancy in my installation. I have hence created twoschemas in … Multitenancy In ofbiz. by Ofbiz Consultanton20110331T200451+0000 …(more)

• IT Security Firm Symplified Joins Cloud Security Alliance

Web Host Industry ReviewThe move comes a couple weeks after Symplified’s partnership with opensource cloud computing provider Cloud.com, which combines Symplified andCloud.com CloudStack to enable users to deliver identity and accessmanagement security and integration …(more)

• Google App Engine Adds New Features

InformationWeekJava and Python software development kits get upgraded as Google refreshesits platform-as-a-service offering. By Antone Gonsalves InformationWeekGoogle has upgraded the App Engine, the company’s platform for developingand hosting Web application in …(more)

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

• VMware: Power of Partnership: Solution Announcements from HP …

By VMware Partner Team
We’re also happy to share that we’ve begun to see customer adoption ofVMware vCloud Director on HP BladeSystem Matrix operating environments.Combining strengths from both companies, customers are finding tremendousvalue as HP and …(more)

• PlayByPlay Secure MultiTenancy Virtualization NetApp

Multitenancy in Cloud Computing What’s the fear about 00439 … VirtualizedDynamic Data Center Secure MultiTenancy for Enterprise Cloud Architecture00253 …(more)

• VMware Communities: vSphere vs. vCloud API – what to choose?

My understanding is that for the former I’d need to use the vCenter API andfor the later the vCloud API, but both seems “incompatible” i.e. I cannot”cast” …(more)

• VMware vCloud: Architecting the VMware Cloud on LinkedIn Events

See who’s attending VMware vCloud: Architecting the VMware Cloud onLinkedIn Events.(more)

• CZJUG Intro – BI Platform as a Service – a case for Java in the Cloud

An introductory part of the GoodData presentation prepared for CZJUG (CzechJava Users Group). The purpose of this prese.(more)

• Bestofmedia Selects ON24 as Preferred Webcasting Solutions …

By trey
The ON24 platform is a complete Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloudoffering; no deployment resources are required. ON24 offers fullyintegrated, enterprise-wide solutions for applications ranging fromtraining, user conferences and …(more)

• The Open Source Cloud Gathers Momentum

Fresh Business ThinkingOrganisations can already choose between OpenStacks operated by twodifferent … The OpenStack project is now supported by competing hostingproviders from …(more)

• Top 50 MSPs Profiting From Cloud Computing

MSPmentorTop 50 MSPs Profiting From Cloud Computing | MSPmentor Managed ServicesNews & Blog | Whats going on! Says: The Talkin’ Cloud 50 global surveyidentifies the world’s top VARs, managed services providers (MSPs) andcloud services providers working …(more)

• Amerinet Selects 4medica’s Integrated Health Record To Help Its

Healthcare Technology Online (press release)4medica, provider of the industry’s leading cloud software-as-a-service(SaaS) clinical integration platform, announced recently that Amerinet,Inc., selected it as a healthcare IT connectivity supplier to the nationalgroup purchasing organization’s …(more)

• Cloud Girlfriend will use a swarm of females to satisfy men

Switchedby Sebastian Anthony on March 30, 2011 at 06:30 AM Cloud Girlfriend,despite what it sounds like, doesn’t really have anything to do with cloudcomputing. Rather, it uses a cloud of women to pose as your girlfriend onFacebook, or your favorite social …(more)

• Dell, Rackspace, and Equinix float free OpenStack test cloud

RegisterDell, Rackspace and Equinix have teamed up to offer you a few free dateswith OpenStack, the nine-month-old open source “infrastructure cloud”platform. …(more)

• RACKSPACE.COM : Dell, Equinix and Rackspace Collaborate to Launch …

4-tradersOpenStack is a collection of open-source technologies delivering a …Originally founded by Rackspace and NASA, OpenStack has grown to be aglobal software …(more)

• Dell, Equinix And Rackspace Collaborate To Launch OpenStack Cloud …

TheStreet.comIt is the first demonstration of an open standard platform wheregeographically dispersed OpenStack clouds can offer customers the abilityto move …(more)

• Action man Apotheker reveals his exciting plans for HP – Making it …

By Nick Farrell
According to Leo, two operating systems is a big advantage for softwaredevelopers, because they can develop applications for any HP device usingthe same webOS toolkit and platform. Apotheker has apparently heard of the… Of course Big Blue has been there for years, but ,Apotheker said thatHP will be rolling out a new platform-as-a-service business for cloudsystem building. That’s almost as interesting as anything SAP ever did. Hefinished off with a quote which sums …(more)

• NetApp – Virtualization Arcade: vCloud

I want to bring to light NetApp’s next-generation framework that we’rearchitecting specifically for cloud deployments, with ITaaS, vCloudDirector, …(more)

• Automation in VMware vCloud Datacenter: Rabid, Rapid Provisioning

I must admit, I’m one of those guys who can’t stop checking the shippingstatus of my online orders. When order five hundred pounds of rare earthmagnets …(more)

• Implementing the HP Cloud Map for VMware vCloud Director (White …

This white paper describes two HP Matrix Operating Environmentinfrastructure orchestration templates for provisioning the resourcesneeded to support a …(more)

• Scheduled Maintenance Notification – vCloud Express Support …

Terremark engineers will be performing proactive maintenance on our vCloudExpress Platform. This has been scheduled on March 30, and April 3, 6, and10, …(more)

• ERP Software Cost Comparison: On-Premise, SaaS, and Hosted

ERP Cloud NewsCompanies have the option to purchase a license or purchase a SaaSsolution. When purchasing a license you own the software and have theability to deploy it in your datacenter (on-premise) or outsourceoperations to an external provider (hosting). …(more)

• The New SaaS Reality

IT Business Edge (blog)By date: Most of the moves to embrace software-as-a-service (SaaS)
applications come under the heading of tactical. Rather than being acquiredas part of a formal IT strategy, most SaaS applications were brought intothe organization by business users …(more)

• OneLogin’s Open-Source SAML Toolkit Democratizes Single Sign-On

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)OneLogin offers Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendors a free and open-sourceSAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) toolkit designed to shorten thedevelopment time and reduce the complexity previously needed to SAML-enablean application. …(more)

• Aplicor Launches Aplicor Cloud Suite 7 at Gartner Customer 360 Summit 2011

PR Newswire (press release)LOS ANGELES, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Aplicor Cloud Suite 7, a truecloud-based business software solution, reaches beyond traditional SaaS todrive business agility and provide a Transformational User Experience. …(more)

• Digital Reef Recruits Chris Risley as CEO

EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Digital Reef Inc, the leading supplier ofmassively scalable SaaS based discovery and file governance servicesannounced that it has recruited Chris Risley to become its President andCEO. Bob Lentz, Digital Reef’s Interim …(more)

• Athena Framework an ORM Framework with Native Support of Multi …

Developing MultiTenancy Cloud SaaS Applications With Ease … likesalesforcecom To turn an application to multitenancy you simply set themultitenancy flag …(more)

• City Network Selects Gluster Cloud Storage for Dynamic Cloud Services

PlatformEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)Recently launched after more than 15 months in beta, City Cloud is aservice used by more than 500 Swedish companies and is the firstinfrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform in Sweden. City Network choseGluster cloud storage for its City Cloud …(more)

• Veteran Software Leader to Head Mashery’s Product Engineering and Operations

Marketwire (press release)With more than 25 years of experience in designing and delivering hardwareand software products, internet services and Software as a Servicesolutions, Mckelvey brings strong technical expertise and a passion fordelivering product to the Mashery …(more)

• NaviSite among Top 100 Cloud Computing Vendors

TMC NetBy Ed Silverstein Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine has named cloud
computing solutions provider NaviSite one of the 100 Top Cloud ComputingVendors, according to a company statement. The list of the top 100 vendors,published in CRN, …(more)

• HP Keys Strategy to Cloud, Social Media, Mobile

Cabot Wealth AdvisoryHewlett-Packard’s CEO Leo Apotheker outlined plans on Tuesday for HP topush deeper into the hot market of cloud computing by runningnext-generation data centers for large customers, IBD reported. Apothekersaid that the more devices that are used, …(more)

• GigaOM’s Structure 2011: Industry’s Must-Attend Cloud Conference Announces

New …BenzingaGigaOM, a leading business media company, today announced that moretop-tier speakers have joined the lineup at the Structure 2011, thenumber-one cloud computing conference now in its fourth year. Returningheadliners Paul Maritz, CEO of VMware, …(more)

• Small businesses ‘set to turn to cloud computing’

Experian QAS Data Quality News (UK)Cloud computing on hosted systems is to become more popular with smallbusinesses in the near future. This is according to a new report fromMicrosoft, which found 39 per cent of the small and medium-sizedenterprises (SMEs) it questioned expect to be …(more)

• FedRAMP: Critical to Cost-Effective Cloud Computing Cybersecurity

By Bruce Levinson
In September 2009, the Obama Administration announced the Federal CloudComputing Initiative. As the government’s CIO explained, cloud computing”has the potential to greatly reduce waste, increase data center efficiencyand utilization …(more)

• Cloud Computing: Automation Is the Word | Cloud Computing Journal

Automation is a powerful driver for cloud computing. When done correctly itlets end users handle tasks previously handled by IT staff, leaving IT todo what it does best — handle the big picture items, leaving the resourcesportal as …(more)

• Media Law Prof Blog: Regulation of Cloud Computing

By Media Law Prof
W. Kuan Hon, Christopher Millard, and Ian Walden, all Queen Mary Universityof London School of Law, have published The Problem of ‘Personal Data’ inCloud Computing – What Information is Regulated? The Cloud of Unknowing,Part 1, …(more)

• School-as-a-Service

Huffington Post (blog)Software as a service (SaaS) made it easier and cheaper to use computersespecially for those of us that use multiple devices. It’s software ondemand anywhere anytime. It’s no longer necessary to load computer programswith a disk, you can access …(more)

• Cloud computing dominates data center agenda, says survey

ZDNet (blog)By Larry Dignan | March 30, 2011, 11:10am PDT Cloud computing adoption
among data center managers has snowballed in the last year with more than70 percent of respondents who have implemented the technology or seriouslyconsidering it, according to a …(more)

• New Brunswick social-media firm scooped up by cloud computing giant

Vancouver SunSalesforce.com has been jostling with rivals such as IBM and Dell Inc todifferentiate itself in the highly competitive cloud computing market, bypicking up small companies with promising technologies, according toreports from Reuters. …(more)

• Cisco To Acquire NewScale For Cloud Self-Provisioning

InformationWeekThe move will give Cisco a larger claim to being a provider ofcloud-computing equipment and services. In the past, it has claimed itsUnified Computing System blade servers and networking fabric were productssuitable for virtualizing the data center. …(more)

• Attend UK’s largest FREE Microsoft Cloud Computing Event

Manchester Evening NewsPolymorph, one of the UK’s leading collaboration experts and IT serviceproviders, are hosting the largest customer focused Microsoft SharePoint &Cloud event in the UK this year. The event provides a unique opportunityfor you to hear what’s new with …(more)

• Reval Adds Solution Consultants in North America

Business Wire (press release)She brings experience from various treasury organizations across differentindustries, such as Electronics, Retail, Technology and Transportation, inpositions at companies such as Samsung, Avnet, Levi Strauss, leading SaaStechnology provider …(more)

• Three Vendos Team Up To Launch OpenStack Demos

ADT MagazineBy Jeffrey Schwartz Dell, Equinix and Rackspace today launched a demo of
the environment available for service providers and enterprise customers totest cloud-based apps running atop the OpenStack platform. The threevendors teamed to provide demos …(more)

• Salesforce.com Acquisition Points to Marketing Ambitions

InformationWeekBy Doug Henschen InformationWeek Salesforce.com is known for its sales
force automation and customer service capabilities — the two sides of itssoftware-as-a-service-based customer relationship management system. Butwith Wednesday’s purchase of …(more)

• Biz Break: For Google, good news, bad news and social news

San Jose Mercury NewsSalesforce: The San Francisco software-as-a-service pioneer, which providesan online customer-relationship-management platform, intends to buy Radian6for $326 million in cash and stock. Fredericton, New Brunswick-basedRadian6 develops technology …(more)

• Cisco enhances cloud service catalogue capability with newScale acquisition

eChannelLineThe company is privately-held newScale, which makes self-service, servicecatalog, and lifecycle management software for enterprise IT andprivate/hybrid cloud computing. The San Mateo CA-based company has been inbusiness since November 1999, …(more)

• New job for mainframes: Cloud platform

ComputerworldBy Tam Harbert Computerworld – Mention cloud computing to a mainframe
professional, and he’s likely to roll his eyes. Cloud is just a new name –and a lot of hype — for what mainframes have done for years, he’ll say. “Amainframe is a cloud,” …(more)

• Cloud Computing: HP Appoints Brian Humphries for New Growth Markets

SYS-CON Media (press release)”Fast growing economies represent a significant long-term businessopportunity for HP and an important component of our growth strategy,” saidApotheker. “Brian’s proven track record, excellent leadership skills andbroad international experience will …(more)

• Cloud Computing: Google Sentenced to 20-Years with a Parole Officer

SYS-CON Media (press release)The Federal Trade Commission has charged Google and its infamous Buzzsocial network with deceptive privacy practices and violating its ownprivacy promises. To settle up Google has agreed to implement a”comprehensive privacy program” and submit to …(more)

• Visual Versioning Supported by SMEStorage’s Cloud File Hosted Exchange

ServerTMC NetThe company’s SaaS (News – Alert) Cloud File Server offering will nowsupport visual versioning of files in the Web platform. An announcement inthis regard has been made by SMEStorage, a UK-based Limited Companyoperating out of London. …(more)