June 2011

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

• Chinese city draws ire with controversial cloud zone

ComputerworldThe city’s Cloud Computing Special Zone will be home to a handful ofstate-of-the-art data centers and is designed to attract investment frommultinational companies and boost China’s status as a center for cloudcomputing. …(more)

• Cloud Focus: IT departments will have a ‘big picture’ role

Financial TimesBy Stephen Pritchard Businesses that move to cloud computing are not just
changing the way they buy IT. Used well, the cloud can bring about afundamental shift in the relationship between a business and its technologyand in the way IT departments …(more)

• Structure: OpenStack launches Incubation program – Inside …

Strategic insights on using IT to achieve business goals.(more)

• Bocada Enhances Data-Protection-as-a-Service Model With Prism

Integration …ChannelPro-SMBBocada, a data protection management software provider, has added theability to send alerts from its data protection service management (DPSM)product, Prism, to trouble ticketing systems from BMC, ServiceNow, andConnectWise. …(more)

• vCloud Director | go ahead, mac my day

My team is conducting research on vCloud Director. I’m interested intalking to org admins who have deployed vCloud Director to their end-users….(more)

• Wipro Builds Private Cloud for OnStream

MarketWatch (press release)Wipro has also offerings in other layers of cloud including BusinessProcess as a Service (eg loan origination as a service), Software as aService (eg Bank in a Box with leading software vendors, implementationpartner to leading SaaS vendors) and …(more)

• Function Point Launches New E-mail Integration Application in its

Creative …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Function Point Productivity Software Inc. (Function Point) is a web-basedsoftware as a service (SaaS) company, and is located in Vancouver BC Thecompany was founded in 1997 and is a leader in workflow management softwarefor advertising agencies, …(more)

• Spikes in demand get lost in the cloud

RegisterThe move is the same but the service can differ, providing three distinctapproaches: software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service(IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). Each has its own advantages andlimitations. …(more)

• HP plans expansion in China

China DailyLeo Apotheker, HP chief executive officer, told a news conference inBeijing that the company will place greater emphasis on cloud computing(using the Internet as a hard drive), software and wireless devices such astablet PCs this year to boost its …(more)

• Citrix Accelerates Cloud Video Innovation with Graymatics Investment

MarketWatch (press release)Graymatics is on the verge of bringing something new and innovative tocloud computing, and they now have the opportunity to take it to marketfaster by leveraging key resources and expertise from Citrix that will helpthem achieve the market traction …(more)

• uNotifi SaaS Marketing Services Provider for Automotive Industry Launched

TMC NetuNotifi’s SaaS (News – Alert) services leverage database mining, segmentingand customer valuation algorithms in order to help dealers and servicecenters to retain existing customers. Also, marketing to a potentialcustomer base is made more …(more)

• Cornerstone OnDemand Added to Russell Global Index

MarketWatch (press release)Cornerstone OnDemand is a leading global provider of a comprehensivelearning and talent management solution delivered as software-as-a-service(SaaS). We enable organizations to meet the challenges they face inempowering their people and maximizing …(more)

• HP’s China Plans; Google Plus Demand

TheStreet.comNew initiatives include cloud computing offerings and research developmentcenters. HP has struggled to grow its PC business in China, with its marketshare in the country falling to 9.3% in the most recent quarter, down from11.1% in the same quarter …(more)

• 8×8 to Deliver Cloud Services on VCE Vblock(TM) Infrastructure

MarketWatch (press release)8×8′s recent acquisition of Zerigo enables it to add a comprehensive,easy-to-use and powerful provisioning mechanism to the Vblock platform,allowing for rapid and automatic deployment of flexible cloud computingservices. 8×8 intends to market these …(more)

• Cloud computing co Gizmox raises $2.5m, teams with Citrix

GlobesCloud computing start-up Gizmox Ltd. has signed a strategic cooperationagreement with Citrix Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS), which has also invested$2.5 million in the company, as part of a $3.5 million convertible loan.The companies will enable …(more)

• 10 best cloud backup strategies for biz continuity

IDG News ServiceWhether they are cloud service outages or natural disasters, cloudcomputing can be both a nightmare or a savior to your IT organization:either it halts your business operation or loses your data, or it allowsyou to continue operate your business as …(more)

• Enterprise-Level Cloud Computing: Far-off Dream or Present Reality …

“Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term ‘cloudcomputing’ was coined,” said Fuat Kircaali, founder and chairman of SYS-CONEvents, Inc. “Cloud has become synonymous with ‘computing’ and ‘software’in two short …(more)

• Gartner upgrades worldwide IT spending forecast

ComputerworldThe effect of migration to public cloud services spending likely will spillover to the software sector as companies spend more onsoftware-as-a-service. “At about $10 billion, software as a service …already accounts for 10 percent of enterprise …(more)

• SSG Joins Informatica INFORM Channel Program

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Informatica is a recognized ‘Leader’ in three Gartner Magic Quadrants: forData Integration, Data Quality and Master Data Management, as well as arecognized ‘Leader’ in Forrester’s Information-as-a-Service and DataQuality Waves. …(more)

• Bruton announces ‘cloud’ steering group

Irish TimesMinister for Enterprise Richard Bruton said it was crucial the Government,as a major user of IT in the economy, took a lead in the area of cloudcomputing. Minister for Enterprise Richard Bruton has announced plans toestablish a cross-Government …(more)

• Dimension Data acquires OpSource

MyBroadbandDimension Data announced today (30 June 2011) that it has acquired OpSourcein a deal which Dimension Data says will accelerate its cloud computingservices offerings. At the same time, Dimension Data, a US$4.7 billion ICTservices and solutions …(more)

• 3 Steps to Securing the Cloud’s Future

BanktechThe financial services industry has an opportunity to think through thebusiness model for cloud computing in order to minimize the future risks ofoperating in the cloud. By Rodney Nelsestuen, TowerGroup Projections forthe cloud are as numerous as …(more)

• Rebel Networks Adds Ontario Based King Masonry Yard Ltd to Impressive List

of …MarketWatch (press release)DEL MAR, Calif., Jun 30, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — Rebel Networks,the wholly owned operating subsidiary of American Diversified HoldingsCorporation /quotes/zigman/486028 ADHC -11.63% announced today that it hasbeen selected by King Masonary …(more)

• Discover Case Study: How Cardinal Health uses SaaS tools to improve ALM …

ZDNet (blog)By Dana Gardner | June 30, 2011, 8:21am PDT SaaS allows us to focus on our
primary core competencies and on what our clients and customers need,rather than focusing on trying to learn how to handle a particularapplication. Dana Gardner is president …(more)

• Basware delivers invoice automation and e-invoicing solutions to Tokmanni Oy

Reuters (press release)Basware has agreed to deliver purchase Basware Invoice Automation ande-invoicing solutions to Tokmanni Oy as a service (SaaS). The value of thedeal is not disclosed. The services will be taken into use in Tokmanni’sfinancial shared service center by …(more)

• UPDATE 1-VoiP firm 8×8 signs cloud partnership, shrs rise

ReutersO) said it entered into a partnership with Virtual Computing EnvironmentCompany (VCE) to speed up deployment of its cloud computing services on anew platform, sending its shares up to an eight-year high. VCE was formedby Cisco (CSCO. …(more)

• Platform as a Service tempts manufacturers with savings, customization

SearchManufacturingERP.comWhile most of the buzz has been around SaaS, manufacturers that want toexplore the cloud should know that this movement isn’t just about software– it’s about infrastructure, too. Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerslow-cost cloud infrastructure …(more)

• Callidus Software Inc. (CALD) Partners with Mapping Analytics to Provide a

New …International Business TimesBy QualityStocks | June 30, 2011 1:42 PM EDT Callidus Software, a top
market and tech leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM) viaSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, reported today that the Companyhas officially partnered (signed in Q2) …(more)

• For SF Giants, Dynamic Pricing Software Hits a Home Run

Network WorldIn 2007, Stanley discovered Qcue, a software-as-a-service application thatanalyzes dozens of factors to provide price recommendations, similar to theway airlines price seats. Stanley was skeptical, until his phone lit up oneAugust afternoon. …(more)

• Collaboration in the Cloud — Why Aren’t You doing it?

Forbes (blog)Cloud computing and collaboration are a match made in heaven, yet someonemust have forgotten to pay the matchmaker because the union is taking itstime getting consummated. Strong web-based collaborative tools, such asSharePoint, have been around for …(more)

• New Telecom Expense Management Solution as SaaS

TMC NetBy Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet Contributor TelcoExpenses, a provider of
telecom expense management (TEM) solutions, announced it is releasing thenew Wireless Expense Management application on a Software-as-a-Service(SaaS (News – Alert)) platform. …(more)

• Promoting SaaS Ecommerce as an Affiliate – Affiliate Marketing …

Growth in the ecommerce industry is making an impact on affiliatemarketers. Software as a service (SaaS) ecommerce models are growing eachday and …(more)

• All cloud roads lead to applications

CNETBuild to a platform as a service environment that hides operations tasksfrom you and lets you focus on only the application itself. Ditch buildingyour own applications and acquire functionality through the software as aservice model, …(more)

• Speediware Corporation Adds Plan Goal Charting to SpeedEEO

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)AP source: Geithner may depart after budget talks 06.30.11 SpeediwareCorporation, providers of SpeedEEO, the all-inclusive web-based software asa service for generating OFCCP compliant Affirmative Action Plans(AAP),announced today the addition of …(more)

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

• Lucini & Lucini Announces Plans for China Headquarters, Ramps Up for

SaaS …Business Wire (press release)LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Privately-held, global ConsumerWeb Company Lucini & Lucini Communications Group, based in Milan, Italy,has announced plans to open its China headquarters as the company preparesfor its first major investment …(more)

• DotCloud Goes GA with Multiple-Stack Cloud Development Platform

eWeekDotCloud is a second-generation PAAS provider whose secret sauce makes itsimpler for developers to deploy and scale their applications whiledelivering the flexibility and robustness required by critical businesssoftware. Platform-as-a-Service …(more)

• Microsoft rolls out Office 365 in cloud computing race

Los Angeles TimesIn cloud computing, information from many companies can reside on serversat a single data center, potentially allowing hackers to attack multipletargets at once. As soon as Microsoft announced Office 365 on Tuesday,Google went on the offensive with …(more)

• VMware whitewashes self in open source

RegisterTo hear James Watters, group manager of vCloud strategy and marketdevelopment at VMware, tell it, “platform as a service” (PaaS) is the newplatform for …(more)

• Independent Business Owners Still Indecisive on Cloud Computing Benefits

PR Newswire (press release)Based on a poll of approximately 1000 respondents, one of the key findingsfrom June’s survey was 48 percent of small business owners’ do not believecloud computing will help reduce their IT costs. It definitely appears thatthe education of small …(more)

• Cloud Computing Business Intelligence for SMB

SBWire (press release)Valencia, Spain — (SBWIRE) — 06/29/2011 — The Cloud or Cloud Computingtechnology has made possible, among many other merits, that BusinessIntelligence (BI), previously only available for large corporations due toits high cost and complexity, …(more)

• Download VMwarevCloud 1.4 for Linux The VMware vCloud API Softpedia

VMware::vCloud The VMware vCloud API. … VMwarevCloud is a Perl modulethat provides a Perl interface to VMware’s vCloud REST interface. SYNOPSIS…(more)

• VCloud | virtual server guy

If your vCloud Director machine is on the same vCenter as the ComputeClusters are (not a best practice but it does work), you can not have thesame vCloud …(more)

• VMware vCloud course: Architecting the VMware Cloud

This course is designed to guide students through the decision points andpolicy choices available for designing and implementing a VMware vCloud …(more)

• Senior Marketing Manager, Software as a Service at Intuit in …

Intuit is hiring! View and apply for the Senior Marketing Manager, Softwareas a Service Job at Intuit in Mississauga, ON.(more)

• HP to develop cloud products in China

ReutersBy Terril Yue Jones BEIJING, June 29 (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co , the
world’s No.1 PC maker, is investing heavily in China and plans to developcloud-computing products h0ere to sell globally, Chief Executive LeoApotheker said. …(more)

• Geographic location is the key for sustainable cloud computing: Gartner

Computer Business ReviewGeographic location is the key to more sustainable cloud computing servicesfor outsourced data storage and services, according to a report from ITresearch firm Gartner. The research firm has estimated that up to 50%increase in operating cost costs …(more)

• Research and Markets: Cloud Computing among Small and Medium Indian

Businesses …SYS-CON Media (press release)”Cloud Computing Among Indian SMBs” provides the latest information andmarket opportunity analysis for adoption of Cloud Computing by the IndianSMBs. It has captured the overall current market size in India and has aforecast figures till 2014. …(more)

• CloudShark Brings SaaS to Network Packet Capture Analysis

ReadWriteWebBy David Strom / June 29, 2011 3:21 AM / 0 Comments Visit the Qwest
resource center for relevant briefs and reports to help you better manageyour enterprise. Learn how managed security services can help you focus onwhat you do best in this report …(more)

• Award-Winning SaaS Provider Implements AppAssure Replay 4 to Reduce Backup

and …PR.com (press release)Reston, VA, June 29, 2011 –(PR.com)– AppAssure Software, a leadingdeveloper of award-winning backup and disaster recovery software productsfor mission-critical Windows application servers, today announced thatAppRiver, a SaaS provider offering …(more)

• The Enterprise 2.0 Global Delivery Model Transformation, Part 2

E-Commerce TimesGoing forward, enterprises will increasingly be exploring and adoptingcloud-based architectures and multitenancy models that enable them to scaleup faster …(more)

• OSU Fisher College of Business Presents 10x, A New Venture …

DigitalJournal.comThis package will include vCloud Director and will be accessed through ourenterprise grade network, constructed with hardware and software thatcombine …(more)

• Innotas Rated as ‘Strong Positive’ in Gartner’s Project and Portfolio …

PR Newswire (press release)In some cases, these vendors can provide SaaS options in which the customerneed only commit to a modest 12-month financial investment in PPM.” “Beingincluded among the elite few companies that were rated ‘Strong Positive’ inGartner’s MarketScope …(more)

• InterCall Becomes Cisco WebEx Partner in India

PR Newswire (press release)The applications are delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS), helping toenable greater business productivity and faster responses to market changeswhile taking advantage of the Cisco WebEx Collaboration Cloud to providesecure, reliable, …(more)

• Testuff Expands Bug Tracker Integration to 20 Applications, with the

Addition …PR Newswire (press release)With the inclusion of project management tools, Basecamp and activeCollab,in the Testuff 1.31 release, the SaaS (Software as a Service) suite nowintegrates with 20 bug trackers, making it one of the most flexible testingservices on the market. …(more)

• HP to Open Cloud, R&D Centers in China

PCWorldBy Michael Kan, IDG News Hewlett-Packard is opening two new centers in
China, one focused on cloud computing, and the other on research, as thecompany ramps up to address this large market. The company opened a new HPCloud Executive Briefing Center …(more)

• IT Managers Have Their Heads in the Clouds: Worldwide Cloud Server Revenue

to …SYS-CON Media (press release)Eager to simplify their current IT environments and introduce newinitiatives to enhance overall business value, IT leaders are embracingserver cloud computing as a viable option for decreasing complexity byadopting converged systems that arrive …(more)

• Cloud Computing: MapR to Challenge Cloudera over Hadoop

SYS-CON Media (press release)MapR Technologies, the start-up that surfaced from stealth mode a few weeksago as the Hadoop distribution in EMC’s Greenplum Big Data widgetry, hasjust put its code out in both a free and paid version, as promised. Itclaims it’s “the industry’s …(more)

• BlueFolder and itDuzzit Announce FreshBooks Integration

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)… for small and medium-sized service organizations, and itDuzzit, a cloudintegration platform that offers pre-built integration solutions, announcethe integration of the BlueFolder SaaS-based solution with the FreshBooksinvoicing solution. …(more)

• PostgreSQL – general – Multi-tenancy in Postgres

Multi-tenancy in Postgres. Hello, I’ve just read through a paper here:http://www.edbt.org/Proceedings/2011-Uppsala/papers/edbt/a12-schiller.pdfabout …(more)

• BigMachines Releases BigMachines 11.1 Software, Delivering Enhanced

Security …Business Wire (press release)… Inc., the leader in product configuration, pricing and quoting,proposal generation and B2B ecommerce, today announced the availability ofBigMachines 11.1, the latest release of the company’s flagship,award-winning SaaS platform. …(more)

• Distribion Sees 25% Client Growth Through Second Quarter

PR Newswire (press release)And that makes the business case for using the web-based SaaS DistribionDMP clear and urgent for our new customers.” Distribion(www.distribion.com) is a leading provider of SaaS tools that deliverstreamlined, centralized marketing communications and …(more)

• Q1 2011 Software License Revenues Increase By 175% Over Q1 2010

MarketWatch (press release)Printelligence, the company’s award winning flagship SaaS (Software as aService) offering empowers corporate clients to optimize their printassets, reduce print volumes, all the while yielding significant costsavings and reducing the environmental …(more)

• Most Users in the Cloud, SuccessFactors Completes Acquisition of Plateau

PR Newswire (press release)Combining Plateau with SuccessFactors makes the company the only SaaSprovider to offer a robust suite of recruiting, on-boarding, performancemanagement, compensation, variable pay, 360 review, content-as-a-service,core HR as the employee system of …(more)

• Romonet Offers Predictive Modeling Tool For Data Center Planning

NetworkComputing.comRomonet’s Prognose suite includes software installed on a computer as wellas delivered in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. It analyzes all thedifferent metrics that go into building a data center — the kind ofservers, processors, …(more)

• Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Business InsiderMy bet is that they fold A9 (their search tool) into AWS and offersearch-as-a-service, too. It sure would put pressure on Google if they hadFacebook competing on one side of them for share of users’ time and Amazonflanking them on the other side by …(more)

• In the Service Oriented Cloud, All Roads Lead to SOA

SYS-CON Media (press release)We refer to this concept as Business as a Service (BaaS) which enable asolutions platform for end-users and partners to layer extend andcustomize. Salesforce.com is a notable example. The leading platformofferings, particularly Amazon, Microsoft and …(more)

• Cloud Computing: Opportunities for Communication Service Providers …

Cloud Computing is an evolution of existing technologies to deliverservices to end users. Communication service providers have an earlyadopter opportunity to compete with new entrants, increase their bottomline and play a dominant …(more)

• Mitac establishing navigation cloud computing platform

Taiwan-based ODM Mitac International is setting up a cloud computingplatform featuring GPS navigation applications specifically for itsterminal devices including GPS PNDs and tablet PCs, according to companypresident Billy Ho.(more)

• Should Your Enterprise Buy Cloud Insurance?

InformationWeek”As you go from infrastructure-as-a-service to platform-as-a-service tosoftware-as-a-service, the economies of scale go up. Similarly, as you gofrom private network to hybrid to community to public cloud, the economiesget larger. …(more)

• Standing Cloud and Flexiant Partner to Simplify European Cloud

Application …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Standing Cloud, Inc. a leader in the emerging platform as a service (PaaS)marketplace, and Flexiant, a UK-based cloud infrastructure software andservices provider – and Europe’s original public cloud provider – haveannounced a partnership that …(more)

• CCH Earns High Marks for E-filing Accuracy

Sacramento BeeProSystem fx Tax is available as a server-based solution or as a Softwareas a Service (SaaS) solution, allowing firms to enjoy the security andfreedom of having CCH securely host the files. It also is available in anonline platform, known as Global …(more)

• SSAE 16 Standard White Paper on 6 Critical Points You Need to Know Issued

by NDBSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)The other two SOC reporting options, SOC 2 and SOC 3, have been designed tohelp meet the growing demands of reporting on controls at technologyrelated entities, such as cloud computing vendors, Software as a Service(SaaS) providers, data centers, …(more)

• Dachis Group launches social business index

Bizjournals.comThe Social Business Index is built on top of Dachis’ Social BusinessIntelligence as a Service Platform. The tool uses language processing,semantic analysis and machine learning algorithm to derive data from socialnetworks. One version of the social …(more)

• HP To Develop Cloud Computing Products in China Informs Apothekar

ITProPortalThe chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. has said that thecompany will develop cloud computing products in China. CEO Leo Apotheker,on Wednesday revealed company’s plan to develop cloud computing productsafter the launch of HP Cloud …(more)

• Dell Looks to Increase Focus on Midmarket

PCWorldBy Agam Shah, IDG News Dell on Wednesday said it was increasing focus on
the midmarket as the company looks to offer new cloud computing, securityand data management services to customers. Midmarket companies –enterprises with up to 5000 employees …(more)

• OpenStack Meetup – Swift in the Small

Strategies for staring with a single node OpenStack Object Storage (Swift)node and growing up to 4 zones.(more)

• Eyeing a slice of the SaaS pie

TODAYonlineby Rachel Adrienne Kelly SINGAPORE – Singapore’s telcos are tying up withglobal partners for a slice of the growing software as a service (SaaS)market that is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate ofalmost 40 per cent until 2014. …(more)

• Cloud Computing: Faster Acquisition Key To Recognizing Value

InformationWeekBy J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek Flexibility and speed of deployment
are two of the key positive attributes of cloud computing, but government’soften lengthy technology acquisition and deployment cycle could blunt thosebenefits beyond …(more)

• Avnet Offers Cloud Computing Training for VARs and ISVs

ITChannelPlanetAvnet Technology Solutions, the distribution arm of Avnet Inc. said that itis offering new cloud computing sales and technical training aimed athelping channel partners in North America to build skills necessary to openand sustain a cloud-oriented …(more)