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We went from just having BSM through SaaS. I’m trying to use the current HPacronyms, because they like to change names on us. At the time, it was justBSM that we had through SaaS. Now, we’ve Quality Center through SaaS, …(more)

Smart Business NetworkWithin a year after taking the reins of Plex Systems Inc., Mark Symondsmade a controversial decision to change the company’s business. Aspresident and CEO, he decided to switch the the company’s business modelfrom purchase pricing to subscription …(more)

PartnershipTMC NetAs part of this partnership, Cloud.com’s Infrastructure as a Serviceplatform CloudStack will integrate with NetApp storage systems and willsimplify how customers can build, deploy and manage public and privatecloud environments for improved IT …(more)

Bangkok PostModern life is becoming more inseparable from cloud computing, the mostobvious example of this being the widespread acceptance of social networks.The needs of individuals and businesses for online applications andservices have catalysed growth. …(more)

Manila BulletinBy ALLAN D. FRANCISCO MANILA, Philippines — Despite the recent rash of
cyber-attacks against computer networks owned or operated by corporations,organizations, and government agencies, there is no stopping the march ofcloud computing. …(more)

Enterprise IrregularsThe commodity pricing piece applies to what many prefer to call IaaS, orInfrastructure as a Service, with Amazon Web Services being the most widelyused example so far. Let’s go ahead and keep them in our PaaS list for thisdiscussion and ignore the …(more)

TopTenWholesale News… and that’s how the Q&A platform works. Answerbase refined its Q&Asoftware over the years by serving some of the leading online brands.Therefore, the Answerbase SaaS (Software as a Service) solution bringsenterprise-level power to websites of any …(more)

Thank you for your interest in evaluating VMware vCloud Director. We arepleased to provide a 60 day download to support your evaluation, which willexpire …(more)

I setup vCenter Chargeback 1.6 (1.6.0.0-351155) and vCloud Director 1.01(1.0.1- 356485), both of them are latest version I downloaded from vmwarewebsite. …(more)

IT PRO IndiaWipro focuses on enabling the Independent Software Vendors (ISV) totransform their current product portfolio into SaaS (Software-as-a-service)business model and achieve faster time to market. To address this need fromits customers, …(more)

Fujitsu and Fujitsu Chugoku Systems Limited today announced they havecommenced sales of a new SaaS-based solution for dinner home deliveries inJapan to …(more)

Update — EMEA OpenStack Day filled up in less than three days(!), so wesecured a new venue in London and made available 100 more tickets. …(more)

Bootstrapping OpenStack to the requirements of a typical, corporate ITdepartment. It may be straightforward to start using OpenStack out of thebox; …(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Phil Wainewright | July 6, 2011, 1:34am PDT To insist on a private SaaS
instance dedicated just for your own use is exactly the same as going todeposit your money in a bank but insisting the bank never lends it out toanyone else. …(more)

Real Time News, IndiaUnder the remote-access or SaaS model, software is not installed locally,but is accessed by the user from a remove data center every time he or sheneeds it. The strong growth of online gaming too seems to point in thatdirection. …(more)

enterpriseRealWire (press release)The holistic BRM solution is now available as software-as-a-service (SaaS)and marks a milestone in the development of BRM-solutions. This innovativesolution allows CFOs and Treasurers to execute their overall bankactivities on the basis of …(more)

By Business Insider
Army’s $2.7 billion cloud computing system does not work. By BusinessInsider Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 — 11:18 am. Print. By Robert Johnson. TheU.S. Army’s $2.7 billion dollar cloud based computer supposed to be helpingtroops in …(more)

MarketWatchIt was written for those interested in learning about the VMware vCloud and… Cloud Computing with VMware vCloud Director, Volume 24, is the secondin a …(more)

TheStreet.comINX Inc. today announced the release of the new VMware book, CloudComputing with VMware vCloud Director. The new book was co-authored by INXVice President …(more)

anymoreComputerworldBut nowadays, with vendors offering lighter versions of their products andthe rise of software as a service (SaaS), BI has become accessible tocompanies that previously might not have been able to afford it. “Theindustry evolution toward …(more)

ZDNet AsiaNoting that HaaS works the same way as cloud computing, Lue explained:”When cloud service providers (CSP) start providing HaaS, users will beable to request or purchase HPC resources just as today’s cloud usersrequest for basic infrastructure from …(more)

Business StandardThese include cloud computing, software as a service (Saas), social mediaand Green IT initiatives. Various businesses are adopting technologies suchas cloud computing. About 70 per cent of IT resources captive inmaintenance and operations are …(more)

HfS …Marketwire (press release)McNeill’s cutting-edge research into Cloud Computing-enabled services is inhigh demand from HfS Research’s 55000-strong readership base — the largestorganically grown social network in the business and technology servicesindustry. …(more)

Computer Business ReviewCapgemini said this acquisition is expected to strengthen its applicationportfolio as well as its SaaS (Software as a Service) positioning and itsmarket share in IT services in Italy. This deal follows six otheracquisitions, which include Prosodie, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The SaaS-based Sales Enablement Platform equips the sales force and channelwith the customer, competitive, and product knowledge they need toeffectively do their job — anywhere, anytime, on any device. Theacquisition extends our position as leader …(more)

I Just found http://vcloud.com, and now have to tell you that it is thebest. You should check it out here, and perhaps you could have some …(more)

CNET (blog)by Dave Rosenberg The rapid rise of cloud computing and near-ubiquity ofsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) has breathed new life into the integrationspace, or so says Gaurav Dhillon, chairman and CEO of SnapLogic. SnapLogicis a cloud integration company …(more)

Trust …Marketwire (press release)”It helps solve an increasingly important step in helping organizationsrealize the ultimate promise of cloud computing, and is a perfect additionto our evolving business. The Cloud Trust Protocol complements thefoundation of the GRC stack and is …(more)

Data Center KnowledgeLet’s face it, cloud computing is a messy business. From well-publicizedoutages to damaging security breaches to cloud computing sticker shock, formany in enterprise IT, the list of challenges reads like a recipe fordisaster. …(more)

State-of-the-Art …PR Newswire (press release)”The demand for our co-location and hosted services is exploding ascompanies look to cloud computing to stretch every IT dollar as far aspossible,” said Stephen Webster, co-founder and CEO of StratITsphere. “CATechnologies depth of experience made …(more)

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PR Newswire (press release)Datapipe offers a single provider solution for managing and securingmission-critical IT services, including cloud computing, infrastructure asa service, platform as a service, colocation and data centers. Datapipedelivers those services from the …(more)

Best-of-breed …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)With this partnership, using software as a service (SaaS) Nastel customerscan be assured of high performance of their cloud applications and alert ITabout issues before users are impacted. The recent string of high-profilecloud outages demonstrated …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The company was also positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner Inc. inthe “2010 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and WebHosting. For more information, visit www.rackspace.co.uk . This pressrelease contains forward-looking …(more)

GigaOmThis becomes even more important as game developers shift from buildinglargely finished titles to games as a service that need to be constantlyupdated. By providing back-end services, Zipline is hoping to becomesomething like the Heroku for game …(more)

Data Center KnowledgeRecently, Gluster announced support for OpenStack. This interview with TomTrainer, Director of Product Marketing for Gluster, was conducted at theGigaOm …(more)

TMC NetEarlier in April, Bluelock deployed Xsigo virtual I/O in their VMwarevCloud services data center. Anshu Shrivastava is a contributing editor forTMCnet. …(more)

ETF DatabaseFirst Trust has rolled out the industry’s first ETF focused exclusively onthe cloud computing industry, debuting the ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund(SKYY) on Wednesday. The new ETF will seek to replicate a modifiedequal-dollar weighted index …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)The company was selected as one of Red Herring’s Top 100 North America, oneof “Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” by the NationalAssociation for Business Resources (NABR), and a finalist for the CloudComputing World Series for …(more)

Salesforce.com …MarketWatch (press release)The company provides Software-as-a-Service consulting and implementationsolutions that enable nonprofits to attain maximum value from theirtechnology investments. The Nonprofit Starter Pack from the Salesforce.comFoundation is Salesforce CRM with a …(more)

This program is not a product training, but a generic introductory trainingon the concepts of SaaS, Multi-tenancy and Engineering stack development….(more)

how do we control multitenancy in cloudfoundry?. Community Q&A. CloudFoundry Forums.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Clarizen’s work execution software, delivered through cloud computing(SaaS), allows employees to manage their workday activities, whileproviding managers and executives with instant insight into activity acrosstheir enterprise. …(more)

to …Marketwire (press release)4medica provides the industry’s leading cloud SaaS (Software-as-a-Service)clinical integration platform, the Integrated Health Record (IHR), to helphealthcare organizations create a seamless view of the patient careexperience and drive EHR adoption. …(more)

June in OpenStack: the diablo-2 milestone … Was also added during thistimeframe: support for floating IPs (in OpenStack API), a basic mechanismfor …(more)

By ETF Database
First Trust has rolled out the industry’s first ETF focused exclusively onthe cloud comput…(more)

Network WorldOne step down in abstraction is platform-as-a-service (PaaS), wherecustomers can create the applications to run on the platform, but all ofthe software and hardware is managed by the outside firm, and theapplications are tied to the application …(more)

TheStreet.comBy Roger Nusbaum 07/06/11 - 03:23 PM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The launch
of the First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund(SKYY) is the latestmicro-niche fund to hit the market. Some will scoff at the find, some willtrade it actively and some will …(more)

Download VMWare Education Services VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals[Video] - Free chm, pdf ebooks rapidshare download, ebook torrentsbittorrent …(more)

Server WatchSure, Citrix announced Project Olympus, a commercial offering of theOpenStack cloud platform, although there’s not much to show for all thetalk yet. …(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Heather Clancy | July 6, 2011, 2:25pm PDT Pretty much everyone agrees
that the cloud brings substantial energy-efficiency benefits, but ForresterResearch offers 7 suggestions for how to make your cloud computing agendaeven greener. …(more)

PCWorldDell in June opened a cloud computing center in Ireland and has centers inSingapore; Frankfurt, Germany; Washington, DC; Chicago and Austin, Texas.The company plans to open centers in Paris and Tokyo in a few months, andin Sydney, New York and Sao …(more)

ZettaGrid Pty Ltd announces the launch of ZettaGrid’s VMware vCloudConnector beta programme This launch will assist ZettaGrid in becoming thefirst vCloud …(more)

I have enabled the tenant_id field in the all the tables in my simpledatabase. I am creating a new app and in it I am using the liveform (newdojogrid) to …(more)

ReutersThe mobile operating system, to be developed by Alibaba’s cloud computingunit, will also provide mobile applications, the paper said quoting anunnamed source close to the matter. Chinese Internet firms have expandedtheir mobile presence by …(more)

The Epoch TimesAtomsphere is built using pure SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) technology,meaning the software and all of its underlying data is hosted and deliveredvia the Web. As a result, Dell-Boomi says the Atomsphere platform canintegrate SaaS, …(more)

Patch.comIn 1915, a group of ladies took on the grove of trees as a service project.They cleaned up the area and installed swings, benches, tables, plantedflower beds and enclosed the grove with a fence. They bestowed a moreformal name on the grove calling …(more)

Chicago Sun-TimesThe companies include web designers, software developers, Internetconnectivity providers, telecom network service providers andsoftware-as-a-service developers. The rest of the Hayes-owned Ravenswoodspace comprises architects, attorneys, real-estate …(more)

InformationWeek IndiaThe foundation for launching these services is a private cloud, built usingNetApp’s multi- tenant storage solutions and VMware’s vCloud Director. …(more)

It’s a Double Whammy for dear Leela as she readies herself for the weddingsof her first two sons..(more)

Again, following the documentationon OpenStack Dashboard with MysqlDatabase. I ran into issues when I directly copy and paste the: DATABASES { …(more)

By smaddox
If you prefer, you can use Atlassian’s software-as-a-service offering ofJIRA, which means that you get a JIRA site hosted on Atlassian’s servers.People use JIRA for various types of project, including softwaredevelopment, disaster management and help … The chapter, JIRA as aPlatform, goes on to show you how to configure JIRA for an example project.The new project, requested by an accounting department, is very differentfrom the existing projects on the JIRA site . …(more)

BusinessCloud9To date within Europe, these off premise vCloud data centres are in …There are four service tiers within CSC’s vCloud Datacentre Service rangingfrom …(more)

SourceWire (press release)The UK Cloud Alliance, a collective of UK-based technology firms andservice providers aims to guarantee the full transformational benefits ofcloud computing. The Alliance will empower and enable UK businesses lookingfor new ways to answer their …(more)

HostReview.com (press release) (blog)By now most of us have heard the catch phrase “the Cloud” whether it is the
actual concept of cloud computing or the branded iteration from retailerssuch as Microsoft’s “The Cloud.” Everyone is eager to know what exactly iscloud computing and how it …(more)

Computing …Chrome OS SiteGoogle has to figure out how will they protect our security; because, aswonderful as cloud computing may sound, it still implies that we shouldsave all of our data on the server. Maybe a dual OS device could solve theissue? …(more)

Marketwire (press release)… today announced it was named “Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Product ofthe Year” at the 2011 TechWorld Awards in London last week. GXS TradingGrid, the company’s cloud-based B2B integration platform, was recognisedfor its technical excellence, …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)Compliance as a service provider requires that any organization thatprocesses, stores or transmits cardholder information must revalidate theircompliance on an annual basis. “OrderMotion integrates with a variety ofshopping carts and payment …(more)

RegisterVMware offers vCloud Director to work specifically with its vSphereplatform. This enables virtual data centre resources to be delivered asprivate cloud …(more)

ComputerworldUKBy ComputerworldUK.com reporter | Computerworld UK | Published 10:34, 05
July 11 A group of 15 service providers has launched the UK Cloud Alliance,which promises businesses the chance of buying cloud computing servicesdelivered by local partners on …(more)

Moneycontrol.com… 2011 at 15:14 | Source : PTI ITC Infotech, a global IT services companyand a fully owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd, today announced expansion of itsglobal strategic alliance with Intalio Inc, a leading provider of privatecloud computing solutions. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)BOSTON, Mass., Jul 05, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Vordel, a provider ofgateways for SOA and the Cloud Computing, today announced the appointmentof Dick Agin, who joins the company as Regional Sales Director for USCentral and will be based in Texas. …(more)

Nearly a quarter of the firms surveyed that subscribe to software through aSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) model subscribe to Web-to-Print software.(more)

istockAnalyst.com (press release)DataCare Web-based products are delivered as a software-as-a-service (SaaS)solution. Since its launch in 2003, the DataCare system has processedworkers’ compensation claims for several thousand users. DataCare’scustomers rely on their …(more)

Discover best practices and tools for creating cloud computingmulti-tenancy architectures as well as initial planing for scalable andhighly available …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)ServiceNow SaaS for IT was central to this program. The primary goal was toimprove customer service, enhance service delivery and lower costs so morefunds could be invested in the Trust’s primary medical research activities….(more)

Hi, I have a scenario where a customer is already running SM 7 asproduction without multi tenancy implemented. Moving forward they wouldwant to implement …(more)

via …MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jul 05, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Birst, a leadingprovider of software-as-a-service solutions for business intelligence (SaaSBI) and SaaS analytics, today announced that it is providing reporting andanalysis for Internap to …(more)

TMC NetBy Mandira Srivastava To cater to the needs of an easy accessible, scalable
solution for all email marketing, privately-held consumer Web companyLucini & Lucini Communications Group, based in Milan, Italy, has planned toopen its China headquarters as …(more)

DirectionsMag.com (press release)-eSpatial, leading provider of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) andpioneer in GIS delivered via Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), has continuedits planned growth with the creation of 12 new jobs to date in 2011. Thecompany anticipates creating an …(more)

Wall Street & TechnologyBy John Gubala, Capco and Milo B. Sprague, Silicon Valley Bank While use of
cloud computing continues to grow at a healthy pace, determining exactlywhat “the cloud” is remains a topic of discussion. The US NationalInstitute of Standards and …(more)

Channel InsiderIT infrastructure and services specialist Enteracloud launched an array ofcloud computing services tied to the Microsoft cloud platform, along withdisaster recovery and colocation solutions. Enteracloud offers customizedcloud solutions for companies …(more)

On Wall StreetBy Lee Barney, Money Management Executive First Trust Advisors is planning
to launch the First Trust ISE Cloud Computing exchange-traded fund onNasdaq on Wednesday, which it says is the first ETF focused on cloudcomputing. …(more)

TMC NetBy Sujata Garud 8×8 (News - Alert), Inc. has partnered with VCE to deliver
cloud computing services to businesses utilizing the Vblock InfrastructurePlatform. 8×8, Inc. is a provider of innovative business communications andcloud computing solutions, …(more)

NetworkComputing.comFonality, a provider of a platform for delivering enterprise unifiedcommunications, has introduced a product update that combines theconvenience of cloud computing with the control of on-premise UC. Thecompany’s Fonality PBXtra 5.2 combines phone, …(more)

SDTimes.comBy Alex Handy If all you need to run your application is a Ruby runtime and
some Node.js support, Heroku is head-and-shoulders above all otherplatform-as-a-service providers. Though it is now owned by Salesforce.com,much to the chagrin of VMware, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Kingsoft has also rejuvenated itself by successfully transiting from “theKing of package software” legacy to become an Internet application basedmodel of Software as a Service (SAAS). Kingsoft’s main business encompasseson-line games, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Park City Group /quotes/zigman/709762/quotes/nls/pcyg PCYG +0.84% is aSoftware-as-a-Service (”SaaS”) provider that brings unique visibility tothe consumer goods supply chain. With over $100 million invested indevelopment and 16 years of …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)The full suite of ImmersiV services are delivered from Logicalis’ UK-basedcloud platform, and include: ImmersiV - suite of endpoints, out-of-bandnetwork and external bridging provided as a service offers immediatebusiness video value with minimal IT …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)With over 25 years of experience and expertise in voice, video, data andcontent services, CSG International offers a broad portfolio of licensedand Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based products and solutions that helpclients compete more effectively, …(more)

to …TMC NetBy Jayashree Adkoli Basware Corporation, a provider of procurement and
financial process automation, is delivering its Invoice Automation ande-invoicing solutions as Software as a Service (SaaS (News - Alert)) toTokmanni Oy, a European store chain. …(more)

TMC NetThe latest release of the company’s SaaS (News - Alert) platform,BigMachines 11.1 enables sales teams, channel partners and resellers toconfigure products, generate quotes and proposals, manage complex pricing,generate legal contracts, …(more)

TalkinCloud From giants like CA Technologies to upstarts like Quosal, numerouscompanies are launching their SaaS applications in the Windows Azure Cloud.Near term, I believe Windows Azure faces an up-hill battle. In some cases,Microsoft is paying ISVs …(more)

ZDNet UK… Cisco, EMC and VMware’s Flexible 4 Business alliance, to theRackspace-backed OpenStack initiative, which provides open-sourceinfrastructure management …(more)

Global …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Cambridge Technology Enterprises (NSE: CTE) a leader in enterprisemodernization, Cloud enablement and Management Services and InformationTechnology training initiatives, today announced the launch of its newCloud Computing training program - The …(more)

Edge …The Wall Street TranscriptJuly 5, 2011 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published Health Care ITReport offering a timely review of the Healthcare Information Servicessector. This Special Report contains expert industry commentary throughin-depth interviews with public …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SAN ANTONIO, Jul 05, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Rackspace(R) Hosting, Inc./quotes/zigman/259867/quotes/nls/rax RAX +1.55% , the world’s leadingspecialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, will announce itssecond quarter 2011 financial …(more)

Mendix the leading application platformasaservicePaaS provider today …Model Driven Development SCRUM Software Development Tools ProjectManagement …(more)

TMC NetBy Ed Silverstein, TMCnet Contributor There is growing enthusiasm for cloud
computing and Dell continues to play an important role as it evolves.During a recent interview with TMC CEO Rich Tehrani (News - Alert), BartonGeorge, Dell’s cloud computing …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN Go Daddy, the massive Web hosting and domain
player, brought in a massive investment from a trio of private equity firmsto further its cloud computing agenda. The investment comes from KKR,Silver Lake and Technology Crossover …(more)

ComputerworldBy Kevin Fogarty CIO - Surveys of senior IT managers consistently show that
cloud computing and software as a service (SaaS) are being tested or usedfor non-critical applications at fewer than half of US corporations. Thosesurveys are grossly …(more)

Windows IT Pro (blog)However, you should examine your service catalog strategically and decideon a per-service basis whether a service should be simply ported to a VM inan IaaS cloud or rewritten on a platform as a service (PaaS) cloud. Static,legacy apps may be best …(more)

TMC NetBy Mini Swamy AppRiver, a Software-as-a-Service provider offering
award-winning hosted exchange e-mail and Web security solutions tobusinesses of all sizes, has entered into a strategic relationship withMicrosoft (News - Alert) corp. …(more)

Marketwire (press release)”Modern software and SaaS solutions cannot be islands of information, andin fact integration with external systems and business partners is a corerequirement for today’s SaaS providers and ISVs,” said Chris Purpura, VP ofBusiness Development at …(more)

EnterpriseNetworkingPlanetBy Brian Proffitt | Jul 5, 2011 As cloud computing grows ever more popular,
many vendors are taking an own-the-stack approach to delivering cloudservices to customers. It’s a race to see which vendors, if any, willdominate the sector first. …(more)

AME InfoCloud computing, the most popular phrase in IT right now, has causedexcitement and confusion in equal measures in the business world. Some seeit as a concept of great potential, unlocking resources and saving moneyfor larger and smaller companies …(more)

Reseller NewsWhile few businesses said they have company-wide implementations of cloudcomputing to date (16 percent), many enterprises believe the cloud will betheir most significant IT operating method by 2014 (60 percent).Communications provider Colt …(more)

VMware is hiring! View and apply for the Software engineering Manager -VCloud Job at VMware in Greater Boston Area.(more)

with …BenzingaSan Diego-based Enteracloud has launched a new array of cloud computingservices tied to the powerful Microsoft cloud platform, along with disasterrecovery and colocation solutions. Enteracloud offers customized cloudsolutions for companies that are …(more)

MemeburnA far more interesting discussion than the current merits and failures ofthe cloud computing model is a look to the future. As with any new-fangledoffering, especially one that has the blogosphere abuzz at every twist andturn and development, …(more)

Corporate IT… in “distributed autonomic computing, platform security and trust,” andhe is an active participant in the Xen.org and OpenStack open sourceprojects. …(more)

Marketwire (press release)LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwire - July 4, 2011) - Hydra, a provider ofSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) marketing technology, today announces thelaunch of the One platform. Most companies active in Natural Search, PaidSearch and Social Media could …(more)

IT-Director.comWe’re now going to look at how software as a service (SaaS) is impactingthe application lifecycle through the experience of Cardinal Health. I’mhere with Don Jackson, a Senior Engineer in the Testing Center ofExcellence within the Performance …(more)

CIOLLONDON: Hydra, a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) marketingtechnology, on Monday announced the launch of One platform that enablesdigital marketers to strategically and proactively monitor, report andparticipate in the conversation that …(more)

InternetRetailing.netHydra, a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) marketing technology, haslaunched the One platform which aims to leverage the combined data derivedfrom Natural Search, Paid Search and Social Media. The platform aims to cutout the cost and …(more)

Somehow I missed this post in March MultiTenancy is something whichregularly comes up in our conversations with ISVs as they consider the moveto SaaSand …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)NEW YORK, NY, Jul 04, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Companies areincreasingly looking to cloud computing environments in order to acceleratevalue in business financials and reduce costs. Cloud computing is highlyappealing to today’s organizations, …(more)

Siliconrepublic.comAfter last week’s establishment of a high-level steering group to drivecloud computing in the Irish Government, every opportunity should bepursued to get the wheels in motion. In fact, over the weekend, EnterpriseMinister Richard Bruton offered up …(more)

The Taiwan Economic NewsTaipei, July 4, 2011 (CENS)–Far EasTone Telecom Co., Ltd. and QuantaComputer Inc. recently announced their collaboration on offering cloudcomputing service to enterprises. The two companies said the cooperationwill help enterprises save spending on …(more)

InformationWeek IndiaWhen the first waves of cloud computing started hitting Indian shores,Indian CIOs were naturally wary. There were few reference cases, and mostenterprises had concerns on data security, accountability, identification,authentication, compliance and …(more)

Techworld.comBy Nancy Gohring | Published: 09:10, 04 July 11 Systems integrator
Dimension Data plans to enhance its cloud computing offerings by acquiringOpSource, a provider of hosted cloud services. Dimension Data, an NTT Groupsubsidiary based in South Africa, …(more)

Kale …Economic TimesWe are also moving from just selling software to selling software on asoftware service business, Software as a Service type model as well asoutsource the model. This SaaS model as well as the outsource model are alltransaction based, …(more)

GigaOmEssentially, the Software-as-a-Service offering separates transactions intosensitive and non-sensitive data, keeping sensitive data in-house whileprocessing non-sensitive data in the cloud. When all the data has beenprocessed, …(more)

eChannelLineOS33, an IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, has announced that itis partnering with Cloupia, a cloud automation and management softwareprovider, to power its groundbreaking Virtual Datacenter Controller,offering powerful self-service and …(more)

AuctionbytesThe company 3Dcart makes Version 4 of its software available July 4. Thenew features are included with all of the company’s hosting packages, whichbegin at $19.95 per month. Since 3DCart provides software as a service,existing customers don’t need …(more)

By Eric Nelson UK
Multi-Tenancy is something which regularly comes up in our conversationswith ISVs as they consider the move to SaaS (and ultimately for some, aSaaS solution running on the Windows Azure PaaS). I welcome any technologywhich can be …(more)

Planet InsaneA recent survey conducted by RBC Capital Markets indicated that the latestcloud computing service of Apple, the iCloud, is expected to have as muchas 150 million users. The report showed that about 76 percent ofrespondents who owned iPhones …(more)

CRN - UKBy Doug Woodburn A band of 15 UK cloud providers has clubbed together to
create a “sourcing pool” for mid-market firms adopting cloud computing.Launching this week, the UK Cloud Alliance is positioning itself as acost-effective and transparent …(more)

Office 365 will allow employees to edit and store Word documents, Excelspreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations online and communicate with oneanother …(more)

Deploying Enhanced Secure Multi-Tenancy into. Virtualized Data Centers.Last Updated: July 1, 2011. Building Architectures to Solve BusinessProblems …(more)

As a follow-up to the previous EclipseLink’s mutitenancy blog post and therecent Eclipse Indigo release train and the recent GlassFish Podcastinterview on …(more)

Redzone Robotics - Water Infrastructure and Sewer Inspection Robots andSoftware .(more)

Genetic Engineering NewsPharma and biotech companies have so far tended to use cloud computingservices for drug development research, not clinical trials. IBM and othersmaller tech companies would like to change all that, though. Additionally,applying cloud computing for …(more)

Read ‘New Company Launched to Provide SaaS Marketing Solutions toAutomotive Industry’ on Yahoo! News. uNotifi, a national provider ofcustomer-centric …(more)

VentureBeatPrior to PopCap, Ryan was an executive at Click Commerce, where he ran abusiness unit for a software-as-a-service CRM solution. He was CEO atAllegis Corp. for five years as it pioneered on-demand SaaS for theenterprise. …(more)

3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo Call For Papers andSponsorship Opportunities Now Open! June 23-24, 2008 New York City.(more)

Motley FoolConsumers buy a car without the expensive batteries and then contract withBetter Place for battery replacement as a service, which is done in just afew minutes at a network of service stations. This model overcomes thephysical limitations of …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)We’re now going to look at how software as a service (SaaS) is impactingthe application lifecycle through the experience of Cardinal Health. I’mhere with Don Jackson, a Senior Engineer in the Testing Center ofExcellence within the Performance …(more)

Enhanced Secure MultiTenancy Overview. FlexPod Overview. SecurityFramework. Deployment Procedures. Deploying the Cisco Nexus 7000. Layer 2Deployment …(more)

GigaOm2, 2011, 6:00am PT No Comments The folks behind Gomez, a company thatoffered web site performance data and sold to Compuware in 2009, havereturned with another Software-as-a-Service product based on performance,but this time, they’re trying to …(more)

VMWare Education Services VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals English |Video TSCCAVI | 4hours | 1257×588 | Audio mp3 44100 Hz 320 Kbps | 733 MB…(more)

VMware-vCloud-1.2 — 23 Jun 2011, VMware-vCloud-1.1 — 16 Jun 2011. Links,[ Discussion Forum ] [ View/Report Bugs ] [ Dependencies ] [ Other Tools ]…(more)

When the PowerOff operation is triggered manually from vCloud GUI it isworking fine. And when this operation is triggered using vCloud SDK, theoperation …(more)

Software as a service (SaaS) is a revolutionary trend which looks likely togrow and evolve in the future. There are certain fundamental differencesbetween …(more)

Motley FoolBy Tim Beyers | More Articles Still think cloud computing is nonsense? The
undisputed King of Desktop Computing, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) , yesterdayunveiled Office 365, the online version of its namesake productivity suite,at an event in New York. …(more)

By onlinetech
I recently gave a talk on the key trends in cloud computing and to set thestage, I was asked to describe the spectrum of cloud computing options fromprivate cloud computing to public cloud hosting.(more)

InformationWeekDimension Data, a unit of Japan’s NTT, picks up operational expertise and asoftware stack by acquiring infrastructure as a service and managed hostingservices provider OpSource. By Charles Babcock InformationWeek DimensionData, a subsidiary of …(more)

SearchCloudComputing.comIt’s hoping that this powerful trifecta of IT brands — VCE is backed byVMware, Cisco and EMC — will be enough to lure enterprises to 8X8’s cloudcomputing service. VCE is to enterprise IT what Coca-Cola is to the softdrink market, so if 8×8 wanted …(more)

Irish TimesTHE MINISTER for Enterprise has announced plans to establish animplementation group to examine how the public sector can best adopt thelatest cloud-computing technologies. Scheduled to hold its first meetinglater this month, it will include …(more)

By Carolyn Hill
What is cloud computing, and does it have a place alongside tech you mightalready own?(more)

Quanta Computer has announced that it will launch cloud computing servicesin the Taiwan market in cooperation with Far EasTone Telecommunications(FET). This business model will allow PC OEMs/ODMs to directly venture intothe clouding …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Enterprise software developer Questetra Inc., will publish the new version8.0 of the cloud-enabled business process management “Questetra BPM suiteSaaS Edition” simultaneously worldwide on August 8. The new version willallow facilitating the …(more)

By Matthew Weinberger
Former Microsoft Director of Virtualization & Cloud Strategy Dave Greschlerhas left the company to co-found PaperShare, a SaaS knowledge-sharingstartup.(more)

By Carlton Vogt
We’re now going to look at how software as a service (SaaS) is impactingthe application lifecycle through the experience of Cardinal Health. I’mhere with Don Jackson, a Senior Engineer in the Testing Center ofExcellence within the …(more)

IndexUniverse.com (blog)By Carolyn Hill | June 30, 2011 What is cloud computing, and does it have a
place alongside tech you might already own? The question matters toinvestors, because as Olly wrote this week, First Trust’s new cloudcomputing ETF (NasdaqGM: SKYY), …(more)

SAAS DirectoryEvery month, we take those votes and combine them with the total number oftimes our providers profile pages have been viewed to create a list of themost favoured SaaS companies.This way we have a different list every monthand you get to see which …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)… a European provider of talent management solutions, for approximately$38 million (26 million Euros). The acquisition doubles Taleo’s customerbase in Europe, making it one of the largest SaaS-based talent managementvendors in the region.(more)

Network WorldCrosby’s resume includes time at Intel leading research in “distributedautonomic computing, platform security and trust,” and he is an activeparticipant in the Xen.org and OpenStack open source projects. Moving froman established company with a …(more)

Providing …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Additionally, computing power and other services can be accessed on demandand in a manner that is much more efficient and greener than owning racksof computers and stacks of software that almost never run at peakefficiency “As a service provider, …(more)

Sacramento BeeThe acquisition doubles Taleo’s customer base in Europe, making it one ofthe largest SaaS-based talent management vendors in the region. Taleo’s(NASDAQ: TLEO) cloud-based talent management platform unites products andan ecosystem to drive business …(more)

I’ve seen some older threads asking about this, and at the time there wasno real support for multi-tenancy. However, I’ve seen one or two providerswho …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Yahoo, which needs to turn a buck as well as focus on its own issues, isspinning out its Hadoop unit into an independent new company co-funded byBenchmark Capital called Hortonworks after the Dr. Seuss character Hortonthe Elephant. …(more)

Wall Street & TechnologyWhile the business case for cloud computing is compelling, availability isa concern, and Wall Street firms are likely to keep to private clouds fortransactional infrastructure. By Larry Tabb Amazon crashes and clouds burn.On April 21, Amazon.com had …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Now, our focus is to accelerate our hiring efforts over the next few monthsto hire 30 more Exchange sales personnel experienced in selling insuranceand SaaS based software services.” Mr Joseph said, “Our plan is to hire ahealthy blend of senior and …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)”For the past two years EyakTek has been at the forefront of providingcloud computing to the federal government and we are proud to be leadingthe initiative to transform government IT,” said Quang Le, EyakTek’sPresident and CFO. …(more)

eWeekPHP Fog is a platform-as-a-service offering that, as its name suggests,targets PHP-based applications. The PHP Fog service, alongside a handful ofother new services, fills what has been a gap in the PaaS market, as thebest-known PaaS offerings …(more)

VentureBeatThe company is announcing today that it will offer a Game Mechanicssoftware as a service so that company’s can make their sites more socialand game-like at the same time as they seek to engage users who areotherwise bored with static web sites. …(more)

SearchDataCenter.comIBM hopes that companies will look to outsourced data center hosts toachieve green goals, where companies can switch over to Software as aService, Platform as a Service, Platform as a Service and other cloudtechnologies to reduce their power usage …(more)

Mass High Techbased software-as-a-service company focuses on energy assessments ofcommercial real estate properties for building owners, tenants, lenders,operators and investors. Its platform, Sustainable Real Estate Manager,integrates a database of more than …(more)

Microsoft cloud computing gives better choice and flexibility to educationIT departments. The platform and applications can match your organization’s…(more)

for …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Gigya, Inc., software as a service (SaaS) technology that makes websitessocial, today announced the availability of Game Mechanics as a fullyintegrated feature set of the company’s offerings.The Game Mechanicsproduct allows Gigya customers to easily …(more)

NetworkComputing.com… including joining the NetApp Alliance Partner Program and integratingits CloudStack IaaS (infrastructure as a service) platform with NetAppstorage systems. By directly integrating with the NetApp OnCommandmanagement software, Cloud.com can help …(more)

TMC NetOffering 4Q Free, 4Q Basic, 4Q Plus and 4Q Premium, the 4Q suite, heexplained, is a simple-to-deploy Software-as-a-Service (SaaS (News -Alert)) family of products. Shamila Janakiraman, a contributing editor forTMCnet, told us that Houston …(more)

The paradox at the heart of ‘public’ cloud provision is that any providerhas to own and manage their own private cloud to deliver a secur.(more)

InformationWeekBy Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek After a delay due to a complicated
vendor-authorization process, the General Services Administration (GSA) isfinally offering cloud computing services via its Apps.gov website. Federalagencies now can order …(more)

eWeekBy Jason Brooks on 2011-07-01 PHP Fog is one of crop of new services that
expand Platform as a Service beyond Java, Ruby and Python to accomodate thepopular PHP language. The service, which became publicly available in May,layers caching, …(more)