- Heroku branches out to include Java apps
ComputerworldBy Nancy Gohring IDG News Service – Heroku, the platform-as-a-service
provider bought last year by Salesforce.com, announced Thursday that itwill begin supporting applications written in Java. Heroku started outrunning applications written in Ruby. …(more)
- Can PostgreSQL pickup where MySQL left off?
CNET (blog)We’ve seen other database-as-a-service offerings come on the scene from thelikes of Salesforce.com’s Database.com, Amazon RDS, as well as from startupXeround. But they’re not based on PostgreSQL, which has had years ofhardening and development by a …(more)
- Telstra cloud certified by Red Hat
iTWireThe certification would expand the number of business applicationscompatible with Telstra’s cloud computing services. Executive directorPhilip Jones described the certification as the latest investment in itscloud offering. …(more)
- Cloud computing ‘the new way’ for lawyers
Voxy”I’ve worked with computer technology in my previous law practice and, oncemy head was around cloud computing, I was keen to move away from theexpensive and limited software of the past. ActionStep, with the AS Legalworkflows built in, …(more)
- Cloud Foundry is the LAMP Stack of Cloud Computing
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)Appfog CEO Lucas Carlson blogged here about how standing on the shouldersof cloud computing giants will allow Appfog to win in the cloud byproviding the most compelling user experience. Expect to see the pace ofinnovation accelerate dramatically …(more)
- Hosting.com Attains VMware vCloud Powered Validation
Hosting.com, a leading provider of enterprise-class cloud-based applicationavailability and recovery solutions, today announced that its CloudEnterprise …(more)
- vCloud Director 1.5 New Features Overview
Part of the big announcements prior to VMworld this year was theannouncement of vCloud Director 1.5. If you haven’t heard of vClouddirector it was …(more)
- Meridian Systems Announces Prolog Sky, a New Deployment Service …
Access robust construction project management functionality in aSoftware-as-a-Service or Managed-Host environment. Meridian Systems, thePlan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-basedorganizations, announced today … project management software used by theconstruction industry1. Meridian also pioneered infrastructure lifecyclemanagement solutions for capital building owners, by combiningplan-build-operate features on an open technology platform. …(more)
- Meridian Systems Announces Prolog Sky, a New Deployment Service …
Access robust construction project management functionality in aSoftware-as-a-Service or Managed-Host environment FOLSOM, Calif. –(BUSINESS WIRE) — August 25, 2011 — Meridian Systems, thePlan-Build-Operate technology solutions … project management softwareused by the construction industry1. Meridian also pioneered infrastructurelifecycle management solutions for capital building owners, by combiningplan-build-operate features on an open technology platform. …(more)
- Acer Opens First Cloud Computing Research, Operation Center
Wall Street JournalTW) on Friday opened its first cloud-computing research and operationcenter in Taipei, as the beleaguered personal computer maker diversifiesaway from hardware production. Acer said it will first target corporatecustomers and hopes to bundle …(more)
- Analysis: What’s going on at Salesforce.com?
Cloud ProOver 90 per cent of the firm’s revenue comes from CRM delivered via itsSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, showing just how core it is, evendespite Benioff’s willingness to take his firm into other areas. ItsSalesCloud and ServiceCloud offerings are …(more)
- How Cloud Computing is Revolutionizing Education – The Network …
The technology provides an innovative alternative to bricks-and-mortarschooling , enabling personal learning, interactive learning andmany-to-many learning …(more)
- Rackspace Offers Handson Training for OpenStack | Business Wire
Rackspace Cloud Builders will provide hands-on training courses forOpenStack developers and administrators covering the fundamentals ofsetting up, a.(more)
- Blue Casa Telephone Selects Contact Telecom’s Cloud-Based SaaS Solution
TMC Net… value-add and custom reports, and the flexibility to accommodate anyspecific data file format, Contact Telecom’s flagship service, the BillingData Analyzer (BDA) is a highly scalable and modular web-based SaaS (News -Alert) solution. …(more)
- Salesforce To Acquire Crypto Provider
InformationWeekSaaS provider’s purchase of Navajo Systems could help allay some cloudsecurity skeptics’ concerns, experts say. By Kelly Jackson Higgins, DarkReading Salesforce.com has quietly snapped up an Israeli cloud securityencryption firm and is expected to …(more)
- Action Products International Issues Letter of Intent to VizzEco Inc.
MarketWatch (press release)The VizzEco business model is designed to capitalize on the trend towardsuse of cloud computing services (SaaS) in replacement of PC-based softwareby assisting small and medium-sized businesses to take advantage of thebenefits offered by SAAS. …(more)
- Cloud Computing and Canadian Federally Regulated Financial …
By Wesley Ng
Cloud computing has grown significantly in the last few years. A GartnerExecutive Program survey of more than 2000 Chief Information Officers(CIOs), representing 50 countries and 38 industries, found that cloudcomputing is the number …(more)
- IBM Unveils New Hybrid Cloud Solution for the Enterprise
NetworkComputing.comThe joint “Future of Cloud Computing Survey, 2011″ performed by thoseanalysts, reports that 39 percent of cloud users say that the hybrid cloudis currently part of their strategy, with this number expected to grow to61 percent in the near future. …(more)
- Two Cloud-Based Test Tools This Week
ReadWriteWebBy David Strom / August 26, 2011 7:05 AM / 0 Comments This post is part of
our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualizationand cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read thewhite paper about how Intel …(more)
- Appirio to Accelerate Global Expansion Through New Strategic Investment
MarketWatch (press release)The expansion is being funded by a strategic investment from two existinginvestors — GGV Capital, an expansion stage venture capital firm focusedon the US and Asia, and Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computingcompany. …(more)
- SaaS Companies: Run By The People Who Get the Web | Bime – Cloud …
By kirsty
The author covers many of the common benefits of a SaaS solution, includingmulti-tenant architecture and the ability to be able to scale easily, thepositive changes in which software is now evaluated and purchased (e.g.transparent …(more)
- Cloud and SaaS Specific Buying Tips – Enterprise Insights – IT …
By DYLAN PERSAUD
Tips for purchasing cloud and SaaS solutions…(more)
- Tech Data’s TDCloud Offering Includes IBM Cloud
TMC NetSecure and reliable Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service(PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions are provided byIBM which help resellers excel in cloud computing. Apart from enablingagile collaboration, the deployment …(more)
- IBM Expands Hybrid Cloud Management Offerings
CRNThe growing use of Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service andInfrastructure-as-a-Service cloud computing systems is increasing the needfor tools to manage them in tandem with on-premise systems. Managingpolicies regarding user access to …(more)
- Computation Institute Announces Role in NSF’s XSEDE Project
PR Newswire (press release)… senior management, architecture and design, project management,software development and integration, data, software support, systemadministration for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as aService (SaaS), and advanced user support. …(more)
- InsideSales.com Certified Administrator for Salesforce a ‘Hot’ Cert for 2011
MarketWatch (press release)About InsideSales.com InsideSales.com was recently voted the AA-ISP ServiceProvider of 2011 by the AA-ISP national membership for theSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Productivity Tools categories.InsideSales.com has been the leading provider of …(more)
- PaperThin Announces Free SaaS, Cloud-Based CMS Giveaway Contest
TMC NetBy Carolyn J Dawson PaperThin Inc and Fig Leaf Software are holding a free
CMS/Web design giveaway contest for two free years of PaperThin’s SaaS(News – Alert), cloud-based Web content management solution CommonSpotCloud. …(more)
- SaaSOptics Announces Enhanced Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) Reporting
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)”There are a handful of key subscription metrics that are growing inpopularity with subscription and SaaS businesses,” said David Ryan, CEO,SaaSOptics. “In particular, companies are looking for normalized growthmeasurements as key metrics to report …(more)
- Blue Casa Selects Contact Telecom’s Billing Data Analyzer Service
TMC NetBy Rahul Arora Contact Telecom also announced that Blue Casa Telephone will
also According to a recent announcement made by leading cloud-based SaaS(News – Alert) solution provider Contact Telecom LLC, bilingual residentialand business phone service …(more)
- ePath Learning Named to INC. 5000 for Third Year
PR Newswire (press release)The SaaS delivery model keeps costs low, makes integration with othersystems simple, allowing customers a best-of-breed solution to meet theirtraining needs. “Making the Inc. Magazine list for a third year is anexciting achievement for all of us at …(more)
- Virtacore Adds Comprehensive Monitoring Feature to the vCloud Express
TMC NetBy Nathesh Virtacore Systems, a provider of hybrid cloud services, and
Goliath Technologies, a company that deals on systems management softwarefor IT organizations, announced a partnership through which they intend tooffer vCloud Express with …(more)
- Going Hybrid: NTT America Expands Portfolio
TheHostingNews.com (press release)The move helps the company further its relationship with VMWare as it wasinitiated after the company gained vCloud status from virtualizationprovider VMWare. The company also announced a new cloud portal, seekingsimplify the platform. …(more)
- Cloud Computing Management Buying Guide – Datamation
Tips on selecting a cloud computing management system to maximize ROI andavoid the common problem of a poorly supervised cloud solution.(more)
- The Challenges of Competing with Cloud Computing Providers
Network WorldBy Bernard Golden, CIO In discussions about cloud computing and in comments
readers leave on my blog posts, I commonly get statements along the linesof “Yeah, this cloud computing stuff sounds great, but at the end of theday, you have to have an IT …(more)
- Acteva Announces Bronze Sponsorship for Dreamforce 2011
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Dreamforce ’11 is the cloud computing industry event of the year. The eventwill be held August 31 – September 2, 2011 at the Moscone Center in SanFrancisco. Acteva.com will be conducting live demonstrations of the ActevaCloud in booth #124 showing …(more)
- Salesforce.com Acquires SaaS Encryption Provider Navajo Systems
eWeekThe Virtual Private SaaS (VPS) technology is available as either a cloudservice or an appliance that sits on the Salesforce customer’s local orwide area network. All data going from the enterprise to the cloudapplication is transparently encrypted …(more)
- Cloud Computing gaining ground in Kerala
Times of IndiaTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala is emerging as a leader in cloud computing withbreakthrough in technology for better governance and knowledge sharing. TBalakrishnan, additional chief secretary to the government on IT andIndustries told, …(more)
- Google Docs for Android Lets Users Add Photos to Documents
eWeekThe idea is that not only can users create, edit and access documents fromtheir mobile phone, but they can augment the documents with photos, thensave them in Google’s cloud computing system for later access on desktopcomputers and laptops. …(more)