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Daily Cloud Feed – Oct 31, 2011

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

  • Major Australian Superannuation Fund selects StatPro Seven
  • MarketWatch (press release)”This deal stemmed from QSuper’s strategy of providing in depth analyticaldata to its clients, backed up by a scalable SaaS platform capable ofmanaging the process of growth. This agreement strengthens StatPro’salready excellent reputation in the …(more)

  • Ernst & Young: Rush to Adopt New Technologies and Media by Global
  • Companies …MarketWatch (press release)In the rush to “digitize” their businesses with new technologies and moveinto the increasingly borderless world of cloud computing and social media,global organizations are developing a growing gap between business needsand the ability to tackle new …(more)

  • Get cloud computing security right from the start
  • Experian QAS AustraliaA few simple steps mean that companies can get cloud computing securityright from the start, according to one expert. Security and privacyconcerns are the main issues putting many companies off embracing thecloud, meaning that they miss out on all …(more)

  • Hamari Saas Leela – 28th October 2011 Part 3 = Last – uZood Video
  • Hamari Saas Leela – 28th October 2011 Part 3 = Last on uZood Video. HamariSaas Leela Episode 105 – 28th October 2011.(more)

  • Platform-as-a-Service Startup Mendix Pockets $12.8M Series A
  • XconomyMendix, a Boston-based developer of software platforms enabling businesscustomers to develop, deploy, and manage applications, has announced itsSeries A round of funding. The $12.8 million financing was led by growthequity firm Prime Ventures, …(more)

  • Who Coined “Cloud Computing”?
  • Technology ReviewNow that every technology company in America seems to be selling cloudcomputing, Technology Review decided to find out where it all began. ByAntonio Regalado Cloud computing is one of the hottest buzzwords intechnology. It appears 52 million times …(more)

  • Labor Temps Uses NOVAtime 4000 Software as a Service (SaaS) Hosted
  • Timekeeping …PR Web (press release)NOVAtime Technology, Inc., a forward-thinking Workforce Management solutiondevelopment company, announced today that Longley Systems, Inc. implementsthe NOVAtime 4000 Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted solution for LaborTemps. …(more)

  • What Is the Cloud?
  • Campus TechnologyIn the case of cloud computing, there are three basic types of service (asdefined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology): software asa service (SaaS); infrastructure as a service (IaaS); and platform as aservice (PaaS). …(more)

  • WiTuners Offers Partnership Program for Planning and Optimizing WLANs
  • Jags ReportWiTuners Ltd, the online SaaS (Software as a Service) provider for WirelessLAN planning, auditing, and optimization, has announced its long awaitedMarketing & Sales Partnership Program (MSPP). LAN installers and VARs cannow add a software only, …(more)

  • Cloud control
  • The LawyerSecurity tops users’ concerns when it comes to cloud computing. NickColeman outlines the methods for making systems secure A survey recentlycarried out for IBM found that 77 per cent of respondents believe thatadopting cloud computing makes …(more)

  • Cornerstone OnDemand Executive to Lead Talent Management Technology Panel
  • at …MarketWatch (press release)”There are many different views of what cloud and SaaS solutions are, butthere is only one true flavour, and that is pure, multitenant SaaS. Youneed to have one platform and one version to build out these extendedcapabilities in the right way and to …(more)

  • AlphaOutlook Offers Social Media Monitoring In China | TechCrunch
  • By John Biggs
    The second version is a subscription-based software as a service and allowscustomers to pay a monthly, quarterly, or yearly fee. You can sign up for aprivate beta here. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Tags: social media,Disrupt, …(more)

  • Tekla Solution for district heating to Turku Energia as a SaaS service …
  • We have supplied Tekla software as a service for several years. Ourcustomers have particularly valued the ease of use at project start-up aswell as later on …(more)

  • Are you ready for networking in the cloud?
  • Network WorldBy Jim Metzler, Network World The two primary forms of public cloud
    computing, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Software-as-a-Service(SaaS), are both growing dramatically in popularity. Over the last fewyears, the primary focus of the IaaS …(more)

  • PopCap Mobile Chief Giordano Contestabile: Games as a Service Transform
  • the …XconomyAnd Apple’s tight control over the device, software, and apps was a hugereason, Contestabile says. Curt Woodward is senior editor at XconomySeattle. Reach me at cwoodward@xconomy.com. Get story feeds and more onTwitter @curtwoodward and Facebook …(more)

  • OTN Discussion Forums EclipseLink JPA multitenancy
  • Thread EclipseLink JPA multitenancy. Welcome Guest … Posts 1. Registered071311. EclipseLink JPA multitenancy. Posted Oct 31 2011 332 AM.multitenancy …(more)

  • A Conversion to HR Technology
  • Human Resource Executive OnlineMore and more companies are moving to Software as a Service, which enablesthem to rent or subscribe to online software instead of actually purchasingand installing it on their computers. When combined with renting a hardwareplatform as a service, …(more)

  • Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians Selects eClinicalWorks
  • MarketWatch (press release)Providers will access the eClinicalWorks comprehensive EHR solution using aSoftware as a Service (SaaS) model, hosted by COPCP, so members are able toaccess the solution from each individual physician site. Creating furtherefficiencies, there will …(more)

  • Telefonica Germany Online Services Selects Callidus’ Sales Coaching SaaS …
  • MarketWatch (press release)Callidus Cloud is a comprehensive SaaS suite designed to help businessesdrive more effective selling at each stage of the sales talent lifecycle,from improved sales hiring — the foundation of strong sales performance –to improved campaign …(more)

  • Using SaaS Solutions to Build Small Businesses
  • PC QuestWe share 11 key reasons why you should consider SaaS instead and startbuilding your business SaaS is nothing but a paradigm for how you consumeor use a software product. A very simplistic definition for SaaS is thefollowing: it’s the software you …(more)

  • Cloud Computing Concepts (C3) Selects TransMedia Group to Publicize the …
  • MarketWatch (press release)Today, ready or not, Cloud Computing is poised to do it yet again and SouthFlorida based Cloud Computing Concepts, LLC (“C3″) has retained TransMediaGroup to let businesses nationwide know that C3 stands ready to guide themas they take their first …(more)

  • NaviSite’s Chief Security Officer to Speak at Cloud Computing Expo
  • MarketWatch (press release)During his 20+ year career in information security, he has served inmanagement and technical roles, including the development of NaviSite’sindustry-leading cloud computing platform, chief engineer and developer fora market-leading managed security …(more)

  • Why Match.com Sites Don’t Work for Cloud Computing
  • MSPmentorRenee Bergeron is VP of managed services and cloud computing at IngramMicro, overseeing such efforts as Ingram Micro Cloud. Monthly guest blogssuch as this one are part of MSPmentor’s annual sponsorship program. Readall of Bergeron’s guest blogs …(more)

  • Nefsis Virtualization Technology Benefits Business Video Conferencing Users
  • PR Newswire (press release)In addition to the resiliency and cost reduction benefits provided by cloudcomputing, the Nefsis implementation also adds feature-functional benefitsto Internet video conferencing participants’ experience. In particular, theNefsis global cloud …(more)

  • Star Knowledge Announces Entry Into Rackspace Partner Program
  • Business Solutions Magazine (blog)Star Knowledge Technology Alliance Team LLC a global software and solutionservices provider recently entered into the Partner Program with RackspaceHosting, the service leader in cloud computing. This relationship isdesigned to add mutual value for …(more)

  • CSC signs IT operations outsourcing contract with ETS
  • Computer Business ReviewCloudCompute is a VMware vCloud Datacenter Service that delivers compute,storage and network resources “as a service” to support any application andis especially suited for hosting mission-critical and business-criticalworkloads. …(more)

  • Riverbed Joins OpenStack Community
  • MarketWatch (press release)As a member of OpenStack, Riverbed(R) is working to add OpenStack supportto its WAN optimization solutions to enable successful cloud environments.Collaboration with the OpenStack community with Riverbed WAN optimizationsolutions is an expansion of …(more)

  • 5 Cloud Lessons Learned From Finance Industry Gurus
  • InformationWeekThe Boston chapter held its fall meeting Thursday to discuss “CloudComputing in Financial Services.” The main part of the organization is inNew York, but Boston has a growing number of members. It’s still home to asignificant number of mutual funds, …(more)

  • Circonus Unified Monitoring Delivers Cohesive View of Both IT and
  • Business …MarketWatch (press release)COLUMBIA, Md., Oct 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Circonus, theorganization-wide unified monitoring company, today announced generalavailability of the latest release of Circonus Unified Monitoring, a dualSaaS/private SaaS solution designed to provide …(more)

  • Qualys Makes the San Francisco Business Times Fast 100 List
  • MarketWatch (press release)”We attribute our growth to the power of our SaaS model, which enables usto continuously innovate to deliver additional capabilities and newsecurity services for our customers at a fraction of the cost of othersolutions.” The San Francisco Business …(more)

  • SunStone Consulting, LLC and VisiQuate, Inc. Partner to Release Pretium(TM)
  • to …MarketWatch (press release)Founded in 2009, VisiQuate delivers dynamic SaaS performance managementsolutions that transform and modernize decision-making throughout theenterprise, bridging the gap between Business Intelligence (BI) and bottomline results. …(more)

  • Some multi-tenancy questions
  • Been doing some research on multi-tenancy and have a couple questionsrelated to web applications. 1. If the need arose to isolate a tenant to asingle web app …(more)

  • Mendix Closes $13 Million Series A Funding Round, Fueling its Triple Digit
  • GrowthMarketWatch (press release)BOSTON, Oct 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Mendix ( www.mendix.com ), a leaderin the PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) market, today announced the closing ofa $13 million Series A round of financing. The round was led by PrimeVentures, with HENQ Invest …(more)

  • Mobile Network Operators and the Cloud
  • Data Center KnowledgeWhen it comes to software as a service (SaaS), it’s clear that companies ofall sizes are already moving a lot of services into the cloud, includingCRM (Salesforce), email and office applications (Office365, Google Apps,etc). …(more)

  • Internap Unwraps First OpenStack Cloud Service
  • NetworkComputing.comIt calls its Open Public Cloud the world’s first commercially availableOpenStack service, while its new Vmware-based public and private cloudservices are starting off with VMware vCloud Powered status. The companyalso reported a segment profit of …(more)

  • Toolbox.com Coupon Code toolboxVIPgold Offer as Cloud Expo Partner
  • SYS-CON Media (press release)(For these special VIP Gold passes, Luncheon, conference bag and access tothe Cloud Computing Bootcamp is NOT included.) Toolbox.com helpsprofessionals do their jobs better by enabling them to easily shareknowledge with experienced peers. …(more)

  • VMware::API::vCloud – search.cpan.org
  • This module provides a Perl interface to VMware’s vCloud REST API. Ingeneral, for most API calls, they are in the structure of the conecptualname followed by …(more)

  • SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE – Workday
  • Let Workday’s human resource management solutions revolutionize yourEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system by providing on-demand,…(more)

  • RIM Rolls Out First Cloud-Computing Feature | Inc. Technology
  • By Abe Brown
    RIM has made good on its promise to start offering cloud computingofferings to businesses with the debut of BlackBerry Business CloudServices for Microsoft Office 365. The new service enables customers toaccess Microsoft Entourage …(more)

  • Cloud Computing Architectures: A Paradigm Shift | Cloud …
  • “As more and more people become comfortable with the idea, businesses willmove more workloads to Public Clouds,” stated Joe Seibel, CFA, CFO & VP ofStrategic Development at Hexagrid, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo…(more)

  • MSPNews and LogMeIn Announce a Webinar on SaaSbased Remote Support …
  • MSP News – Cutting edge insight and analysis on managed services, from theleading MSP news and information resource.(more)

  • Lumesse closes acquisition of SaaS-based learning experts Edvantage Group
  • Reuters (press release)London/Oslo/Austin, Texas: 31 October 2011 – Lumesse, a global leader inintegrated talent management solutions, is pleased to announce that it hascompleted the acquisition of SaaS-based e-learning experts Edvantage Group(www.edvantagegroup.com). …(more)

  • Sponsor post: Globally, cloud computing is on course to become an $83B
  • marketGigaOmOrganizations large and small are already using cloud computing todramatically increase the flexibility of their IT infrastructure and reducetheir costs. But moving from theory into practice is where things getcomplicated, and this is where …(more)

  • Cloud Computing: Arm Cracks the Code on 64-Bits
  • SYS-CON Media (press release)By January AppliedMicro is also promising to have a full suite of cloud
    computing applications driving various target workloads such as web,Memcached, Hadoop and web server along with tools and debuggers.AppliedMicro is apparently months, …(more)

  • Gartner Symposium: IT Solution Providers Take on the Cloud
  • Channel InsiderIn fact, 85 percent of attendees surveyed at random by Appiro said cloudcomputing will dramatically change the way IT works over the next five to10 years. Thirty percent said they already have more than five applicationsin the cloud, while only 13 …(more)

  • Is Google’s L.A. Cloud Deployment Derailed?
  • CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN Google’s cloud computing contract with the City of
    Los Angeles, a problem-plagued deployment nearly from the start, is againin trouble, as city officials claim that Google and solution provider CSCcan’t meet the security …(more)

  • Multi-axis Pricing: a key tool for increasing SaaS revenue
  • Business InsiderScalable pricing is a powerful tool to grow revenue in a SaaS or softwarebusiness. It allows you to capture more of the revenue that your customersare willing to pay, without putting off smaller customers that are not ableto pay high prices. …(more)

  • Transite’s Jaguar Solution Chosen by Freight Management Systems as
  • Company’s …MarketWatch (press release)”Freight Management chose our software as a service model because it meetsthe different needs of their broad customer base, while being bothcost-effective and quick to implement for a fast return on investment.” Maysaid his vision is to offer …(more)

  • Hamari Saas Leela – 26th October 2011 Part 1 – uZood Video
  • Hamari Saas Leela – 26th October 2011 Part 1 on uZood Video. Hamari SaasLeela Episode 104 – 26th October 2011.(more)

  • SoftServe Holds Successful SaaS Lunch & Learn Presentation in …
  • This time IT professionals, senior software development executives, andproduct owners gathered to discuss SaaS development and operations attheSaaS …(more)

  • Online Gaming Using OpenStack at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley …
  • Online Gaming Using OpenStack at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley. SCEA’sKrisztian Mizser to discuss building an internal cloud …(more)

  • Alphabet Soup in the Cloud: Understanding “aaS”
  • ReadWriteWebThose who work in IT are likely to know what SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS are. Buta lot of folks who encounter the “aaS” terms have had no introduction.Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has been around in one form or another foryears. …(more)

  • Interneer Sponsors Midmarket CIO Forum
  • MarketWatch (press release)LOS ANGELES, Oct 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Interneer, Inc., the leader innext generation SaaS Business Process and Workflow Management softwaredesigned for mid-market companies will sponsor the Midmarket CIO Forumhosted by IT Business Edge in San …(more)

Daily Log News Feed – Oct 31, 2011

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

Daily ITIL News Feed – Oct 31, 2011

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Daily Cloud Feed – Oct 30, 2011

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

  • SaaShr.com Expands Marketplace with Recruitment Module for HR …
  • By mattlafata
    SaaShr.com), a leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) basedWorkforce Management Solutions with a major focus in Human Resources (HR),Payroll, and Time and Labor Management (TLM), announced today the releaseof its …(more)

  • Software as a ServiceSaaS
  • This is a presentation about Software as a Service (SaaS) … deploying acommunications software platform on your site or deploying a Software as aService …(more)

  • TMG in multi tenancy hosted environment. Guide needed!
  • TMG in multi tenancy hosted environment. Guide needed! Search Forefront TMGand ISA Server Forum; Search All Forefront Forums; Search All Microsoft …(more)

  • Demystifying the Cloud
  • Hindu Business LineDespite its increasing popularity, there are still quite a few grey areaswhen it comes to cloud computing. We love YouTube and with just reason. Arecent video shows people being asked what they thought cloud computingwas. Among many rib-tickling …(more)

  • Cloudy Concepts: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, MaaS, CaaS & XaaS
  • ZDNet UK (blog)Finally XaaS or ‘anything as a service’ is the delivery of IT as a Servicethrough hybrid Cloud computing and is a reference to either one or acombination of Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS), Platform as a Service …(more)

  • Plimus to Speak at Conference on New Cloud Economy
  • MarketWatch (press release)During his keynote presentation, Ben Tora will discuss Software as aService (SaaS) Business Challenges in e-Commerce. Over the past year Plimushas been addressing the needs of e-Commerce driven by the strong emergenceof the social Web and the …(more)

Daily Log News Feed – Oct 30, 2011

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

Daily ITIL News Feed – Oct 30, 2011

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