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Los Angeles TimesBy 2015, cloud computing will account for nearly 34% of traffic at the
world’s data centers, the huge computing stations that now process anddistribute most of the Internet’s information. Last year the cloudaccounted for only about 11% of data center …(more)

ReadWriteWebBy Bert Huelman / November 29, 2011 2:00 PM / 0 Comments This post is part
of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to coveringvirtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel andVMware. Read the case study about how …(more)

Fiji TimesLAST weekend I was approached again with the question “I want to shift myexisting business into a “Private Cloud”, can I shift my existing serverand data?” I wish the answer is a simple yes or no, but I told the truth;”it depends on what you have …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The event will focus on the most opportune ways businesses can benefit fromcloud computing, the operational risks of storing data in the cloud, andhow the IT community currently perceives the future of cloud computing.More than 600 finance, tax, …(more)

CenterBeamThere are positives in everything, and evidence of that is the Universityof Virginia’s paper, The Data Furnace: Heating Up With Cloud Computing,which argues that data servers in homes or offices could offer loweremissions by working as a heater as …(more)

A multitenancy application is an app that is shared by multipleorganizations ( medical practices, law offices..) and each organization, inturn, has it’s own users. …(more)

ZDNet AustraliaCRM solutions, spearheaded by the poster child of Software as a Service(SaaS), Salesforce, started the move to cloud computing just over 10 yearsago (Salesforce was founded in 1999). When we last looked at CRM suites(The best CRM suite is. …(more)

Getting Started with the Unofficial vCloud Powershell Functions. By Jake.By Popular Demand! A quick how-to on my vCloud Powershell functions! …
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MCADCafe (press release)Catalog Data Solutions (CDS), a leading provider of online solutions forindustrial suppliers, today announced that its SaaS Catalog and CADdownload solution is now live on StainlessDrains.com. StainlessDrains.comof Greenville, Texas manufactures …(more)

Top …Newswire Today (press release)In 2012, cloud computing is set to become mainstream in Asia Pacific.Indeed, approximately 30% of APAC organizations will have adopted some formof cloud computing by 2012. Asian organizations do recognize the benefitsof cloud computing, …(more)

Business DayCloud computing is an emerging trend in the IT market that is getting aconsiderable amount of attention from the media and technology vendorsalike. The benefits behind this evolution in connected networks arenumerous and, in principle, …(more)

PR Web (press release)One Network Enterprises will conduct a supply chain management workshop onDecember 7th called Cloud Computing and Menlo Worldwide. One NetworkEnterprises, a leading provider of demand-driven supply chain solutions inthe cloud, is sponsoring the …(more)

By Roberto V. Zicari
Challenges to achieving software-driven innovation derive from thecomplexity of interconnected systems, but also from the complexity ofsoftware delivery due to the increasingly global distribution ofdevelopment teams, new models of software supply chains including … Ourfocus is on the enablement of deeper cloud capabilities such as thePlatform as a Service and Database as a Service style features in the IBMWorkload Deployer (the evolved WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance). …(more)

By madhura
Many organizations choose to implement a private cloud or host their ownplatform-as-a-service (PaaS) in order to maximize control over their dataand services. Others seek to deploy hybrid environments that bridge theirprivate clouds with popular software-as-a-service (SaaS) applicationsrunning on a public cloud, such as Salesforce.com and Google Apps. The weekof December 6, 2011, WSO2 will present two technical webinars to provide ITprofessionals with best practices for …(more)

InfoWorld (blog)By Andrew Glover | InfoWorld Heroku is a pure platform as a service — that
is, the entire infrastructure is managed by Heroku and not by you. As such,deploying a Ruby application, whether or not it is Rails based, ispractically effortless. …(more)

ITP.netDavid Chappell, principal of David Chappell & Associates and an expert incloud computing, was at Microsoft in Dubai this week to discuss the prosand cons of SaaS implementation. By Georgina Enzer Published November 30,2011 Cloud-based Software as a …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The phenomenon of cloud computing has been a major factor in these changingbusiness trends, and companies in the Application Software industry likeSeattle’s F5 Networks Inc. and Compuware Corporation are helping companiesto gain a competitive …(more)

High Availability for Cloud Computing Database Systems. While at MicrosoftI hosted a weekly talk series called the Enterprise Computing Series (ECS)where I …(more)

Its no secret that VMware are working on vCloud DirectorvCD cmdlets theyrecently surveyed the PowerShell and VMware community to make sure they hadall the …(more)

By arbroath
A council meeting descended into a foul-mouthed slanging match after acouncillor suggested cloud computing depended on bad weather. Galwaycouncillor Seamus Tiernan was branded a ‘feckin eejit’ for thinking thatcloud computing …(more)

By candicearnold
SM: What is mid-tier or large environment? What kind of scale are wetalking? What size company from a revenue or employee point of view? JW:I’d say a.(more)

Hi, After reading information on Cloud.com, do we need to install OpenStackbefore installing CloudStack? or CloudStack can control over OpenStack?(more)

Making TurnKey easy to deploy on as many public and private clouds is animportant goal for us. We’re going to soon be expanding the number of image…(more)

Contact …MarketWatch (press release)inContact /quotes/zigman/112982/quotes/nls/saas SAAS +1.44% helps contactcenters around the globe create profitable customer experiences through itspowerful portfolio of cloud-based contact center software solutions. Thecompany’s services and …(more)

By Brian Bolton
The differences are plain, but still the industry has trouble sheddinglight on them, and the term is now a buzzword for both, and for neither.(more)

MarketWatchMultitenancy. End customers will be able to take advantage of the economiesof … For hosters, multitenancy will also reduce the customer acquisitioncost …(more)

WebHosting.InfoVirtual Internet (VI), a pan-European internet service provider, recentlyannounced that its VI Cloud Hosting public cloud service has achievedVMware vCloud Powered status, illustrating to customers that the company’scloud services are underpinned by …(more)

for …MarketWatch (press release)REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Nov 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Avangate, the agileeCommerce solutions provider trusted by thousands of Software and SaaScompanies to grow their business worldwide through any channel and anymodel, is featured in a new report …(more)

Capabilities …MarketWatch (press release)”By creating an invaluable resource through which companies can easily andrapidly take advantage of leading technologies, this partnership is atestament to the power of SaaS and its ability to change the way companiesdo business. …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)… software platform available today. We’re pleased to name DonorCommunityas our exclusive provider of nonprofit software.” DonorCommunity, Inc. is acloud computing, Software as a Service firm that helps nonprofitorganizations cultivate donors, …(more)

My team and I have helped customers to build private and public cloudsusing vCente.(more)

CMSWireBy Irina Guseva (@irina_guseva) Nov 30, 2011 In the spirit of this month’s
editorial theme on all things cloud, I thought I’d ponder about cloud/SaaSweb content management on the premise that SaaS Web CMS cannot save theworld or cure your WCM illness …(more)

Web Host Industry Review (blog)By Nicole Henderson, November 30, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A new
study finds that integration is the biggest sales obstacle for SaaS andcloud vendors. According to the study by consulting group THINKStrategiesand cloud integration provider …(more)

PR Web (press release)While much of that growth has been in the Software as a Service (SaaS)sector, companies also continue to invest in on-premises CRM solutions.Most SaaS CRM solutions are fairly inexpensive, at least for the basesoftware, but add-on features, …(more)

Small Business ComputingBy Helen Bradley | Published on: 30-Nov-11 Small businesses can save a good
chunk of both time and money by using hosted software tools and harnessingthe power of cloud computing. Software as a Service (SaaS) makes greatsense for small businesses …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Speediware Corporation announced today additional reporting, statistics,and support for clients using SpeedEEO, the-all inclusive web-basedsoftware as a service for generating OFCCP compliant Affirmative ActionPlans (AAP). …(more)

Read more on Software as a Service (SaaS) integration. … A powerfulplatform incorporating the registration user and task flow management jobscheduling …(more)

IT Business Edge (blog)The cloud may simplify a lot of technology for a lot of people, but when itcomes to integration, it seems even SaaS doesn’t get a break. A recentsurvey found integration is now a major barrier to cloud adoption, withnearly 88 percent of SaaS …(more)

CRNBy Brittany Danielson, CRN Hosted VoIP, UC and cloud provider 8×8 is again
expanding its reach into the cloud computing space with a new Windows-basedcloud hosting platform. 8×8’s new Windows Cloud Server hosting solution hasa variety of features, …(more)

PCWorldBy Fred O’Connor, IDG News Cloud computing consulting firm GlobalOne
Wednesday released the first of three CRM packages that aim to helpfinancial services firms and banks transition to cloud computing withSalesforce.com. G1 Asset Management takes …(more)

vCloud …Review seeker (press release)Virtual Internet announced that VI Cloud Hosting public cloud service hasachieved VMware vCloud Powered status. Virtual Internet, a leading providerof high availability hosting solutions for mission critical websites andapplications, today announced …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)AMTELCO is pleased to announce the new miAmtelcoCloud Web portal, offeringinformation and access to AMTELCO’s complete line of SaaS (Software as aService) products. The AMTELCO SaaS products are designed to improvecommunications, speed access to …(more)

PartnersSacramento Bee30, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — SaaS-based, social customer support startupFreshdesk today announced that it has secured US $1 Million in funding fromglobal venture capital firm Accel Partners. The investment will be used toexpand the product team and …(more)

The …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)The Art of Service’s newly expanded Cloud Computing Complete eLearningBundle helps IT professionals become certified experts in cloud computing,opening up the possibilities for promotions and new and better jobs. Two ofthe top 10 skills that …(more)

VentureBeatWith our exclusive conference on cloud computing, CloudBeat 2011, startingtoday, we decided to ask. VentureBeat commissioned an exclusive survey oftechnology executives at companies of at least 250 employees. The resultsshow that, yes, …(more)

The questions not only ask how you would like the vCloud cmdletsdistributed but also if you would prefer common objects like VMs and Usersto be new …(more)

TalkinCloudby Joe Panettieri on OpenStack, the open source cloud platform, continuesto gain momentum with some cloud services providers (CSPs). …(more)

By Barb Darrow
Here’s hoping 2012 will be the year we separate the wheat from the chaff incloud computing. At the very least, more businesses will know about thepotential benefits and pitfalls of cloud computing so they candifferentiate the real from the …(more)

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

and …MarketWatch (press release)”With the rapid adoption of distributed computing, maintaining data privacyis a huge concern, especially in relation to emerging cloud and SaaScomputing models,” said Chris Babel, CEO of TRUSTe. “The third-partyverification that comes with TRUSTed …(more)

By Matt
This is a guest post by Brian Pugh of LucidChart, an online diagrammingsolution that makes diagramming fast and easy. In this post, Brian talksabout the process of writing a Confluence plugin for LucidChart.(more)

Accounting TodayTypically these are Software as a Service, or SaaS, subscription-based Webapplications, which provide a solid subset of the standalone productfunctionality. Assuming there is a reliable and always-on Internetconnection, and that the accounts are …(more)

I also asserted the increasing value proposition of Software as a Serviceas a make-sense strategy for campuses everywhere. The dictum of the newparadigm …(more)

Computer Business ReviewOKI has launched its EXaaS Call Center Service, a new item on its EXaaScloud computing service menu for the Japanese market. The EXaaS Call CenterService is a cloud-based service designed for corporate customers seekingto open and operate call …(more)

PC QuestOpenStack is a collaborative software project designed to create freely …OpenStack is currently developing three interrelated projects: OpenStackCompute …(more)

IT News AfricaCloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) represents a great opportunity forSouth African entrepreneurs. The much lower barriers to entry andsimplicity of launching cloud-based services open up international marketsto local businesses. …(more)

The FINANCIALOffered as a service, organisations can pay monthly for the threatmitigation services, which include DDoS mitigation, intrusion preventionand email filtering. Moving the security services onto the cloud platformresults in a quick and easy set up and …(more)

ComputerworldA storage-as-a-service offering also reduces IT management complexity inthat IT departments no longer have to manage multiple storage systems ordeal with interoperability challenges. Lucas Mearian covers storage,disaster recovery and business …(more)

BernamaBy Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah SINGAPORE, Nov 29 (Bernama) — The
market for public cloud computing is set to reach US$5.8 billion by 2015,growing at a compound annual growth rate of 39 per cent between 2012 and2015. …(more)

BusinessWeek29 (Bloomberg) — Lenovo Group Ltd., the world’s second-biggest maker ofpersonal-computers, will offer upgraded versions of its smartphone andtablet computer in China, where the company is starting a cloud-computingservice for consumers. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)LONDON, Nov 29, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — NSPCC, the UK’s leading children’scharity specialising in child protection, aims to deliver cost savings byusing Rosslyn Analytics’ award-winning cloud-based spend analytics andcontract management platform, …(more)

ZDNet AsiaWhile PaaS might receive the most attention from vendors, SaaS continues tobe the primary cloud service businesses are adopting and the market canexpect “explosive growth ahead”, he said. SaaS players will have to movebeyond pure SaaS offerings and …(more)

ZDNet UKThe technology can be integrated with clouds from VMware, Amazon via AmazonWeb Services, OpenStack, RightScale and others. The software iscross-platform, …(more)

MarketWatchPuppet Labs has also continued to grow its partner ecosystem such that itnow offers integrations with VMware, Amazon Web Services, Cisco, OpenStack,…(more)

12-Fold …MarketWatch (press release)All regions included in the study — Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa,Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and North America– are currently ready for basic cloud-computing applications, such associal networking and Web …(more)

ZDNet (blog)Experts love holding up cloud computing infrastructure as an ideal model ofgreen IT because of the architectural efficiencies it entails (at least intheory). Most of us equate cloud infrastructure with massive data centers,but a new paper from …(more)

SaaS …MarketWatch (press release)One of the key findings of the survey is that integration is the mostcommon hurdle in the sales process for SaaS/Cloud providers, with almost90% of respondents considering integration to be important or extremelyimportant in winning new customers. …(more)

Join Voxel’s very own Judd Maltin at the Boston OpenStack Meetup tomorrowNovember 29th at 6 PM Judd will be there to answer questions aboutOpenStack Swift …(more)

VentureBeatA new study by Cisco estimates that global traffic generated by cloudcomputing services will increase a staggering 12 times by 2015 compared tocloud traffic in 2010, while data center traffic will increase at aless-showy-but-still-impressive four …(more)

Cloud …MarketWatch (press release)SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 29, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — 8×8, Inc./quotes/zigman/86315/quotes/nls/eght EGHT -1.11% , provider of innovativecloud communications and computing solutions, today announced theavailability of its new Windows Cloud …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)We believe that we have reached a tipping point with cloud computing andare seeing demand for cloud financial management and accounting platformslike Intacct growing rapidly.” Equation has offered ERP software, systemsintegration, …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Facebook is thinking of going public in the spring and raising $10 billion- a record amount for a high-tech or Internet IPO or pretty much any otherIPO - on an estimated valuation of more than $100 billion, according toboth Bloomberg and the Wall …(more)

PR Web (press release)Everest Group’s Scott Bils will chair a first-of-its-kind track at the 2012Cloud Connect event focused on how enterprise IT can prepare for thecultural and organizational structure shifts made necessary by the move tocloud computing. …(more)

Overview …MarketWatch (press release)This course is designed for Government IT managers interested inunderstanding the benefits of cloud computing and complying with CloudFirst. “As cloud computing revolutionizes IT, government agencies aresearching for the right cloud solution to …(more)

SearchCloudComputing.comDo you have anything to do with the OpenStack open source? Ulander: We do.OpenStack launched last year, and we were one of the founding members.There were 24 or 25 members ranging from big hardware companies to smallersolution providers like …(more)

GreenBiz.com (blog)By Leslie Guevarra Autodesk is on a mission to dispel any doubts about the
power and possibilities that cloud computing brings to sustainable design.The technology and its impacts on design are Topic A this year at company’suser conference in Las …(more)

Web Host Industry Review (blog)By Nicole Henderson, November 29, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web
hosting provider Virtual Internet announced on Monday that its public cloudhosting service has achieved VMware vCloud Powered status. Virtual Internetlaunched its cloud hosting …(more)

PCWorld (blog)According to Cisco, the global Internet traffic generated by the use ofcloud computing services will increase 12-fold by 2015. If you’ve been toopreoccupied with the business of growing your business to consider whatcloud computing could offer, …(more)

VentureBeatIn a few short years, we all have witnessed cloud computing unleash a waveof innovation in IT. Enterprises are continuing to adopt cloud-basedservices and entrepreneurs are finding plentiful low cost and low frictioncompute resources to transform …(more)

SaaS …MarketWatch (press release)Callidus’ Monaco On Demand SPM Suite delivers a 100% multi-tenant SaaSsolution that helps companies maximize their sales and channel performancewith targeted incentives and rewards. The solution: The Monaco On DemandSPM suite is delivered as part of …(more)

InformationWeekBy Alistair Croll Just as enterprise IT comes to grips with the
inevitability of cloud computing, the demands of the business are shifting.That’s because every time the landscape shifts, new things are possible. In”Why Things Bite Back,” Edward …(more)

ZDNetEach element had multiple contracts, In the new paradigm, all elements thatwork towards achieving the ultimate business outcome of processing theclaim - the software, the applications, the tools, the platform and the setof human operators comprising …(more)

Irish TimesAN IRISH cloud computing firm is set for a major expansion, creating 75 newpositions at its Dublin and UK operations. Ammeon, which provides softwareto telecommunications firms, has already filled 46 of the roles at itsheadquarters in Dublin in the …(more)

QAS.co.nzCloud computing is still quite immature and will change in the comingyears, according to one expert. James Peel, product manager at open sourceplatform Opsview, suggested that in the future businesses will prefersetting up private clouds. …(more)

Siliconindia.comBy PTI, Sunday, 27 November 2011, 19:12 Hrs NEW DELHI: Security software
provider Trend Micro said the adoption of cloud computing services in Indiawould largely depend on factors such as data safety. “A major concern todayabout cloud services is the …(more)

BusinessWeekbased start-up Spanning has embraced the concept of cloud computing so muchthat its product is a backup service for Google Apps, completely hosted andrun from Amazon Web Services. The idea of backing up one cloud service viaanother intrigued me, …(more)

Virtualization has become the norm over the past decade but multitenancy isnot the norm in typical onpremises environments Instead it is associatedwith …(more)

PR.com (press release)New Delhi, India, November 28, 2011 –(PR.com)– With Cloud Computingsetting new trends in IT sector GoHarness has tied up with Arcitura tooffer Professional Cloud certifications in India. GoHarness is an evolvingname in IT training, Consulting and …(more)

CRN - UKHow do customers really see the future of cloud computing? AnEntrepreneurship Week event brought together four business leaders toanswer the question. Fleur Doidge reports By Fleur Doidge It sounds likethe start of a bad joke: a Tech City leader, …(more)

Hi, I can’t get multitenancy to work. I have configured multitenancy butthe app still show all available data, not filtering on tenantID. Here’swhat I did: The users’ …(more)

provides an overview of what cloud is defines VMware vCloud Director anddescribes the key capabilities of vCloud Director product …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)This simplifies our operations and recruiting process; and as a serviceorganization, it is a lot easier for us to build competencies in oneproduct versus five or six. Our relationship with Adeptia differentiatesIntegritas by allowing us to provide a …(more)

TheStreet.comBy TheStreet Wire 11/28/11 - 05:08 AM EST NEW YORK (TheStreet) — inContact
(Nasdaq:SAAS) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from sell to hold. Thecompany’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenuegrowth, largely solid …(more)

ZDNet (blog)The result is a mish-mash of SaaS silos and cloud islands, with very littleattention paid to data consistency and integration, and even less to policymanagement and oversight. This is bad enough in organisations that run alltheir operations in the …(more)

PR Web (press release)PrimeRevenue, the leading SaaS platform for Supply Chain Finance todayannounced the release of Version 5.3 of its popular PrimeRevenue SCFplatform. The Software goes into production today and all new functionalityis immediately available to the …(more)

The AustralianAS cloud computing moves beyond the hype and into the realm of tangibleproducts, services and prices, enterprises are gearing up for a major shiftin the way technology is used and consumed. The next 18 to 24 months willbe a critical time for the …(more)

Data Center KnowledgeFoxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer known as a supplier forApple’s iPhone and iPad, is entering the cloud computing market and willinvest $63.3 million over the next five years to construct a campus tosupport its efforts. …(more)

InformationWeekBut it’s a surprise when the youngest platform-as-a-service offering getsthe highest ratings. As might be expected, Google’s App Engine and IBM’sSmart Cloud rated as the top pick for public cloud and private cloudplatforms, respectively, …(more)

Sacramento BeeEnvysion created the Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) model whichtransforms video surveillance into a strategic management tool thatprovides instant and unfiltered business insights to users acrossoperations, loss prevention, marketing and human …(more)

Selecting …GlobeNewsWire (press release)”We’re seeing hosting companies continue to extend their domains andwebsite hosting services by adding messaging and collaboration as softwareas a service (SaaS), as well as telcos, cable providers and mobile networkoperators adding to their product …(more)

at …MarketWatch (press release)Founded in 1979, RMI leverages in-depth knowledge of rail operations,intermodal terminal operating systems, and multi-modal transportationmanagement to provide Software as a Service and licensed solutions torailroads and industrial shippers. …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Since Friday HTC has had to face the prospect of all of its 3G smartphones,largely Android models, being booted off the German market just as theChristmas shopping season is starting. The Taiwan firm last week withdrewits appeal of an injunction won …(more)

Enable …MarketWatch (press release)The primary driver behind the expanded partner program is that manyapplication providers, VARs and consultants are helping businessorganizations move to cloud computing, which requires a cost-effective andreliable means for customers to communicate …(more)

GridSacramento BeeWe look forward to continuing our successful relationship together andfurther enhance our existing reputation in providing virtualization andcloud computing related services and solutions and the position as thepreferred provider in China Southern …(more)

of …PR Web (press release)Perminova offers customers Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), allowing them totake full advantage of a surgical information system that’s more robust,flexible and cost-effective than currently available. In 2011, the companyreleased Perminova EP, …(more)

Sacramento BeeDoyenz believes SMBs will look beyond cloud-based storage solutions to anew generation of recovery as-a-service technology, focusing on replicationand recovery of production environments in the cloud. 2. SMBs Will DemandAvailability of Applications, …(more)

Wired News… among carrier networks, public clouds, and cloud computing platforms(whether its own or those from OpenStack, Joyent, Cloud.com and the like)….(more)

Retirement PlanningSAAS shares were trading within the range of $3.79-$3.93 while its openingprice was $3.90. The stock has a 52 week low of $2.68 and 52 week high of$5.30. At current market price, the market capitalization of the companystands at $166.17M and it has …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN HP is currently the top dog among cloud
infrastructure equipment vendors, as that market is poised to hit $33billion this year fueled by IaaS, PaaS and SaaS adoption. Synergy ResearchGroup this week released its Cloud Market …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”Ron brings vast experience leading engineering teams in the development ofinnovative SaaS and Cloud-based applications. He is well equipped to helpour technology scale to meet new customer demands, as well as deliver thecutting-edge features and …(more)

ITworld.comBecause FLOSS enables much of this software as a service (SaaS), then itbecomes the root cause of the reduction in jobs. I come at this from twodirections. First, I think there is a case to be made that ITinfrastructures within organizations have …(more)

Computer Business ReviewSaaS security firm Qualys has decided to get into the Christmas spiritearly, by offering free licences for its Secure Seal protection softwareover the festive period, along with its Qualys BrowserCheck and SSL ServerAudit platforms. …(more)

Transportation and logistics technology solutions such asSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) transportation management systems (TMS) enrichand empower the …(more)

NetworkComputing.com… Rackspace Cloud files and Nirvanix. You can also use them to front enda private object storage infrastructure build on EMC’s Atmos, or OpenstackSwift.(more)

in …MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — PivotLink, theleading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions delivered viaSoftware as a Service (SaaS), salutes SF-based customer Timbuk2 for winningthe “Industry Achievement Award …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)This new technology allows companies to choose the deployment model thatmakes sense for their organization: software-as-a-service in a securepublic cloud or on-premise in a virtualized, private cloud environment. Thenew Private Cloud edition answers …(more)

Million …MarketWatch (press release)NEW YORK, NY, Nov 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — EnergyScoreCards(TM),an online software-as-a-service benchmarking tool specifically gearedtoward multifamily and other multi-tenant properties, was competitivelyselected to provide data …(more)

eChannelLine”AccessCloud is not a product, but an initiative, which enablesmultitenancy of these applications,” Shapir added. “It takes aclient-server Windows …(more)

A simple definition of cloud computing is that it’s a unique storageservice that involves storage of data and software. With cloud computing,the person or …(more)

With the release of the draft of version 1 of the cloud technology roadmap,the agency wants to cast a wider net of cloud expertise. The draft roadmapcould be …(more)

Channel ProFor those that do, they can choose either to build their own cloud platformand sell access to this service, or partner with another infrastructureprovider in order to offer this instead. Both approaches have theirpositives: owning your own cloud …(more)

for …Insurance News Net (press release)The objective of this RFI is to ascertain the level of capabilities andavailability of potential vendors to provide infrastructure-as-a-service orplatform-as-a-service for hosting the Department’s mission criticalfinancial management system: the …(more)

For the record I usually try to put together some sort of summary as shownhere httpslistslaunchpadnetopenstackmsg05517html Just didnt get around toit …(more)

prMac (press release)Field Service Software helps the user to attach the files, documents,images and videos for the offsite analysis to report the status. The mainadvantage of a Field Service Manager is availability as software as aservice with very low cost. …(more)

SmartCLOUD High Performance Cloud Computing CITIC Telecom CPC’s SmartCLOUDCloud Computing Solutions enable businesses of all sizes to boost prod…(more)

Poughkeepsie JournalA cloud computing center at Marist College that leverages support from IBM.A biotechnology incubator at New York Medical College in WestchesterCounty. A high-risk assessment clinic at the Sullivan County-based Centerfor Discovery, which works with …(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Joe McKendrick | November 27, 2011, 6:28am PST Summary: New online
courses set to start in January 2012 include Software as a Service andComputer Science 101, as well as primers on entrepreneurship. Be sure tocheck out Stanford’s iTunes U as well. …(more)

Philippine StarCloud computing, the performance and delivery of provisioned computingservices based on Internet protocols, is now hitting its stride as morecompanies, big and small, find good business sense in doing it.Islandrose.net, the e-commerce site of the …(more)

This is my attempt to eat my own dog food and use a handful of VMwareproducts /technologies in my current role in PSO. It is also kind of my wayto make sense.(more)

SoftwareasaService … additional cloud infrastructure will be deployed inthemobile network edge This results in a 3tier architecture comprising themobile …(more)

Enterprise cloud computing and SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) are more aproduct of business evolutionary necessity than invention. Economicrealities have …(more)

Every few years, someone declares one type of Web Content Management (CMS )software on the verge of “liftoff,” to take over the entire space. Earlylast …(more)

Times of IndiaPTI | Nov 26, 2011, 12.52PM IST Security software provider Trend Micro saidthe adoption of cloud computing services in India would largely depend onfactors such as data safety. NEW DELHI: Security software provider TrendMicro said the adoption of …(more)

AddPR.com (press release)Apart from Google Apps Authorized Reseller Techabrist offers IT consulting,small business server solutions, Remote tech support, Postini support, Saasconsultant. The support team at Techabrist is cooperative and dedicated tothe customers. …(more)

Retirement PlanningNetQin Mobile Inc. (NetQin) is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider ofconsumer-centric mobile Internet services focusing on security andproductivity. NetQin provides a range of mobile Internet services thatprotect mobile users from security …(more)

New Microsoft Study Shows Canadian Firms Unclear About Cloud Computing |The Web Host Industry Review - Web Hosting News. … Related Topics:research and reports, cloud computing, microsoft, canada. (WEB HOSTINDUSTRY …(more)

PCWorldThe applications include physics simulations, seismic analysis, drugdesign, genome analysis, aircraft design, and similar CPU-intensiveanalytics applications This is a core advantage of cloud computing: theability to access very expensive computing …(more)

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

BBC NewsSome sellers also offer their exploit packs as a service, running andmanaging them on their own servers and renting out access to criminals forabout $500 per month or $200 per week. Some of the exploits in the kitstarget Linux and Mac-based systems, …(more)

ihotdesk - IT NewsCloud computing has been singled out as an IT platform that can help theunified storage market to grow. Greg Schulz, author of ‘Cloud and VirtualData Storage Networking’ and the founder of content generation firmStorageIO.com said that adding cloud …(more)

Washington PostJust off Startown Road, on the edge of town, Apple recently completed amassive $1 billion data center to help power its cloud computing products.Total new full-time jobs running the facility: 50. Apple’s data center hasbeen a disappointing …(more)

CapitalVueNovember 25 — The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) hasdisbursed 660 million yuan to five cities piloting programs encouraging thecloud computing industry, with the funds going to 15 projects in Beijing,Shanghai, Shenzhen, …(more)

Xinhua25 (Xinhua) — China’s top economic planner has allocated 660 million yuan(103.6 million US dollars) of special funds to guide cloud computingresearch, as part of the government’s efforts to boost the sector’sdevelopment, the China Securities …(more)

Cloud …MarketWatch (press release)MILAN, ITALY and SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov 25, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –Libero, Italy’s most popular portal and Internet service provider, is usingJoyent’s SmartDataCenter cloud computing software and services to launchthe country’s largest …(more)

I need someone to create a pricing page for my software as a servicewebsite. Here are some example pageshttp://ibexon.com/160/resource/clean-awesome.(more)

ZDNet UK (blog)By manek, 25 November, 2011 11:45 I’ve been talking about cloud computing a
lot recently, both at an analyst conference and at seminars organised by acloud provider / systems integrator. Gathering feedback from attendees atthe seminars was …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)With 9th Cloud Expo at Silicon Valley’s Santa Clara Convention Center nowfinished, Cloud Computing Journal asked a variety of industry stakeholderswhat their Top Three takeaways were from the event, now that the manythousands of delegates are back …(more)

Economic TimesNEW DELHI: Security software provider Trend Micro today said the adoptionof cloud computing services in India would largely depend on factors suchas data safety. “A major concern today about cloud services is the securityof the data hosted on …(more)

SmallCap NetworkHipcricket’s is operating a cloud-based mobile marketing and advertisingsoftware as a service (SaaS) platform. SaaS is one of the fastest growingareas in the cloud computing industry and Augme Technologies is looking toexpand its SaaS offerings. …(more)

CBC.caMany Canadian businesses are using cloud computing services without knowingit, a survey has found, pointing to a knowledge gap amid widespread privacyand security concerns. Cloud computing services include hardware, softwareor data storage services …(more)

Web Host Industry ReviewBy Nicole Henderson, November 25, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud
computing provider Agilisys announced on Thursday that it has won athree-year contract to provide process technology company PDX with managedinfrastructure-as-a-service. …(more)

Software as a Service (SaaS) & Chatbots | AI thoughts | General | AI Zone -Artificial Intellgence AI Forum for chat bot, virtual agent, virtualassistant, …(more)

VentureBeatProving that cloud computing is more than a here-today-gone-tomorrow fad,Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer best known stateside as themakers of key parts for Apple’s iPhone and iPad, will spend $63.3 millionover the next five years to …(more)

RegisterEMC has launched the Atmos Cloud Delivery Platform, packaged as a VMwarevApp, and is using Atmos as its core storage platform. It is a turnkeyStorage-as-a-Service offering with which cloud service vendors can brandthemselves, and the vendor claims …(more)

TopBits.comThe struggle of Chromebooks to succeed in the market, which prompted Googleand partners to slash their prices, indicates that not many are willing togo as far as to entrust all of their computing to the cloud and Software asa Service. …(more)

Those questions are usually followed by detailed queries about networking,Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and OpenStack. I have created a list ofresources …(more)

By Joe Brockmeier
OpenStack release manager Thierry Carrez examines OpenStack Nova’s currentprivilege model and how it’s being improved with the root_helper option.Right now, OpenStack uses sudo to escalate privileges …(more)

HostReview.com (press release) (blog)Cloud computing allows on-demand network access to a shared pool ofcomputing resources, for eg, servers, storage, networks, services, andapplications. Cloud computing services can also be described by comparingthese services with utility services. …(more)

Foxconn Group, best known for their assembly and manufacturing factories inChina, is planning two new buildings on a site of 1.85 hectares (4.57acres) in …(more)

By Curtis Hovey
Launchpad is ending support for multi-tenancy for branches and bugs toensure that projects can manage the disclosure of private information. Thisis a fundamental change to how launchpad permits communities to shareprojects. Very few …(more)

Investor’s Business DailyBy REINHARDT KRAUSE, INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 06:30 PM ET Rackspace
Hosting’s (RAX) push into cloud computing services followed thespend-money-to-make-money plan, but its growth strategy 2.0 is taking adifferent path. …(more)

Server WatchMore generally, what if you’re using, say, VMware’s vCloud technology andthen decide you want to move to a cloud service provider that usesOpenStack or Amazon’s AWS API? One answer to that is simply this: Isn’tcompetition between vCloud providers or …(more)

DigitimesCloud client computing solution player Wyse Technology’s recent acquisitionof cloud computing infrastructure management player Trellia is expected tobenefit its major ODM partner Inventec in terms of shipment volume,according to sources from the …(more)

The truthful implication there is that the majority of software engineeringprograms are still missing important training in recent softwareengineering practices. …(more)

About this Blog. VMware vCloud delivers a single way to run, manage, andsecure your applications where you want them, when you want them. ThevCloud Blog delivers your all the highlights. Subscribe via RSS …(more)

PR.com (press release)Microsoft’s Windows Azure Platform is gaining substantial traction in theplatform-as-a-service (PaaS) corner of the cloud market. Nimbo worksclosely with Microsoft in a partnership to design business solutionsleveraging a fully cloud-based solution …(more)

Middle East North Africa Financial Network(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Cloud computing scientists at the QatarComputing Research Institute (QCRI) in Qatar Foundation are working ondeveloping a state-of-the-art data center technology specifically suitableto the local climate with the …(more)

PCWorldBy Jay Alabaster, IDG News Hitachi plans to aggressively pursue large cloud
computing projects and market software that will integrate data frominfrastructure across entire cities, it said Thursday. The massive Japaneseconglomerate said it will …(more)

SmallCap NetworkThe acquisition of IWT has enabled AMWI to immediately implement anaggressive growth strategy to take advantage of the substantial growth inSoftware as a Service (SaaS) market. SaaS is part of the multi-billiondollar cloud computing industry. …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)Although many industries have been quick to implement cloud-basedsolutions, the healthcare industry has been hesitant to fully adoptcloud-computing solutions. While a portion of this hesitancy stems fromlegitimate privacy concerns and the need to …(more)

By caminoz74
We would like to offer Open Atrium (intranet) as a hosted software as aservice. A company could purchase a hosted OA with unlimited users andprojects etc only limited by disk space and data transfer. We are a smallhosting business using …(more)

By Phil Hornshaw
Other titles have packaged multiple games in a single app and some titles,such as Gameloft’s World of Warcraft-like Order & Chaos require a monthlysubscription to play, but none have been able to move to asoftware-as-a-service model before Big Fish Games. Like other subscriptionsoffered by things … Games on iOS make up a huge market in the mobilespace, and this could be a brand new way for games to make money on theplatform. Subscription services for games seem to …(more)

content …SourceWire (press release)With this Software as a Service (SaaS) option, small hotels, motels,resorts, apartments, and even event locations will be able to manage andpromote their services to customers around the globe - providing them witha broader platform, more efficient …(more)

Channel ProIn a first for both companies, the deal will provide infrastructure as aservice (IAAS) based on the VMware vCloud architecture. Magirus, a majorVMware, Cisco and EMC distie, will handle the channel recruitment,management and engagement support with …(more)

ForbesAs said, currently Rackspace is a distant second in market share forInfrastructure As A Service, a business that will most likely see marginssqueezed. The real carrot is the managed services and software on top of aCloud platform and application …(more)

OccupyTheStack! Sunday Nov 20 6pm pacific. http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/Z4P15QEGQWWSQ5V Please turn off…(more)

Projects act as catalysts that play a vital role in building “a bettertomorrow.” But without a sophisticated project management platform, it’sdifficult to be successful …(more)

At the 2011 Green Initiatives Conference, Peter Coffee, vice president andhead of platform research at Salesforce, and Josh Whitney, lead co…(more)

PCWorldBy Sophie Curtis, computerworlduk.com The move to cloud computing is
creating headaches for SAP users, who are struggling to get their headsaround the complex licensing structure that a hybrid environment entails.This was the message from Alan …(more)

in …Reuters (press release)The book reveals the different benefits of technologies like SaaS(Software-as-a-Service), hosted or on-premises software. Matthew Parker,CEO, Lumesse comments: “At Lumesse we believe our customers deserve achoice - why should suppliers dictate how …(more)

Canada NewsWire (press release)24, 2011 /CNW/ - Canadian businesses are unclear when it comes to cloudcomputing reveals a Microsoft Canada survey released today. The survey,conducted by Leger Marketing, polled Canadian C-level executives across allsectors and found that 19 per …(more)

LivemintTo start with, the SIU would offer infrastructure as a service, which willinclude servers, network and storage; platform as a service (technologyapplications) and software as a service (authentication, payment gateways,payroll applications). …(more)

EE Times IndiaBangalore-based Aditi Technologies, a provider of software product andapplication development services, has acquired US-based cloud computingstart-up Cumulux, the 2010 Microsoft Cloud Partner of the Year. Founded in2008 by former Microsoft employees …(more)

ITProPortalMaersk Line, the world’s largest shipping company, has signed a $150million plus deal with Hewlett Packard to speed its global growth usingcloud computing. HP said that the under the 5-year deal, the company willoptimise Maersk Line’s technology …(more)

AnswersSYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)Chicago, IL, November 23, 2011 –(PR.com)– Recent business surveysindicate a much higher level of understanding of cloud computing amongbusiness executives than in recent years, but still a majority of theseexecutives still say cloud is not very …(more)

Internet.comNeglected until recently, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is getting set tocome into its own. Use of online services to let customers buildapplications without investing in all the hardware and software necessaryto build it in their own data centers is …(more)

Network World… formed the Cloud and Systems Management Technology Group under Jacobyto align engineering and services in an effort to gain market share incloud, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) andsoftware as a service (SaaS). …(more)

OpenStack hackathon, South Bay style. We’ll have OpenStack core teammembers on hand for designing, coding, or advice, and if any beginners turnup then …(more)

VMware just released vCloud Director 1.5 as a virtual appliance for thefirst time. This virtual appliance is not meant to be used in a productionenvironment, but …(more)

Software as a Service; Platform as a Service; Infrastructure as a Service.Different business objectives and different requirements results intodifferent service …(more)

We’ve eliminated hardware, software and network infrastructure costs, aswell as, … Deploy fast Go-live much faster than with complex on-premisesoftware …(more)

MashableDuke Chung co-founded Parature in 2000, with a vision to provide superiorcustomer support software accessible via the Internet. Today, Parature’sSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) product suite supports millions of end usersworldwide. …(more)

With 9th Cloud Expo at Silicon Valley’s Santa Clara Convention Center nowfinished, Cloud Computing Journal asked a variety of industry stakeholderswhat …(more)

He defines, and discusses in depth, two distinct types of multi-tenancywithin the … “There are two primary approaches to multi-tenancy in PaaS:one simply …(more)

I’m looking to create a site that has many different accounts, who eachhave their own user. The end site will have a url structure like so:account.site.com/login …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)CLEVELAND, OH, Nov 23, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Kuno Creative, aninbound marketing agency, will present “Driving SaaS Revenue with InboundMarketing” at 1:00PM EST on Wednesday, December 7th, via a free livewebinar. This webinar will explore …(more)

In my final installment of this series, you as the Network and SecuritySystem Administrator will learn how to ‘Stop’ and ‘Start’ the vShieldServices using the vShield REST API. Be sure to follow @vCloud and@VMwareSP for future updates on …(more)

By Sean Ludwig
Major platform-as-a-service provider Heroku has expanded its offerings withthe new Heroku Postgres standalone service for developers who work with SQLdatabases, the company announced today. … PostgreSQL is open-sourcedatabase software, but the Postgres standalone service is Heroku’scustomized approach to delivering it without locking customers in. Thecompany explains: We believe deeply in the value of open-source software,and believe it is even more critical in the …(more)

By Joe Brockmeier
It was the first RDBMS chosen for OpenShift, and VMware gave the elephant abig squeeze earlier this year as the platform for its “database as aservice.” Now Heroku is launching PostgreSQL as a standalone service. Folksusing Heroku as …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)HubSpot is a SaaS company selling Inbound Marketing software. HubSpot hasgrown revenue over 6000% in the last four years, placing them #33 on theInc 500 [...] Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by theauthor. …(more)

PR Web (press release)CompatibleOne open source cloud broker enables the deployment ofapplications across different OpenNebula and OpenStack cloud computingheterogeneous infrastructures. Prologue and Xwiki, two participants in theCompatibleOne open source project have …(more)

AnswersPR.com (press release)Number 1 on any cloud computing benefit list is cutting costs. A themesince cloud computing went production grade, cloud computing cost savingshas been a siren song for Chicago business looking for leaner, meaner ITbudgets. But can those significant …(more)

Maureen O’Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, isthe Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media….(more)

NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)Emailvision, the leading international software as a service (SaaS) companyspecialising in email, mobile and social marketing, announced today thelaunch of a new product that represents the first ever SaaS campaignmanagement solution with fully …(more)

The Foxconn Group will start construction of two buildings at the KaohsiungSoftware Park in southern Taiwan on December 1, according to industrysources. The buildings will house three centers: a cloud computing centerto be equipped …(more)

By aemami
Seles Games, the company behind popular news readers Weave (reviewed here),Windows Phone News, Tech News Now, as well as several other apps, recentlyswitched to Windows Azure to provide fast delivery of news for WP7 users….(more)

CRN - UKMany SIs, therefore, are redesigning their businesses to embrace customerdemand for these new cloud, SaaS and open source applications. They aim toadd value in other areas like business process consulting, training, changemanagement, …(more)

ConferenceMarketWatch (press release)Callidus has the broadest SaaS sales effectiveness platform in the industrytoday. We look forward to showcasing our SaaS and mobile Sales Selection,Sales Enablement, Incentive Management, and Sales Coaching solutions atthis groundbreaking conference …(more)

PublicTechnology.netFor example, we recently heard from VMware that our VCloud implementationfor higher education is now the largest in Europe.” The company is alsovery close to launching a community Cloud service for the higher educationsector. …(more)

Jason >> >> From: openstack-bounces+jason.rouault=hp.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:openstack-bounces+jason.rouault=hp.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] …(more)

openstack-puppet hosted on GitHub. … Puppet + OpenStack Diablo. GetOpenStack going with Rackspace Cloud Builder’s pre-release diablo packages….(more)

Service models are also known as SPI Model: Software as a Service Platformas a Service Infrastructure as a Service So, let’s talk about Platform as aService, …(more)

Data Center KnowledgeThe five-year agreement call for HP to create a private cloud computingenvironment for Maersk’s distributed and local applications using HP CloudComputing Solutions. In addition, HP will take over the Service Deskfunction at Maersk Line and maintain …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)CompatibleOne open source cloud broker enables the deployment ofapplications across different OpenNebula and OpenStack cloud computingheterogeneous infrastructures. Prologue and Xwiki, two participants in theCompatibleOne open source project have …(more)

Emailvision Launches First SaaS Campaign Management Solution With FullyIntegrated Customer Intelligence.(more)

TalkinCloud (blog)Moreover, Open Virtualization Alliance and OpenStack community membershipsspeak to Stackato’s design goal of a private cloud PaaS that maximizesdeveloper flexibility and minimizes the chances of vendor lock-in when itcomes to cloud applications. …(more)

5600 …MarketWatch (press release)”BroadSign’s software has proven its ability to run some of the world’smost sizable, complex and commercially successful digital signagenetworks,” added Mr. Romanov. “This software-as-a-service platform issecond to none in the industry and is an …(more)

SiliconIndia …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)More enterprises are looking to platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)-whether in atrue public cloud or as an on-premise private cloud-to build a strongframework that lets developers go beyond just hosting an image in a cloud.This session will explore how the …(more)

FederalNewsRadio.comBy Jason Miller The National Institute of Standards is offering agencies a
pit stop in their rush to cloud computing, and the pit crew is gettinglarger. The agency is expanding its community approach to not only finalizethe draft of version one of …(more)

By madhura
Session Will Use the WSO2 Stratos Open Source Cloud Middleware Platform toExplore the Issues of Multi-Tenancy, Elasticity, and Metering in the CloudPalo. … It also will examine how developers can quickly build out highlyscalable applications and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, free fromany lock-in. Additionally, the session will dig into the challenges ofmulti-tenancy, elasticity and metering, and show how to get started withrunning and managing WSO2 Stratos. …(more)

By feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors)
Platform-as-a-service specialist Heroku has spun its Postgres database outof its main product into a standalone service, giving people more choiceof. … 2 hours ago by Tom Espiner on Bind 9 DNS software suffersunexpected crashes …(more)

services …Ars TechnicaFormer Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted that subscription payment APIs and itsrules weren’t geared towards SaaS (Software as a Service). And according toThelen, Apple was reluctant to allow Big Fish to use subscription pricingfor its games. …(more)

Internet.comAccording to a new survey, more than 95 percent of IT organizations plan toexpand or maintain their investments in software-as-a-service (SaaS), whilea third have migrations to SaaS services underway. The survey, which wasconducted in June and July …(more)

HubSpot is a SaaS company selling Inbound Marketing software. HubSpot hasgrown revenue over 6000% in the last four years, placing them #33 on theInc …(more)

Best practices for inside sales managers. An interview with Mark Roberge,VP of Sales at HubSpot. How he blends science and process with the art ofselling.(more)

Mobile EnterpriseBy Tony Rizzo Wyse Technology, a significant player in cloud client
computing, today announced that it has acquired Trellia, a cloud-basedmobile infrastructure management vendor. The Trellia solution suiteprovides Wyse, its customers and partners …(more)

InformationWeekTablets, smartphone, and mobile EHRs gain ground in healthcare, but cloudcomputing and videoconferencing lag, finds CompTIA study. By Nicole LewisInformationWeek One out of four healthcare providers are now using tabletsin their practice, …(more)

The Microsoft UK Blog for schools, featuring news for schools fromMicrosoft, case studies within education, and education ICT advice.(more)

JDJournal.comWhile technology managers in law firms were previously interested in cloudcomputing they are reducing their drive towards it citing securityconcerns. They are focusing on the security of their information moreaccording to the studies done by The …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)GreenTax2290.com powered by TRS Holdings, Inc., a company deliveringsoftware- as-a-service products that streamline efiling of IRS Form 2290starting at $9.77, lowest price offered in the industry, offers apaper-free, fully- automated service for …(more)

365 …Web Host Industry ReviewBy Nicole Henderson, November 21, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — SaaS
solution distributor VAR Dynamics announced on Monday that it has launchedZimbra Cloud, a cloud-based productivity suite to compete with marketleaders Office 365 and Google …(more)

SYS-CON Events announced today that Cloud Expo 2012 New York, the 10thInternational Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, will take place June11-14, …(more)

Here’s some B footage that didn’t make the whole Salomon/Bonfire catalogshoot from Sass Fee video that was posted last week.(more)

Advanced OpenStack Storage client designed to help you store and manageyour files on OpenStack - CloudBerry Explorer PRO.(more)

TalkinCloud (blog)by Joe Panettieri on NaviSite, a cloud services provider acquired by TimeWarner Cable Company earlier this year, is promoting Oracle SaaS softwarelicenses for ISVs (independent software vendors) that are pushing intocloud computing. …(more)

of …MarketWatch (press release)Customers using WTD’s popular iDash product will receive similar support,with plans for FFastFill to offer the product as a SaaS offering over time.The acquisition also adds 40 members of staff based in Chicago. All WTDstaff will be offered new …(more)

4-tradersColt was the first European-based service provider to deliver the VMwarevCloud Datacenter Service and was named the VMware Global Service ProviderPartner …(more)

CenterBeamBusinesses striving for green IT should look to cloud computing to reducetheir emissions and save money, according to a post by Mandira Srivastavaon Small Biz Technology’s website. She said with energy to data centersincreasing, using the cloud …(more)

Computer Business ReviewStorage Fusion, a company owned by AIM listed firm Avisen, has release itsSRA (storage resource analysis) offering, SRA Enterprise Edition, which isa fully-automated storage assessment software delivered using Software as aService (SaaS). …(more)

TalkinCloudby Joe Panettieri on VAR Dynamics, which sells SaaS and cloud applicationsvia channel partners, appears to be launching a price war against MicrosoftOffice 365 and Google Apps. The VAR Dynamics strategy involves sellingZimbra Cloud at $3.50 per user …(more)

Barron’s (blog)By Murray Coleman After launching a little more than four months ago, the
First Trust ISE Cloud Computing ETF (SKYY) has been joined by the ETRACsMonthly 2x Leveraged ISE Cloud Computing ETN (LSKY). Both funds track thesame benchmark, with the first …(more)

MicroScopeThrough Magirus, Colt is hoping to address a wider range of theseresellers, extending the reach of its vCloud datacentre services offeringacross the …(more)

Light ReadingColt, the pan-European services provider, has appointed Magirus as itsfirst cloud services distributor to extend the reach of its VMware vCloud…(more)

DatacenterDynamicsColt has appointed its first cloud services distributor in the hope it willpush its VMware vCloud Datacenter Services to a wider market across Europe….(more)

In most SaaS offerings, the multi-tenancy is manifold - the servers, theapplication code, the database and even the individual tables or pageswithin the database might be shared among different customers and users ofthe system. In IaaS …(more)

VAdvert Press Center (press release)Users get access to SaaS business applications and programs via thewww.br.mts.by portal. The SaaS model allows suppliers to provide access toapplications through a web interface without users having to installadditional software on their PC. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Overall, the company experienced an impressive double-digit growth in totalrevenue YOY, including 21 percent revenue growth in SaaS, 56 percent growthin its social offerings, and 78 percent growth in mobile offerings. Successis largely attributable …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Vitrue’s SaaS platform solution helps global brands and agencies managetheir social relationships with consumers as well as deploy socialmarketing campaigns and communications that easily achieve scale with theability to deliver hyper-targeted …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Workday is the leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enterprise solutionsfor global human resources (HR), payroll, and financial management. –Montreal, Canada-based CAE employs more than 7500 people at over 100 sitesand aviation training locations …(more)

As announced at VMworld 2011 we are currently in the process of extendingthe PowerCLI capabilities to automate vCloud DirectorvCD configuration aspart of …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)This term ‘Industry SaaS’ can be used interchangeably with BpaaS (BusinessProcess as a Service). However, the term ‘Industry SaaS’ means Software asa Service which focuses on a specific industry, and the term BpaaS has yetto mature with a clear …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)BOULDER, Colo., Nov 22, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — ShipCompliant, a providerof compliance software as a service for the wine and spirits industries,will hold its 6th annual Direct Shipping Virtual Seminar for wineries onFriday, Dec. 2. …(more)

By jsneddon
Angela Constance MSP, Fergus Ewing (Minister for Energy, Enterprise andTourism) and Alyn Smith (MEP) will visit Flexiant, leading UK cloudsoftware…(more)

By Rick
Cloud Computing: Business Model or Technology? There are many articles onthe Internet about cloud computing, and I have written quite a few as well,covering.(more)

SearchSoftwareQuality.comCloud computing, even for internal use, creates new concerns and requiresnew management techniques to achieve the cost effective scalability that itpromises. This article describes some of those techniques and costconcerns, focusing on software …(more)

ZDNet (blog)We know that enterprise infrastructure & operations (I&O) professionals areunder tremendous executive pressure to get to yes on cloud computing andthat this can be an uncomfortable proposition. Understanding the security,maturity and return on …(more)

Computing …MarketWatch (press release)OAKVILLE, Ontario, Nov 22, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Cloudcor(R) todayannounced that ViaWest, a leading cloud and hosting service provider, hasbeen named a premier partner for UP 2011, a hybrid format Cloud ComputingConference taking place December 5 …(more)

On Friday the VMware vCloud Director virtual appliance was launched. Thisappliance has been designed to enable you to evaluate and test vCloudDirector. …(more)

Over the past two days I’ve been experimenting with Windows Guests andvCloud Director. If you didn’t know, I updated my VM Advanced ISO with thecorrect …(more)

PaaS changing tenets of Mythical Man Month. Thoughts on software schedulingand production as it is effected by massively better tools.(more)

Computerworld New ZealandBy Randal Jackson | Wellington | Wednesday, 23 November, 2011 Datacom
claims it is the first company in New Zealand and possibly the first inAustralasia to go live with VMware’s vCloud service, which allows customersto move services, applications and …(more)

GigaOm22, 2011, 11:36am PT No Comments Platform-as-a-service provider Heroku isexpanding its horizons by offering an on-demand version of the PostgreSQLdatabase as a service. The new service, aptly called Heroku Postgres, is acommercial version of what …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)About Impact Radius Impact Radius is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) andtechnology provider offering advertisers and agencies a fully integratedperformance-marketing suite. Its Generation product offers customers theability to run large scale, …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)How do you view Citrix CloudStack as well as the OpenStack project? Howdirectly do you compete? “Our main competitor is vCloud Director fromVMware. That’s the one we most often meet in competitive situations.”Occasionally we also meet CloudStack …(more)

in …MarketWatch (press release)22, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Cloud computing technologies haveincreasingly become the answer for companies looking to minimizeinformation technology costs and gain more customers. Many businesses areharnessing the power of the cloud by …(more)

Investor’s Business DailyBy MARILYN ALVA, INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 04:21 PM ET
Cloud-computing helper VMware (VMW) threw some rain on its outlook inOctober due to uncertainties over the global economy. But close watchers ofthe software company still see sunny days …(more)

ITProPortalThe post-acquisition infrastructure management strategy of Wyse will bereaching an all new level due to a delivery of a huge set of capabilities.Provider of cloud client computing , Wyse Technology, recently announcedthe acquisition of Trellia, …(more)

Internet.comDespite the hype, companies are only slowly migrating to cloud computing,chiefly due to several key challenges. Since cloud computing is a recentinnovation, current adoption rate across the industry is limited. Forinstance: Microsoft’s ‘SMB Cloud …(more)

ITProPortalFor carriers focused to take 100 percent advantage of Alcatel-Lucent’snetworks to deliver up-to-the-mark performance, Alcatel is working on thedevelopment of cloud computing platform, the “CloudBand.” Carriers canavail the benefit of this platform …(more)

Minneapolis Star TribuneSelling “software as a service” has made the Minneapolis company one ofthe best-performing initial public offerings in recent years. SPS Commerce,a fast-growing provider of supply-chain management services, has nearlydoubled its share price since …(more)

Server WatchThat number may go even higher, following VMware’s announcement of therelease of vCloud Connector 1.5, its tool for moving virtual machinesbetween private …(more)

QAS.co.nzCloud computing is a useful tool for entrepreneurs looking to expand theirbusiness, according to one expert. Businessman James Caan said that thecost-saving properties of the cloud make it a good investment, adding thathe became a convert when his …(more)

Is AV going to the cloud? It depends on whom you ask.(more)

Ben Kepes, Cloud Computing analyst, blogger and Curator of CloudU gives abrief introduction …(more)

Yesterday the vCloud Director Plugin was launched for vCenter Orchestrator.This is a feature rich plugin that allows you to orchestrate everythingfrom …(more)

Reuters (press release)”It is naturally enough very gratifying that EDB ErgoGroup has been trustedwith responsibility for ONE Nordic’s total IT support, and it alsodemonstrates how our ability to deliver IT as a service, and theopportunities to create a clear functional …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)We will extend the benefits of software as a service (SaaS) to intelligentmobile infrastructure and content management unlike any other vendor in themarket,” said Tarkan Maner, President and CEO of Wyse. “Combining the IPinnovation, skills, …(more)

PR NewswirevDirect now supports VMware’s vCloud Director in addition to VMware’svCenter Orchestrator, simplifying the provisioning of virtual applicationswithin …(more)

AllAfrica.comAre you feeling a bit cloudy about cloud computing? You are not alone ifyou are. In fact, even computer geeks and information technology (IT)experts all over the world don’t seem to understand what this newphenomenon is all about. …(more)

DigitalJournal.com (press release)Follow us on LinkedIn - Cloud computing is an emerging paradigm computingconcept that enables both information technology infrastructure andsoftware to be delivered directly over the Internet as a service. Thisarrangement, whereby companies can …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”Customers and prospective users attending this event will be treated tothe broadest SaaS sales effectiveness platform in the industry. Attendeeswill learn how SaaS, mobile, and social solutions underpin top of mindsales effectiveness missions …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on CloudComputing Services markets. Global Cloud Computing Services market isprojected to reach about US$127 billion by the year 2017, primarily drivenby factors such as growing prominence …(more)

DatacenterDynamicsChina plans to lead by example in the field of cloud computing, withinnovations and breakthroughs that the government can use to push it as anew industry for the nation. It has announced plans to set up five newcloud computing zones in different …(more)

and …AME InfoBMC’s decision to visit the region comes at a prime time as the globalcloud computing market is predicted to grow to $121.1bn in 2015 from$37.8bn in 2010, according to ‘Marketsandmarkets’. Come 29 November, BMC’ssenior management will be sharing …(more)

Bizcommunity.comLarge organisations in South Africa are increasingly adopting cloudcomputing as they realise it doesn’t always pay to own their owninformation technology systems. The concept of accessing processing power,data storage facilities or software on tap …(more)

CIOLBANGALORE, INDIA: Cloud computing is coming and businesses need to beready. The transition to public or private clouds is gaining pace ascompanies realize the potential for transforming business capabilities anddriving new innovative services. …(more)

B-EYE-NetworkThere’s a third trend on the horizon that I think will focus even furtherattention on MDM and that is the adoption of cloud computing, particularlythe adoption of software-as-a-service applications. In this case, you areessentially renting a service …(more)

ComputerworldNew Atmos Cloud Delivery Platform v1.1 is packaged as a VMware vApp andenables users to install a turnkey storage-as-a-service offering with a fewclicks of the mouse. EMC said the platform also has expanded meteringcapabilities, allowing admins to …(more)

Monday, November 21. 2011. Multi-tenancy under systemd. A while back Iblogged about how to do Multi-Tenancy of servers right on RedHat flavoredsystems. …(more)

Could anyone help me how to proceed with the multi-tenancy module? … DoesMultitenancy real increase the performance of the website and reduces the…(more)

VC CircleBangalore-based software and application development company AditiTechnologies has acquired Seattle-based Cloud computing start-up Cumuluxfor an undisclosed sum, the company has said in a statement today. Foundedin 2008 by former Microsoft employees …(more)

AppealMarketWatch (press release)Companies in the Software sector have recognized this trend and many arecurrently boosting their offerings in one of the hottest sectors aroundlately: cloud computing. The Paragon Report examines the outlook forcompanies in the Application Software …(more)

to …MarketWatch (press release)”ISVs deploying cloud applications are looking for a secure and scalableplatform with a flexible investment model,” said Kevin O’Brien, SeniorDirector, ISV and SaaS Strategy, Oracle. “Combining Oracle’s SaaS for ISVsmodel with hosting services from …(more)

InfoQ.comThe availability of the CRM Toolkit came on the heels of the release ofUpdate Rollup 5 (UR5) for both the on-premises and SaaS versions ofDynamics CRM 2011. In addition to leveraging the billing, administrationand provisioning platform of Office 365 …(more)

Executive …MarketWatch (press release)Charlie has a rich history with enterprise software and SaaS companies,having held leadership roles in several high-growth companies, includingxkoto (acquired by Teradata), SilverStream Software, Novell, and FileNet.He holds a Bachelor of Arts …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — eVariant, a leader in SaaS-basedCRM/PRM and marketing automation solutions that dramatically acceleratepatient volume growth and improve patient and provider communications,today announced that it has received its …(more)

eWeekThey are published as a service to the development community and providecompetitive user satisfaction scores on technologies such as applicationservers, software configuration management tools, databases, softwaredevelopment platforms and developer …(more)

python-novaclient - Python bindings to Openstack Nova’s RS API.(more)

InformationWeekHis clients run lots of ESX Server virtual machines in his datacenter–BlueLock is one of a handful of VMware vCloud partners. His is aheavily virtualized …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)WASHINGTON, Nov 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today, Citizens AgainstGovernment Waste published its second report on cloud computing, “CloudComputing 201.” The publication aims to provide agencies at all levels ofgovernment with a coherent approach to …(more)

CNETIt’s therefore notable that the increasing shift, for some types ofapplications from on-premise software to software-as-a-service (SaaS)reverses this customization trend. “We’re more customizable” certainly nolonger seems to be the rallying cry …(more)

Platform …MarketWatch (press release)VAR Dynamics, which sells popular SaaS and Cloud business apps exclusivelythrough the IT channel, has priced Zimbra Cloud(R) for its channel partnersat $3.50 per user, well below the $5 to $6 per user price point of otheralternative Cloud offerings. …(more)

Companies …PR Newswire (press release)During the past several years, many new Fortune 500 companies have signedon to implement the BlackLine Financial Close Software Suite in aSoftware-as-a Service (SaaS) environment across their global organizations.BlackLine’s 2009 growth follows two …(more)

Now OnLive wants to use its technology to provide the PC desktop as aservice. It wants to give you access to Photoshop running on a high-endservice, from the …(more)

eWeekJelastic, a Palo Alto, Calif., startup, delivers a beta of the JelasticJava Platform as a Service (PAAS) offering for hosting service providers.Jelastic, a new startup, has announced its namesake flagship product, whichit refers to as a …(more)

InformationWeekBy Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek The US Postal Service should offer
email, secure document storage, and other online services as a way for thefinancially strapped agency to leverage the Web as a service platform,according to the USPS office of …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)The emergence of Software as a Service or SaaS has revolutionized the wayin which packaged software like financial software, operations managementsoftware and software used to automate tasks are offered to the customers.Instead of a network-based …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)About Demandware: Demandware is a leading provider of software-as-a-service(SaaS) ecommerce solutions that enable companies to easily design,implement and manage their own customized ecommerce sites, includingwebsites, mobile applications and other …(more)

IT Business Edge (blog)Similarly, IT Business Edge’s Mike Vizard in August wrote about a solutionfrom Cloudera and Dell that bundles Cloudera’s Apache distribution ofHadoop with IT automation tools from OpsCode and an OpenStack installationtool from Dell called Crowbar on …(more)

Web Host Industry ReviewThe Dynamic Data Center Toolkit is the framework upon which Hyper-V cloudwas built, according to the press release, and is a collection of resourcesto …(more)

Whether SaaS IaaS or PaaS one of the central concepts of all layers ofcloud computing is multitenancy If there is no shared resource in adeployment it’s …(more)

CSO Magazine (blog)My client is a leading international Saas provider. They are currentlylooking for a Linux Systems Engineer to develop their offerings inAustralia. Skills will be a mixture of Puppet, KVM or vmware, mysql, Perl,Bourne, php etc. …(more)

TalkinCloud (blog)Like other cloud platform providers, LuxCloud offers a way for its channelpartners to quickly and easily deploy SaaS solutions to customers on apay-as-you-go model. For resellers, the program reduces TCO and speedstime-to-market when deploying new …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Whether SaaS, IaaS or PaaS, one of the central concepts of all layers ofcloud computing is multi-tenancy. If there is no shared resource in adeployment, it’s difficult to justify calling that deployment “cloud.”Essential Characteristics: Resource …(more)