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November 16, 2011

Daily Cloud Feed – Nov 16, 2011

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

  • Leading Managed Services Provider OneTouch Direct Selects EasyVista MSP
  • Sacramento Bee”After a careful evaluation of many SaaS IT Service Management solutions,we selected EasyVista as the most robust solution based on functionality,agility and flexibility,” said Scott McKinley, OTD, VP Services andBusiness Development. …(more)

  • Salomon and Bonfire in Saas Fe – YoBeat
  • Catalog shoots are hard work! Right? Right!? Ok, well, the Salomon andBonfire teams make it look pretty damn fun and you will likely enjoy thisvideo from their …(more)

  • Datalink Rising with Cloud Computing Demand, Says CEO
  • TheStreetTVDatalink Rising with Cloud Computing Demand, Says CEO.(more)

  • eCommerce Pricing-as-a-Service Company Moves to Austin, Tx and Builds Out
  • TeamPR.com (press release)Working closely with industry experts and human-computer interactionresearchers, BlackLocus has created an intuitive platform focused onsolving tough problems for online retailers. Simply put, BlackLocusautomatically scans the competitive landscape, …(more)

  • Cloud to come of age by 2015
  • ZDNet AsiaBy Kevin Kwang , ZDNet Asia on November 16, 2011 (6 mins ago) Security,
    availability and data sovereignty key hurdles to be mitigated over nextfour years to bring cloud computing to same level as mainstream IT,predicts market analyst. …(more)

  • iCIMS Named a Champion Provider of Talent Acquisition Systems
  • PR Web (press release)iCIMS, a leading provider of Software-as- a- Service talent managementsolutions, announced today that it was listed as a Champion in theInfo-Tech Research Group’s Vendor Landscape Report for Talent AcquisitionSystems. McLean & Company, a division of …(more)

  • video Hibernate 4.0 MultiTenancy
  • Multi-tenancy is an architecture for data partitioning with the intentionof allowing a single running instance of an application to simultaneouslyhost …(more)

  • Forrester’s Call: Platform-as-a-Service cloud development is poised …
  • By Mike Gilpin
    But sometimes PaaS will be worth the risk: for example, when the PaaS ispart of a broader cloud solution, running a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)app into which your business has already bought. In this case, you’vealready taken the risk, …(more)

  • How to implement a successful SaaS Model
  • Promotion World (press release)by Christa joe joe In simple words, SaaS can also be regarded as asubscription based service for an application delivered over an internet.There are lots of organizations that provide SaaS to the global market, butto implement SaaS model …(more)

  • Sfile Announces Unprecedented Processing Speeds With HPC Predictor
  • Engine …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Sfile Technology Corporation, a leading provider of Big Data Processing andAnalytics with a SaaS-based delivery of eDiscovery, litigation support, andcollaborative workspace solutions offered through a disruptive end-to-endpricing model, …(more)

  • InterviewStream is Taleo Certified as a Video Interviewing Solution
  • PR Web (press release)The World’s Most Powerful Video Interviewing Platform Integrates withTaleo’s Leading SaaS-Based Talent Management Solution. InterviewStream, thepioneer in online video interviews announced today that its platform is nowTaleo Certified, …(more)

  • Informatica Cloud Winter 2012 Expands Functionality of Award- Winning
  • Cloud …MarketWatch (press release)”Informatica Cloud ensures that our Salesforce CRM users never need toleave the platform,” said Laura McKevitt, CRM Manager, CETCO. “Broadeningcloud-based connectivity and a continued focus on simplicity and ease ofuse will make the Informatica …(more)

  • Multiple Mailbox configuration for multitenancy. – BMC Communities …
  • In ITSM 2 Companies are configured in multitenancy. If user from Company Ais logged the ticket, mails related to that ticket should go from mail boxof Company …(more)

  • Internap launches OpenStack-based cloud service
  • ZDNetCustomers can architect tailored cloud configurations and create customizednetwork configurations on demand through VMware’s vCloud Director portal….(more)

  • Cloud app dev goes private
  • InfoWorldBy David Linthicum | InfoWorld At Cloud Expo last week, many vendors
    focused on “private PaaS” as a form of cloud computing. They follow thelogic that if you can have a private (IaaS) cloud, then you certainly canhave a private PaaS cloud — but …(more)

  • Cloud computing offers “more for less”
  • OneStopClickIBM has claimed that the reason so many businesses are adopting cloudcomputing solutions is because the technology allows them to do more forless. The firm has shown that 75 per cent of organisations are expecting toadopt cloud computing …(more)

  • Skytap Cloud Adds Open Virtualization Support
  • Data Center KnowledgeCloud automation provider Skytap announced the addition of new capabilitiesfor its cloud computing platform. The company is enhancing Skytap Cloud byintroducing support for Open Virtualization Format (OVF), advancednotification services, …(more)

  • Call Genie Announces New Cloud Based Software as a Service Model …
  • … its product model to include a Cloud based Software as a Service(“SaaS”). … to include a Cloud based Software as a ServiceSaaS The newCloud platform …(more)

  • Call Genie Announces New Cloud Based Software as a Service Model
  • MarketWatch (press release)TORONTO, ONTARIO, Nov 16, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Call Genie Inc./quotes/zigman/31401 CA:GNE -17.65% is pleased to announce that it isevolving its product model to include a Cloud based Software as a Service(“SaaS”). The new Cloud platform, …(more)

  • DotCloud Redefines Cloud Database Space With Complete Native Integration
  • of …MarketWatch (press release)Now, with just a single command, developers gain replication support,unified scaling and high availability without having to install, manage oradministrate any software. As a Platform as a Service (PaaS), DotCloud alsoenables existing support for a …(more)

  • New Mexico Software Announces Company Name Change and Expansion of …
  • MarketWatch (press release)The company’s XR-EXpress 510(k) cleared Picture Archiving and CommunicationSystem is available for resale and can be installed at a medical facilityor can be purchased as a “Software-as-a-Service” (SaaS). Net Medical XpressSolutions also will begin …(more)

  • Object storage suppliers: We want your big data
  • RegisterCaringo, whose CAStor object storage product was OEM’d by Dell with aDX6000 object storage array, has made CAStor available for OpenStack. ACaringo spokesperson said: “OpenStack is an open-source cloud computingplatform. …(more)

  • Limelight Networks Extends SaaS Services for Asian Markets to Address …
  • MarketWatch (press release)By augmenting its existing CDN presence in the region with a proven set of
    SaaS solutions for mobile delivery and rich content management, Limelighthelps enterprise customers and media and entertainment companies enhancetheir online businesses and …(more)

  • Boundary Prepares SaaS-based Network Monitoring Service
  • MSPmentorBoundary, a startup, in December will launch a public beta test of itsSaaS-based network monitoring service. Boundary, launched by a formerAmazon Web Services executive, expects the SaaS service to reach itscommercial release in Q1 2012, …(more)

  • New Relic Closes $15 Million Expansion Round
  • MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov 16, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — New Relic, theSaaS-based cloud application performance management provider, todayannounced that it has closed a $15 million expansion financing round led bynew strategic investors DAG …(more)

  • BuildingIQ Delivers Next Wave in Building Energy Management
  • MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 16, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — BuildingIQ, a leading energymanagement software company, today announced the availability of ManagerIQ,the latest addition to its growing suite of SaaS Predictive EnergyOptimization(TM) applications. …(more)

  • FullArmor myITPortal(TM) Provides Cloud-Based Software Distribution and …
  • MarketWatch (press release)myITPortal(TM) can be used to remotely manage hardware and softwareconfigurations and assets including SaaS (Software as a Service) andtraditional on-premise applications, on endpoints. It provides users theflexibility to automatically push …(more)

  • Forrester’s Call PlatformAsAService Cloud Development Is Poised …
  • My colleague John Rymer expects PlatformasaServicePaaS technology tocross… PaaS is part of a broader cloud solution running aSoftwareasaServiceSaaS app …(more)

  • Is Multitenancy the Way for your Business to Go | GMO Cloud …
  • Companies looking at a public cloud solution should consider a fewquestions about security of multi-tenancy cloud set ups.(more)

  • Cartoon Company Uses Cloud Computing to Reduce Data Center Costs
  • ComputerworldCookie Jar Entertainment turned to cloud computing in 2008 to meet growingcomputing needs without growing its data centers. By Sandra Gittlen CIO -Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, every business wanted to show off itsglass house full of racks of …(more)

  • Cloud Security Alliance Releases Guidance Version 3
  • MarketWatch (press release)ORLANDO, FL, Nov 16, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — The Cloud SecurityAlliance (CSA) today unveiled the third version of its Security Guidancefor Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing. This effort provides apractical, actionable road map to …(more)

  • Cloud IaaS adoption soars in Australia
  • iTWireInfrastructure-as-a-Service adoption is growing in leaps and bounds as anincrease in cloud computing users and the number of local data centresdrive awareness of the benefits of infrastructure from the cloud withAustralian enterprises. …(more)

  • Narrow down your cloud tool choices
  • SearchCloudComputing.comMost enterprises know the major cloud computing solutions providers, butseveral lesser-known players are making their mark. Whether any of thesevendors will be successful is unknown. So, with hundreds of cloud solutionsproviders on the market, …(more)

  • EMC Named as a Platinum Partner for UP 2011 Cloud Computing Conference
  • MarketWatch (press release)OAKVILLE, Ontario, Nov 16, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Cloudcor today announcesEMC Corporation as a Platinum Partner for UP 2011 Cloud ComputingConference and that EMC Chief Technology Officer Jeff Nick will deliver aHeadline Keynote address on December …(more)

  • AeroMetric’s BP Oil Cloud Computing Project Wins Grand Award in 5th
  • Annual …DirectionsMag.com (press release)A project providing a cloud computing solution to geospatial data for BPDeep Water Horizon event has been selected as the Grand Award winner in the5th Annual MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards.AeroMetric, Inc. of Sheboygan, …(more)

  • Internet Leader Meebo Graduates to Intacct for Cloud Accounting and
  • Financial …MarketWatch (press release)A rapidly growing company, now with six US offices and over 200 employees,Meebo recently upgraded to Intacct’s award-winning cloud computing-basedaccounting system to handle its financial management needs. Due to itsexplosive growth and the …(more)

  • Top Three Reasons for Cloud Adoption From Cloud EXPO Survey by Aryaka …
  • MarketWatch (press release)Results indicate offshore development (30%) tied to continued globalexpansion is driving further adoption of cloud computing, in addition to24X7 support (18%) and call centers (12%). 49% of respondents said that theneed for successful and timely …(more)

  • ScaleXtreme Adds to Cloud Management Platform
  • DABCC.comDynamic Server Assembly expands the original functionality that thesolution provided by giving users the ability to model, provision andlaunch servers across Amazon Web Services, OpenStack and the otherplatforms ScaleXtreme supports. …(more)

  • Platform-as-a-Service cloud development is poised for breakout
  • ZDNet (blog)But sometimes PaaS will be worth the risk: for example, when the PaaS ispart of a broader cloud solution, running a software-as-a-service (SaaS)app into which your business has already bought. In this case, you’vealready taken the risk, …(more)

  • LabTech Software and Axcient Offer Integration of RMM Software and Data …
  • PR Newswire (press release)”As the world’s leading RMM solution, we continually make strides inproviding the broadest range of device support, and Axcient’s approach tobackup and business continuity as-a-service is an increasingly popularoption for MSPs,” said LabTech …(more)

  • Smoothly Hopping from Cloud to Cloud: VMware vCloud Connector 1.5
  • ReadWriteWebVMware has been addressing this need with a product called vCloudConnector. But the problem, as Gartner analyst Kyle Hilgendorf reportedlast July, …(more)

  • The language of cloud computing
  • SearchSoftwareQuality.comWe hear a lot about cloud computing, and though people in the computingindustry know we’re not talking about the weather, as with any technology,the terminology can be confusing. In this tip we’ll take a look at some ofthe common terms and …(more)

  • Cloud Computing Security Tips – 3 Tips to Keeping Your Cloud Data Safe
  • Caribbean Media VisionFor any IT professional out there, data security is the main problem theyare dealing with when it comes to cloud computing. Even though out theremany services like EC2 from Amazon are serving many clients around theworld, it seems that some people …(more)

  • VCs: Don’t mistake cloud computing for the cloud opportunity
  • GigaOm16, 2011, 11:05am PT No Comments Despite a tough economy, technologyinvestors expect to fund more cloud-computing related technologies goingforward, according to new research. More than half of those surveyed byPeachtree Capital Advisors predicted …(more)

  • Skytap Continues Public Cloud Onslaught
  • NetworkComputing.comThe company’s intent is to make cloud computing easier to use for businessusers, while offering the visibility and control required by ITprofessionals. In September the company announced automation innovations,with tools that could deliver cost …(more)

  • CrownPeak Previews Upcoming Version of its SaaS Web CMS
  • CMSWireDas cited several blockages to getting website up and running and easilymanaged including: Which is why CrownPeak has made some significant changesto its SaaS web content management system. The CrownPeak interface has beendeveloped using Silverlight …(more)

Daily Log News Feed – Nov 16, 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 – Nov 16, 2011

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