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AZ Central.com9, 2011 04:53 PM Phoenix data center company IO has been awarded a contractto provide cloud-computing services for what is being billed as the largesthealth-care data center in the world. The contract, for an undisclosedamount of money, …(more)

Technology SpectatorFive years after launching its so-called cloud computing service, thebiggest internet retailer is reaping the benefits of what has become aunique window into the technology start-up world. Amazon backed at leastfour startups that are customers of …(more)

Redknee a leading provider of businesscritical billing and chargingsoftware and solutions for communications service providers has enteredinto a global …(more)

Saas Bina Sasural - 8th November 2011 Part 1 on uZood Video. Saas BinaSasural - 8th November 2011.(more)

V3.co.ukby Shaun Nichols Fujitsu has extended its cloud computing business with theintroduction of a pair of platforms. The company revealed a new set ofcloud computing services for businesses along with a set of hardwaremodules designed to serve as the …(more)

Rackspace is moving beyond its own walls to help others deliver and deploycloud solutions Rackspace is one of the leaders behind the open sourceOpenStack …(more)

IT …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)The Art of Service has expanded its cloud computing education programs tofurther train IT professionals who must keep pace with the growing numberof businesses moving into the cloud. The Art of Service has expanded itscloud computing education …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)PARIS, Nov 10, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Cegedim Relationship Managementtoday announced that FarmaSyn SA has fully deployed Cegedim RelationshipManagement’s award* winning Mobile Intelligence(TM) for iPad(TM) solution.Farmasyn SA is a leading Greek …(more)

Gathers …MarketWatch (press release)Furthermore, as Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud-based datamanagement and processing environments are becoming accepted as mainstream,it is both logical and sensible for operators to consider a managed serviceenvironment as a plausible future …(more)

Banking Business ReviewIt offers SaaS-based software suite and in-house auditing expertise tomanage vendors through bill review cost containment, workflow processimprovement and business intelligence. Rob Wolfson, a managing director atHIG Capital, said that the Allegient …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Rackspace Hosting is the service leader in cloud computing, and the founderof OpenStack, an open source cloud platform. Rackspace provides FanaticalSupport (R) to its customers, across a portfolio of IT services, includingManaged Hosting and Cloud …(more)

Data Center KnowledgeThe new private cloud is powered by OpenStack, the open source cloudcomputing platform organized by Rackspace at last year. The new offeringprovides Rackspace with an opportunity to build revenues atop privateclouds living in customers’ on-premises …(more)

Reseller NewsThe distributor is in talks with other vendors to build up its SaaSofferings, as a company known for bringing HP products to marketdiversifies its product range and delivery. The plan had been in the worksfor some time, according to Exeed and SMX …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Autonomic Resources, a GSA IaaS Cloud provider,has recently executed the necessary contractual agreements with IBM toallow for SaaS enablement of IBM’s software assets. Utilizing Autonomic’sARC-P cloud as the delivery method …(more)

eWeekThe Fedora Project released Fedora 16 (”Verne”), featuring GNOME 3.2, aswell as virtualization and cloud enhancements including Aeolus andOpenStack integration. Fedora 16 upgrades to Linux 3.1, the GRUB2bootloader, and Firefox 7.0.1, while offering …(more)

Once we have builtvSphere we look at bringing in vCloud Director andvShield Manager vCloud Director is the abstraction enginge and vShieldManager provides …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov 10, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Engine Yard, theleading Platform as a Service (PaaS), today announced the appointment ofMark Gaydos as vice president of marketing. In this role, Gaydos will beresponsible for global …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Feature-Rich and Affordable - The Software as a Service (SaaS) model lowersthe solution cost to Gamma’s enterprise customers so that Gamma’smid-market enterprises will be able to experience a rich set of enhancedcapabilities for hosted voice and UC …(more)

as …MarketWatch (press release)NetSol offers a unique Cloud-Delivered Leasing and Finance Solution,LeasePak Software-as-a-Service. The company declares it the firstcloud-delivered leasing and finance accounting and portfolio managementsolution to be offered by a US-based software …(more)

istockAnalyst.com (press release)The new service is being offered under a Software as a Service (SaaS)model, initially on a free trial basis in Japan. According to the company,the service allows users to search for, view, and print the patentinformation of countries around that …(more)

Cloud …MarketWatch (press release)Built on Force.com, the leading enterprise cloud computing platform,Enrollment Rx solutions can be deployed at half the cost of and five timesfaster than traditional on-premise software. By automating enrollment andplacement, and transferring all …(more)

By Bert Latamore
Next year Quantivo plans to turn the market on its head by offering aself-service SaaS big data analysis service modeled after Salesforce.comusing a unique drag-and-drop interface that makes it easy for businessusers to create their queries …(more)

TV News CheckBy Staff Crispin Corp., a supplier of master control automation and media
asset management solutions, has announced the availability of Cameo andVeranda, two new software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for broadcast andcable television stations. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Nov 10, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Avangate, the agileeCommerce service provider trusted by thousands of Software and SaaScompanies to grow their businesses worldwide through any channel and anymodel, today announced the launch …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)In addition to new customers, partnerships and product development,Medidata further expanded its offerings and expertise over the past yearwith the acquisition of Clinical Force, a pioneer in SaaS-based clinicaltrial management systems (CTMS). …(more)

Cloud ProWith Fujitsu entering the CRM SaaS market, Jennifer Scott looks at whetherit can compete with its more established competitors. ANALYSIS: Software asa Service (SaaS) is arguably the most common model of cloud computing usedin business. …(more)

“Cloud software allows users to take commercial software and consume ithourly or monthly based on CPU or server-based licensing models, and reallyalign software consumption with software as a service consumption model.”Available on …(more)

By tclose
Smarter Agent is a location-based application pioneer that has created thefirst scalable mobile Platform as a Service (PaaS) that enables widespreadcontent distribution to consumers through native apps.Smarter Agent is themost scalable …(more)

SearchSOARecently The Open Group released Cloud Computing for Business, which takesa close view at cloud computing from the business side, but which is notuncongenial to those looking at things from the enterprise architect’spoint of view. …(more)

eWeekThe entire scope of cloud computing, infrastructure, management,applications, services, networking and consulting was represented. If therewas one headline that could be used to describe this event it might be:”Cloud Expo 2011: It’s About Control of …(more)

Bizjournals.comThe unit of SunGard Data Systems Inc. said in a press release that it andthe university will work together to identify unsolved problems related tocloud computing, launch targeted research initiatives to solve them, andcommercialize the results of …(more)

GigaOm10, 2011, 12:08pm PT No Comments Although it appears significant venturecapital investment in Platform-as-a-Service startups is drawing to a close,Boulder, Colo.-based Standing Cloud was able to raise another $3 million,it announced on Thursday. …(more)

The security of cloud computing is often debated but such debates seem tobe over for the general tasked with running the United States military’scyber …(more)

ResultsMarketWatch (press release)Delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS), customers only require anInternet connection and web browser thereby utilizing previous investmentsin systems and technology. The company’s healthcare customers and usersinclude leading homecare companies, …(more)

Sacramento BeeFor more information or to purchase CharTec BDR software, visithttp://www.CharTec.net/softBDR CharTec is the SMB channel’s leadingprovider of Hardware as a Service (HaaS) and the largest MSP trainingprovider. CharTec was developed exclusively for IT …(more)

InformationWeekHowever, a decision to deploy in an OpenStack cloud will result in freedom,mobility, and ultimately in superior technology. IT history is repeatingitself before our eyes, and once again, open standards will prevail.(more)

Seeking AlphaBefore its conference call, the company also announced Rackspace Cloud:Private Edition, an OpenStack-powered cloud backed by its managed servicesand operational support. The service targets customers looking to buildmedium-to-large scale private …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN As the cloud computing era takes hold and SaaS use
explodes, it’s time to stop investing in out-dated software and systems,Rackspace CTO John Engates told the crowd Tuesday at Cloud Expo West inSanta Clara, Calif. …(more)

ComputerworldBy Bernard Golden CIO - I was looking through the program for an upcoming
cloud computing conference and noted a number of sessions devoted tonegotiating contracts and service level agreements (SLAs) with cloudproviders. …(more)

The West AustralianA rise in the popularity of “cloud computing” systems could pose newsecurity threats and a legal minefield for law enforcement agencies, atechnology expert has warned. Cloud computing allows users to outsourcetheir computer software and storage …(more)

Campus TechnologyFedora 16 offers a range of enhancements to its virtualization and cloudcomputing capabilities, along with numerous package upgrades and usabilityimprovements. Fedora 16 is designed to make large deployments easierbecause of the improvements it has …(more)

Rackspace will help enterprises run private clouds in production, relyingon a unique knowledge of OpenStack(tm) and experience operating one of theworld’s …(more)

eWeekRackspace will support private clouds run outside of its data centersprovided these clouds run OpenStack and use the specified hardware.Rackspace launched a kit that will make it possible for organizations tolaunch private clouds based on OpenStack …(more)

eWeekApple iCloud is a is a combination of free,cloud-based services and a setof API’s that allow third-party developers to take advantage of storing andprocessing information in virtual, cloud-computing environment rather thanjust on a physical device …(more)

CCH Introduces SaaS Version of ProSystem fx Scan: Digitally Organize 1040Source Documents While in the Cloud.(more)

ChannelPro-SMBby ChannelPro-SMB November 8, 2011 11:02 PM The offering enables MSPs todeliver their client and server Windows applications as Software as aService offerings. Virtualization developer Ericom Software is rolling outAccessCloud this month. …(more)

PR WebThe Awesome DotNetNuke Cloud Hosting platform is built on top of AppliedInnovations Hyper-V Cloud. The solution allows clients to scale from 1 to 5web …(more)

The powerful cloud computing capabilities will allow Alestra to expand itsvalue- added services portfolio, to include an IaaS (Infrastructure as aService) solution …(more)

FinextraOn top of that, deployments are just one click away, more consistent andwith less possibility of human error since configuration management ismostly done by the platform. Moreover, you pay for only what you use. Toclose the circle, …(more)

PR Web (press release)PineSolutions decided that the best mix of features, functionality,resiliency and service, combined with a cost effective pricing model, werebest delivered by the Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions on the markettoday. PineSolutions are a unique …(more)

Job details for a Software as a service (SAAS) - Sales and BusinessDevelopment Manager job in London listed at Totaljobs.com - 52120236.(more)

By Zev
Feedback Form Blog by Kampyle. Read about: Selling SaaS to Enterprises:Science or Art?(more)

By Matthew Weinberger
Ericom AccessCloud is a cloud enablement solution designed to helpMicrosoft Windows developers turn their legacy single-tenant applicationsinto SaaS.(more)

The Contact Center Solutions Global Online Community, Sponsored byInteractive Intelligence, is designed to serve as the industry’s premierresource for …(more)

PCWorldNew announcements scheduled include a private beta for NetWeaver Neo, aPaaS (platform as a service) based on SAP’s Java development and middlewarestack. On the private cloud front, SAP is also planning to announce apartnership with VMware around …(more)

and …MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov 09, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Engine Yard, theleading Platform as a Service (PaaS), today announced new features andenhancements to its platform, including high availability and databasecapabilities. …(more)

ServiceMarketWatch (press release)ECF V2.0 provides companies with highly customizable and highly scalablePlatform-as-a-Service capabilities leveraging a patented, globallydistributed Edge Computing network. Compared with services confined to asingle location, Mirror Image’s …(more)

Rackspace will support private clouds that run outside of its data centersprovided these clouds run OpenStack and use the specified hardware.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Kelly’s recognized accomplishments are highlighted by her executiveinitiative to transform Host Analytics’ internal operations to an entirelySaaS-based model. The initiative not only benefitted the organization, butalso helps Host Analytics …(more)

ApplicationsSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)Thanks to them, low cost SaaS and IaaS solutions are growing ever moreattractive to both SMBs and enterprise level corporations. Take advantageof SaaS server monitoring tools. For developers and engineers to create andmaintain quality products, …(more)

Companies …MarketWatch (press release)By leveraging Circonus Unified Monitoring, a dual SaaS/private-SaaS
solution, partners can provide clients with an unprecedented level ofvisibility into both on-premises and cloud environments. This enablesend-user clients to make rapid, intelligent, …(more)

SalesMarketWatch (press release)Gachot previously led worldwide sales and was the general manager of theSaaS division at LiveOps, a leading provider of on-demand contact centertechnology and call center outsourcing services. “I am thrilled to welcomeOlivier to Skire’s executive …(more)

PR WebAnd the $100000 DotNetNuke Hyper-V Cloud Giveaway will offer attendeesmultiple chances to win valuable services. The launch of Awesome DotNetNukeCloud …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)AAA NCNU’s business strategy calls for a lean operational model with lowfixed overhead costs and expanded use of specialist-provided services,including software-as-a-service (SaaS). — Following a research and reviewprocess, AAA NCNU determined that …(more)

livePRcom SAN FRANCISCO CAMarketwire 110911 Engine Yard the leadingPlatform as a ServicePaaS today announced new features and enhancements toits platform …(more)

Jamaica GleanerThe market for global cloud-computing services is projected to double fromUS$68.3 billion in 2010 to US$148.8 billion by 2014. Data suggests that 81per cent of businesses globally are either evaluating, planning,implementing, or have already adopted …(more)

to …MarketWatch (press release)9, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — SunGard Availability Services todayannounced a partnership with the University of Texas at Austin to create aCloud Computing Research Center. Through the partnership, SunGard and UTAustin will jointly identify …(more)

a …MarketWatch (press release)”The Bring Your Own Device trend is affecting all types of organizations,from SMBs to large enterprises, and organizations need a simpler,SaaS-based approach to network visibility to help more companies adoptNAC,” said Amy Luby, vice president and …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The Connecticut based company offers SaaS-based software suite and in-houseauditing expertise to manage vendors through bill review cost containment,workflow process improvement and business intelligence. HIG Capital teamedwith Allegient to help …(more)

PR Web (press release)Blue Ridge, the leading SaaS inventory solutions provider, today announcedthe opening of their European headquarters in Windsor Berkshire, UK. Thefast-growing global leader in SaaS inventory solutions plans to acceleratelocal growth plans and …(more)

TechNewsWorldI was rewarded not too long ago, when the term “cloud computing” appearedon the scene. The technology concept behind cloud computing has been aroundfor more than 50 years, and the legal issues are equally old. Thoseconcerns remain unchanged, …(more)

Knowledge@WhartonForrester Research estimates that 31% of companies are now getting theirsoftware delivered as a service. According to research firm Gartner, thecloud computing market delivered revenue of $74.3 billion in 2010, but willswell to $176.8 billion by …(more)

IT Business EdgeExploding IT infrastructure costs are fueling the fast-growing marketplacefor software-as-a-service (SaaS) as an alternative to traditional software.Chief amongst the IT infrastructure costs targeted by SaaS are largeexpenses for custom code …(more)

San Francisco ChronicleAdobe’s software-as-a-service business — programs delivered over theInternet through so-called cloud computing — may reach $1 billion overtime, Narayen said. “Billions of dollars are shifting to digital”publishing, Narayen said. …(more)

ChannelPro-SMBby ChannelPro-SMB November 9, 2011 08:32 AM CharTec, aHardware-as-a-Service and MSP training provider geared towards SMBs, islaunching a software version of its backup and data recovery (BDR)appliance. The appliance enables partners by reusing …(more)

As cloud computing increasingly becomes a critical initiative forbusinesses of all sizes and across all industries, SAP is committed tobringing innovation and value to customers by leveraging its considerableassets. These include: business …(more)

By William New
A new study by a Harvard business professor has found that protectionagainst copyright liability increased investment in the cutting-edgetechnology of cloud computing.(more)

A joint venture, YUNANOTM (transliteration cloud & safe) will provideinnovative cloud computing services for corporate customers in Europe, theMiddle East and Africa (EMEA). The partnership will offer UFIDA access intothe European …(more)

Frost & Sullivan estimates growth of cloud computing will rise from 32%this year to 50% by 2012. Recent floods in 7 major Industrial Estates aswell as the ones coming into Bangkok have been affecting how businessesoperate.(more)

The company will support OpenStack implementations in an internal datacenter or hosted in other data centers.(more)

CRNIn a keynote presentation Monday at the Cloud Channel Summit in MountainView, Calif., Amy Anderson, IBM Cloud Computing Partner Program manager,took the cloud definition-bending one step further and noted that the cloudis also single-handedly …(more)

PR Web (press release)Sessions cover cloud disaster recovery and high availability, Software as aService (SaaS) enablement, and security and performance issues in an IBM ibased cloud with a keynote presented by Ari Kugler, IBM director ofbusiness development for the IBM …(more)

The direction of SaaS as we make our way out of recession. Will the ruleschange ? Is Software as a Service still the right choice?(more)

Above and beyond this, Transzap’s mission is to become and remain abest-in- class Software as a Service (SaaS) provider. To this end, Transzapcontinues to …(more)

iTWireEven with vCloud Express, he pointed out, it’s necessary to stop a localinstance and restart it on a cloud platform rather than seamlessly bringing…(more)

ARNnetSaaS growth will help drive wider adoption of Cloud services, particularlyas Cloud service providers overcome security and compliance concerns toaccelerate acceptance. The survey found that although SaaS offerings coverthe spectrum of business and …(more)

Moneycontrol.comSymphony Services, the software and product engineering services provider,has announced it has aligned with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) innovatorCorent Technology to help customers dramatically speed up the process ofmigrating conventional, …(more)

ReutersPARIS Nov 8 (Reuters) - Information technology service provider Atos saidon Tuesday that it had formed a joint venture with China’s Ufida Softwareto provide cloud computing services for mid-sized companies. The companiestogether invested 5.7 million …(more)

PR Web (press release)SaaS Business Intelligence startup, Chart.io, raises $3.15M in a Series Afinancing, led by Avalon Ventures. Chart.io, a Y-Combinator-backed startup,secures $3.15M in a Series A round led by Avalon ventures with BullpenCapital participating. …(more)

Business Cloud NewsCalled Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition, the new private cloud givesenterprise IT departments the opportunity to run OpenStack software in aprivate setting, while being backed by Rackspace managed services andoperational support. …(more)

GloballyDigitalJournal.com (press release)Cordys, a leading provider of software for business process management(BPM) and business operations improvement, today announced that Fujitsu hasselected Cordys to offer Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities inconjunction with Fujitsu’s Global …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SAN JOSE, CA, Nov 08, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — CargoSmart Limited, aleading Software as a Service (SaaS) global shipping and logisticssolutions provider, today announced that it has launched ScheduleReliability, the industry’s first …(more)

CRN - UK”We built it exactly how VMware think we should have and we were the firstto get the vCloud Powered sticker. Having done this, there is a hugeopportunity …(more)

GigaOm8, 2011, 3:00am PT No Comments Popular SaaS startup New Relic made its namemonitoring application performance, but it has added server monitoring tothe mix to make the service more functional. It’s actually a natural fitfor New Relic, though, …(more)

Accounting TodayBy Bill Carlino, Accounting Today As part of its sweeping mobile technology
strategy, CCH is preparing to launch a cloud version of its ProSystem fxScan tax solution that is scheduled to be unveiled in December. Theproduct, which is based on the …(more)

DatacenterDynamicsRackspace is taking its support for the OpenStack Cloud architecture beyondCloud services in its own data centers and contributions to the openarchitecture’s development. The company will now provide managed servicesand operational support for …(more)

in …ReutersThrough our joint venture, UFIDA can achieve its strategic goal ofglobalization and access to EMEA markets rapidly, and can meet the newdemands and features of globalization of cloud computing to build upinnovative cloud management and IT …(more)

CNET (blog)CA spent almost $1 billion rounding out its cloud computing capabilities ina series of buying sprees in 2009 and 2010. HP dropped a bomb on thesoftware world with its hotly debated $12 billion purchase of Autonomy thisAugust. And Oracle has more.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov 08, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — New Relic todayadded free Server Monitoring as a core capability of its SaaS applicationperformance management (APM) tool, giving organizations visibility intocritical resource utilization …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)iCentera is the leading provider of SaaS-based sales enablement solutions.iCentera’s patented platform replaces static portals with a single salesenablement system that quickly enables business users to create anddistribute marketing content to …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)For SaaS applications, Zing supports 3X higher user density as measured bycustomer in-house benchmarks. For distributed caching and in-memory datastores, Zing sustains a 5.7X greater throughput (ops/sec) based upon theYahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark. …(more)

Available …MarketWatch (press release)VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Nov 08, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –Leading global research technology firm Vision Critical today introducedFirefly Surveys, a powerful suite of market research tools that seamlesslyintegrate quantitative survey …(more)

PaaSMarketWatch (press release)… offering solutions for Perl, Python, Tcl and other web languages, hasannounced today several new management and monitoring features toActiveState Stackato, the infrastructure-agnostic, multilingual privatePlatform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution. …(more)

PCWorldCompanies can use Amazon for development, test and production, but SoftwareAG expects most activity to fall in the first two categories, he said.Software AG’s ultimate goal is to build out a full PaaS (platform as aservice), according to Durham. …(more)

ZDNet (blog)NimSoft is a software as a service monitoring and reporting application.The win for Rackspace is notable given CA’s girth. CA is a $5 billionenterprise software vendor and may attract others to Rackspace’s hostingand cloud services. …(more)

RegisterAnd Shut Cloud computing may be the future, but it appears to be onefraught with unpredictable downtime and security breaches. In other words,it’s very much like the bad ol’ days of corporate data centres, except thatthis time Amazon, Salesforce and …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The CompTIA Cloud Essentials exam, scheduled for availability in December2011, will validate knowledge and understanding of cloud computingprinciples and concepts, including what cloud computing means from abusiness and technical perspective and …(more)

BusinessCloud9Security remains the seemingly eternal bugbear when it comes to reasons fornot adopting Cloud Computing and a tranche of surveys published in recentweeks suggests that this is not about to change. According to the 2012Global State of Information …(more)

As far as I know, the feature Multi Tenancy is supported in MicrosoftDynamics CRM 2011 On-Premise and I wonder if it is available in theMicrosoft …(more)

Seeking AlphaOur product roadmap includes a variety of new capabilities and featuresincluding cloud block storage, enhancements to RackConnect, and of coursebuilding a support business around the OpenStack cloud computing platform.Back in March, we launched …(more)

Up to Discussions in VMware vCloud Director … I’m looking for a detaileddescription of what exactly /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/data/transferreally does and …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Abiquo, the leadingEnterprise Cloud software company, today announced its CEO, Pete Malcolm,will deliver the keynote speech on day two of the Cloud Computing Expobeing held November 7-10, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SAN ANTONIO, Nov 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Rackspace(R) Hosting/quotes/zigman/259867/quotes/nls/rax RAX +5.27% , the service leader incloud computing, today unveiled several enhancements to its RackConnect(TM)service, which offers unified …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)DES MOINES, IA, Nov 08, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Palisade Systems,an industry leader in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) market, announcedtoday that cloud service providers and mobile device vendors can nowintegrate Palisade System’s enterprise …(more)

and …MarketWatch (press release)”We are excited to partner with RightScale and empower customers toleverage our services’ unique advantages with RightScale cloud computingmanagement,” said Duke Skarda, SoftLayer Chief Technology Officer. “Thebenefits that RightScale has brought to …(more)

InformationWeek… RAID-DP, NearStore, FlexVol, FlexShare, thin provisioning,deduplication, compression, SyncMirror, and FilerView, as well asmultitenancy support. …(more)

ZDNet UKBy Jack Clark, ZDNet UK, 8 November, 2011 17:41 Rackspace has introduced a
private cloud package based on the OpenStack cloud OS, its first attempt tomake money from the open-source project it fathered. The Rackspace Cloud:Private Edition, …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Mirantis is an engineering services company focused on open sourceapplication infrastructure and OpenStack. Clients include Cisco, GE Moneyand Agilent. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, CA andcurrently houses one of the largest groups …(more)

The government should establish common cloud computing products andservices standards so agencies can easily shift their business to a newprovider if …(more)

Help …MarketWatch (press release)The WFM Value Matrix for the second half of 2011 addresses both on-premiseand software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors working towards functionality inthree core areas: workforce scheduling, time and attendance, and leavemanagement. …(more)

GigaOm8, 2011, 11:44am PT No Comments Cloud provider CloudSigma has become thefirst to add solid-state-drive storage to its public cloud computingservice. SSDs (aka flash memory) are well known for their ability tosignificantly increase storage I/O …(more)

Computing …MarketWatch (press release)MILPITAS, CA, Nov 08, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Aryaka (www.aryaka.com ), provider of the world’s first cloud-based WANoptimization and application acceleration solution, is a sponsor of theCloud Expo West conference and leading a presentation …(more)

XconomyWhat began as a database for tracking electrophysiology procedures andpatient care, though, has evolved into a more comprehensive workflow systemprovided as software-as-a-service for everything from patient scheduling topost-procedural documentation …(more)

Channel InsiderCloud computing security specialist McAfee announced the latestenhancements to the company’s Cloud Security Platform. The platform, whichcan be deployed as an on-premise appliance, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ora hybrid combination, includes Cloud …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — CharTec, the SMB channel’s leading “Hardware as aService” (HaaS)/ MSP training provider, today announced that it isproviding a software version of its CharTec BDR appliance that enablespartners to provide backup and disaster …(more)

Dr. Dobb’sBy Anne Gentle, November 08, 2011 OpenStack is an open-source project that
provides software to build and manage public and private clouds. Itscommunity includes more than 130 companies and 1350 developers, who useOpenStack as a universal front end …(more)

Server WatchFedora 16 also includes the open source OpenStack cloud platform, whichsome industry pundits have seen as being a competitive technology toFedora’s Red Hat sponsor. Smith noted that in the case of Fedora, OpenStackis not a competitor with Aeolus. …(more)

I would like to know how does the Multi Tenancy works in Microsoft DynamicsCRM 2011 Online Edition? As far as I know, the feature Multi Tenancy is …(more)

NIST Releases Draft Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap for Comments.(more)

Practical EcommerceSaaS or hosted ecommerce platforms generally offer a few advantages formerchants. First, many of the headaches of setting up and maintaining webservers are taken care of. Second, SaaS ecommerce platforms generallymanage any Payment Card Industry …(more)

By Frank Scavo
They go on to then list three service models, which should be alreadyfamiliar to most observers: software as a service (SaaS), platform as aservice (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Finally, they listfour possible deployment …(more)

B2B NewsBut e-SaaS can now be construed as the B2B opportunity from a boutique orcustom tailored offering from a company or professional individualconsulting at any level. And when armed with cloud computing technologiesat current levels of pricing and …(more)

EurActivInterviews done by the Carbon Disclosure Project study’s authors show thatblue-chip companies in the UK plan to accelerate the adoption of cloudcomputing from 10% to almost 70% of their information technology by 2020.The study claims that these …(more)

Jags ReportDeloitte has recognized NEOGOV, the number one provider ofSoftware-as-a-Service Human Resources solutions to Public Sector and HigherEducation organizations, in the top 500 fastest growing companies in NorthAmerica. With a three-year growth of 386%, …(more)

Compensation …MarketWatch (press release)Paladin, previously an Ingenix PowerTrak client, will fully migrate to theSmartAdvisor(TM) medical bill review software platform to streamlinemedical claims management and contain costs. “We are pleased to welcomePaladin to Mitchell,” said Nina …(more)

This Wednesday at 10.30pm GMT530PM Eastern time join Chris Colotti and Ifor a vCloud Brown Bag session on with VMware Professional We will bediscussing …(more)

(BOP)San Francisco Chronicle (press release)About Cordys: Cordys is a global provider of visionary solutions for BPMand business operations improvement and is recognized as the best businessprocess platform and best cloud connectivity for BPM PaaS (platform as aservice) by leading analysts …(more)

Most …MarketWatch (press release)7, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — CloudPassage(TM) Inc., the leading cloudserver security company, announced today at Cloud Computing Expo, thatsecurity event logging and alerting capabilities are now available on theaward winning Halo(TM) platform …(more)

Computerworld (blog)This can be anything from access to an application provided as software asa service (SaaS), like SalesForce, AppFirst or Webmetrics to full operatingsystem containers that allow you to install and manage your applications….(more)

By Justin Kerr
According to interviews conducted by Nick Bilton, cloud computing couldgrind to a halt early next year as storage prices skyrocket, and supplyreaches historic lows. Flooding in the region has shuttered more than 1000factories, including …(more)

By candicearnold
SM: Let me give you another example, and let’s have a bit discussion aroundanother trend within the social CRM space. We have another company calledCrowd.(more)

ComputerworldBy Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld - The Wild West era of cloud computing
is ending. So says cloud computing’s new sheriff, a user group called theOpen Data Center Alliance. This alliance, founded just a year ago, now hassome 300 members, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SANTA CLARA, CA, Nov 07, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Cloud ComputingExpo — SOA Software announced today the availability of Atmosphere Cloud,the cloud-based version of its award winning Enterprise API Managementsolution. …(more)

Computingby Andrew Charlesworth Nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of UK ITmanagers think that cloud computing has no relevance to their business,according to a report published today by risk consultancy Protiviti. Thesurvey shows markedly less enthusiasm …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)The doors open today on 9th Cloud Expo - Cloud Expo Silicon Valley - thebiggest event in the world-beating Cloud Expo series to date, with moremembers of the cloud computing ecosystem gathered than anyone has ever seenbefore in one place, …(more)

ComputerworldUK… new and improved features to support cloud computing, including HekaFS,a “cloud ready” version of GlusterFS, along with OpenStack andpacemaker-cloud. …(more)

PR WebThe company also announced that UForge for Cloud Providers has been chosenby European cloud provider, eNovance, for its newly launched OpenStackpublic …(more)

Stock Markets ReviewPiston Cloud Computing, Inc., the enterprise OpenStack(TM) company, todayannounced a technology partnership with Securisea, a leading Internetsecurity …(more)

InitiativesTMC Net… general availability of Eucalyptus and RightScale myCloud in severaleditions, delivering a range of production-ready solutions that combine themost widely deployed on-premise cloud software with the industry-standardcloud management platform. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Gale Technologies, aleading provider of infrastructure automation software solutions that powerIT as a Service for labs, enterprises, and service providers, todayannounced Cloud Scheduler, …(more)

Sacramento Bee7, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — TransLattice, the geographically distributedapplication platform company for enterprise, cloud and hybrid environments,will be presenting at the Cloud Computing Expo, West in Santa Clara.TransLattice senior product manager …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)WALTHAM, MA, Nov 07, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — MetraTech Corp., theleading provider of agreements-based billing (ABB(TM)) and compensationsolutions, today announced it will present a session at the Cloud ComputingExpo being held at the Santa …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”We wanted to partner with a firm that not only brings proven securityexpertise and client service, but also understands the needs of privatecloud computing environments. Securisea was a natural choice based onvertical industry expertise, …(more)

Sacramento Bee”Rackspace provides cloud computing services to diverse businesses aroundthe globe and security of their data is a key point of emphasis for many ofthese customers,” said Ven Shanmugam, senior manager, strategy andcorporate development at Rackspace. …(more)

TheHostingNews.comJust last month, mindSHIFT announced that its cloudSHIFT server hadachieved validation by VMware for vCloud. For more information onmindSHIFT, …(more)

Hello all, I’d like to implement multitenancy and start with a simplefindAll() for a given entity type. One idea is to compare the tenant duringrunning …(more)

ReadWriteWebThere are a lot of reasons to adopt OpenStack, and the learning curve canbe steep, based on 772 surveys gathered by Zenoss at the OpenStackConference …(more)

in …MarketWatch (press release)The webinar will share best practices in how organizations can useTechCello’s CelloSaaS framework, combined with Symphony Services’ productengineering services, to quickly migrate applications to contemporarySoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Next generation Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions have thepotential to significantly increase utilization, as well lowering opex, todrive down direct costs, as well as providing many intangible benefits suchas dramatically improved …(more)

Infrastructure …Sacramento Bee7, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — SingleHop, Inc., a leader in highly automatedInfrastructure-as-a-Service, today announced the release of the thirdgeneration of LEAP, its proprietary client management platform. In additionto an entirely revamped interface …(more)

WebWorkerDaily… Eucalyptus, Google Storage, GoGrid, Nimbula, OpenStack, Rackspace,Terremark, VMware vSphere, VMware vCloud Express and Windows Azure. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Now fully integrated with Xero, PaymentEvolution Payroll is the firstcomplete payroll and online bookkeeping solution being offered in Canada assoftware-as-a-service (SaaS). “Processing payroll in a timely fashion canbe overwhelming for today’s …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) are seen as poised for themost growth (29 percent), closely followed by security (21 percent) andmobile solutions (18 percent). “When we talk to CIOs and IT decisionmakers, they regularly bring up …(more)

Empowering …MarketWatch (press release)ExponentHR provides payroll and tax services, benefit administration tool,an employee communication portal, a reporting system and more to clientsvia the software as a service (SaaS) model, streamlining traditional,administrative HR functions. …(more)

UTC …MarketWatch (press release)”This acquisition positions Telogis for growth in insurance telematics byaccelerating our ability to leverage our robust enterprise softwareplatform into UTC’s Onboard Advisor and Navlogix subscriber base,” saysDave Cozzens, chief executive officer, …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)GoGrid, a leading cloud infrastructure company, today announced itsparticipation as a silver sponsor at Sys-Con’s 9th International Cloud ExpoWest Conference, the largest cloud computing event in the world, being heldNovember 7- 10, 2011, …(more)

Bizjournals.com (blog)Cloud-computing startup enStratus Networks Inc. has raised $3.5 million inventure capital in a round led by El Dorado Ventures . Minneapolis-basedenStratus will use the funding for product development and to expand itssales and marketing teams. …(more)

RackspaceEmerging technologies such as cloud computing, software as a service (SaaS)and virtualisation are tipped for big things in 2012. The list of the topten technologies likely to take off in 2012 has been compiled by QuestSoftware and details the …(more)

PlayCRNCaindec said OpSource Cloud Software is loaded onto the cloud server as animage that incurs additional charges, and it can be installed as an OSimage or it can be part of the OS image itself. For Software-as-a-ServiceISVs and mid-sized businesses, …(more)

Escrow …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)The comprehensive software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution is accessiblethrough a virtual private cloud platform and is scalable as the businessgrows through organic growth or acquisition. “Obtaining more ways to extendour services to new and existing …(more)

Improve …MarketWatch (press release)”We had an address verification solution, but we needed something thatcould verify Canadian data, provide geocoding capabilities and function ina software as a service environment,” said Barbara Van Dinter, projectmanager, Jewelers Mutual Insurance …(more)

There are a lot of reasons to adopt OpenStack, and the learning curve canbe steep, based on 772 surveys gathered by Zenoss at the OpenStackConference …(more)

IT Business Edge (blog)One of the more confounding aspects of cloud computing is that softwarepricing is frequently out of sync with the way hardware is acquired. ITorganizations can easily pay for hardware on an hourly, monthly or yearlybasis. Software pricing, on the …(more)

GigaOm7, 2011, 1:02pm PT No Comments Rackspace has productized the OpenStackcloud computing software to run in customer data centers. This is aninteresting move for Rackspace, a big cloud provider/managed servicesprovider that until now has run customers’ …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)AUSTIN, TX, Nov 07, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Zenoss, a leadingprovider of management software for physical, virtual, and cloud-based ITinfrastructures, today announced the results of the 2011 OpenStack AdoptionSurvey. …(more)

The GuardianHere is a brief history of this radical shift while, below, we assess therelative merits of four cloud computing services Much of the media we useis acquired, stored and accessed though the ‘cloud’. ‘Where did thecomputer go? …(more)

I have vCloud director 1.5 running in my lab, and the other day the lablost power. … visible from the vCloud director, but from the admininterface it says 5 exist. …(more)

The VMware vCloud Powered status has also been achieved by Internap’spublic and private cloud services. An announcement in this regard has beenmade by …(more)

CyberCoders is hiring! View and apply for the Product Manager - UserInterface - Software as a Service Job at CyberCoders in Irvine ,CA.(more)

Much of our computing (including the storage of our personal data) is nowbeing done remotely via something called the ‘cloud’. John Naughton gives abrief …(more)

Leading global banks and other members of the Open Data Center Alliance, agroup of more than 300 companies representing over $100bn in annual IT …(more)

MultiStore + Multi Tenancy. We have an environment in which multistore isused when each customer has their own sets of hosts based on iSCSI. Wewould like …(more)

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Personally the hottest question I have continued to get since the keynote Idid last year on SaaS sourcing is the question of SaaS pricing and contractnegotiation …(more)

Linux advocates have for so long advocated browser-accessed software as aservice as a way to break out of Microsoft’s proprietary desktop. Now thatthis world …(more)

Infrastructure as a service has kind of leveled off and turned into acommodity, says Dave Nielsen, founder of CloudCamp and now the SiliconValley Cloud …(more)

The AustralianCLOUD computing, data analytics and agile development will be the trends towatch in 2012 according to research company Ovum. In a new report, thetechnology analyst firm said next year would be the year that governmentsturned to cloud computing, …(more)

OStatic (blog)Among these solutions, OpenStack remains one of the highest profileexamples, with vendors ranging from Hewlett-Packard to Dell to Citrixsupporting it. Increasingly, OpenStack will face off with EucalyptusSystems, which we’ve covered since its …(more)

A little while ago Id helped add multitenancy support to Neo4jrb Thisallows the same Neo4j database instance to support multipletenantscustomers …(more)

jfruhlinger writes “In a world where ‘app’ is the new buzzword, thedevelopment of native Linux apps is lagging. Some of this can be attributedto the usual …(more)

Data …PR.com (press release)Evolven’s Change Monitoring solution is a new software-as-a-service basedapplication that monitors, analyzes and delivers actionable information onchanges and configurations. This service empowers IT operations to reducethe risk of change and …(more)

Open source history suggests vendor-backed Eucalyptus will ultimately winout over the foundation-based Open Stack as the open source cloud platformof …(more)

TMC NetWhile research firm Gartner highlighted top ten disruptive technologies towatch in this space, Internap (News - Alert) Network Services Corp.participated in the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP) to achieve theVMware vCloud powered status. …(more)

News TonightCloud computing is a fast growing industry in India and there is need forabsolute safety because there is an important client information andcompany detail that is at stake. It has been revealed by VMware that morethan 90% of Indian firms believe …(more)

Open source history suggests vendorbacked Eucalyptus will ultimately winout over the foundationbased Open Stack as the open source cloud platformof choice …(more)

A little while ago, I’d helped add multitenancy support to Neo4j.rb. Thisallows the same Neo4j database instance to support multipletenants/customers …(more)

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Financial TimesBy Paul Taylor in New York Leading global banks and other members of the
Open Data Center Alliance, a group of more than 300 companies representingover $100bn in annual IT spending, are adopting cloud computing much fasterthan previously thought. …(more)

Several different flavors have sprung up in cloud computing and each hastheir pros and cons. Add to these the plethora of vendor-created acronymsand it can …(more)

SAAS-FEE, Switzerland - U.S. Snowboarding Rookie Benji Farrow (Ludlow, VT)led the USA, finishing fifth Thursday in a FIS World Cup halfpipe inSaas-Fee. …(more)

I am trying to find a way to not show the XML messages that are sent fromvCloud Director server. So far, I tried using the NotificationsSettingsTypebut was not …(more)

The three primary types of cloud computing are IaaS, PaaS and SaaS -infrastructure, platform and software as a service, respectively. When youtake a closer …(more)

By hasmin
Interactive Sessions Explore How to Use the WSO2 Stratos Cloud MiddlewarePlatform and WSO2 StratosLive PaaS to Maximize Cloud Benefits and RemoveBarriers to Adoption. … Meanwhile small to medium enterprises (SMEs)often turn to a public PaaS as a way to level the playing field in bringingsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to market. In November, WSO2 willpresent two technical webinars to provide IT professionals with bestpractices for implementing these different …(more)

By Bert Latamore
And you should start with one or two services as early as possible to gainexperience with SaaS. This is true regardless of the size of the company orof your overall strategy. Even if that strategy is to virtualize, build aninternal private cloud and …(more)

Montclair Advisors Discusses Strategies for Building a Strong SaaS Businessin Upcoming Ping Identity Webcast.(more)

TMC Net(PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) San Diego, California (PRWEB) November04, 2011 Enteracloud, a leading provider of cloud computing and cloudconnectivity solutions released today a whitepaper documenting the top fiveemerging cloud trends. …(more)

Tax …4-traders (press release)Riverwoods, IL (November 3, 2011) - As CCH continues to expand and enhanceits line of indirect tax solutions, customers can now turn to CCH as theonly provider of advanced Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions andpremier rates and taxability …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Enteracloud, a leading provider of cloud computing and cloud connectivitysolutions released today a whitepaper documenting the top five emergingcloud trends. With the impact of cloud computing gaining significanttraction worldwide, CIOs and CTOs are …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Sushi hopes never to buy a server again, according to its IT Manager BillyWaters, and is placing its bets on cloud computing to improve productivity.Running Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Office and other applications on 7year old servers was a cause …(more)

Best …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)7 at the Cloud Channel Summit, a forum for channel and partner developmentexecutives to share best practices for Cloud Computing. Agilis SolutionsPresident Eileen Boerger will join Cloud industry leaders on the executiveroundtable panel, …(more)

InfoWorldBy Savio Rodrigues | InfoWorld After reading a recent interview with
Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos, I’m beginning to reconsider my views on thecontest between Eucalyptus and OpenStack becoming the dominant open sourcecloud platform. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The win follows Callidus’ recent announcements about providing SaaS-basedcoaching solutions along with commissions across a number of key customers,including Arris Group, Comcast, Integra Telecom, Real Goods Solar,Accelerated Payment Systems, …(more)

ZDNet (blog)NetSuite’s third quarter earnings and outlook have more than a fewobservers eyeing a tipping point in enterprise applications as software asa service trumps on-premise software. The company reported a third quarternet loss of $6.9 million, …(more)

Business Cloud NewsIn this survey 24% of those surveyed were using software-as-a-service(SaaS), down from 34% in 2010. Additionally, 14% were planning for SaaSadoption, down from 44% last year. In my view, there are a number ofinfluences at play, here. …(more)

New York Times (blog)By NICK BILTON Photo by Amy DanielsonThe flooding in Thailand will hamper
the supply of storage devices for online services. Thailand is under water,and as a result, some Internet companies could be facing problems. Floodingin the country has now …(more)

Data Center KnowledgeThe Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) says its members are deploying cloudcomputing technologies more quickly than initially anticipated, reflectinggrowing confidence in cloud adoption in the enterprise. The group also saidthat HP and CA Technologies …(more)

ComputerworldA recent Forrester ForrSight survey shows that 67 percent of largeenterprises are using cloud computing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)platforms to support production applications. That’s greater than the 61percent saying they use IaaS for …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Calxeda unwrapped its brand new 32-bit ARM-based “Server-on-a-Chip”(otherwise a SoC), dubbed the EnergyCore ECX-1000, Tuesday while HP startedpreparing the market for Redstone, HP-built proof-of-concept developmentplatforms based on the Calxeda …(more)

ITworld.comOr has the rise of software as a service caused the community toessentially declare this space “done”? The article in question was BruceByfield’s Linux Magazine blog entry that highlighted a Launchpad bugdiscussion about one Ubuntu developer’s …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)AltiGen’s software-based platform offers native Microsoft Lync(TM)integration and includes features like Automated Call Distribution (ACD),Auto Attendant (AA), quality monitoring and call recording features, whilealso integrating the Presence, …(more)

InformationWeekCIOs are attuned, but cautious, choosing to dabble in Software-as-a-Serviceexperiments, largely with CRM (read: Salesforce.com) or new offerings (liketalent management from a company such as SuccessFactors), and building testenvironments for …(more)

SecurityInfoWatchAlong with Internet and email, they probably use a VoIP phone system andany number of Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms for mission criticalactivities-from payroll to customer relationship management to HR benefitsprograms. …(more)

Wired NewsThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published anew volume of its roadmap aimed at accelerating the adoption of itspreviously released Federal Cloud Computing Strategy. The report lays out aset of 10 requirements for further …(more)

Siliconrepublic.comAccording to the 2012 Global State of Information Security Survey byPricewaterhouseCoopers, the rise of cloud computing has improved but alsocomplicated the security landscape. More than four out of ten respondentsreport that their organisation uses …(more)

AfricaNewsTerms like Broadband, Cloud Computing, Rural Connectivity, and ConnectedDevice will dominate the meeting coming at a time when the people insub-Saharan Africa today connect to Internet using a mobile device thanthose using a fixed connection. …(more)

By candicearnold
Sramana Mitra: Help me to understand. We have several camps going on inthis movement, the email to collaboration to Intranet movement. There’s, asyou said,(more)

Investor’s Business DailyCompanies are still trying to figure out how to best protect their leasedcloud computing systems from attacks, beyond the security measures suchservices provide. Cloud security is only fair to poor, say most ITexecutives in a study released …(more)

CRNBy Rick Whiting, CRN Platform-as-a-Service vendor Mendix has received $12.8
million in first-round venture funding, money the Boston-based company willuse to expand its sales efforts and continue building its partner network.While most companies seek …(more)

eWeekVerve e-discovery software as a service enables users to upload data,select processing criteria, conduct early data assessment and review, andmanage production in a Web-based interface. Kroll’s new Verve e-discoverysoftware as a service (SaaS) …(more)

Posted by vCloud Team on October 28, 2011 | Permalink … VMware vClouddelivers a single way to run, manage, and secure your applications whereyou want …(more)

Information ManagementSixty-one percent of the 1700 information security and IT leaders areeither currently using cloud computing, or evaluating or planning use ofthe cloud within the next year. However, more than half said they have donealmost nothing to mitigate the …(more)

InfoQ.comIn preparation for an panel discussion for a future of cloud computingevent in Israel, Geva Perry a frequent speaker on cloud computing atcorporations and industry events, published his predictions on the futureof cloud computing. [. ...(more)

eWeekPrism is designed expressly for backup service providers, MSPs andsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors, as well as user organizations focusedon delivering reliable data-protection services to internal or externalcustomers. Even though it is designed ...(more)

FederalNewsRadio.com... probably four or five years, before we start to really see it takeoff," Spires said Wednesday during a panel presentation at the NationalInstitute of Standards and Technology's Cloud Computing Forum inGaithersburg, Md. "For now, it's buying that ...(more)

PR Web (press release)"We have a natural interest in cloud computing," said Andrew Thomas,President of Cogent, "and we believe that an open, public dialog is thebest way to produce real progress in that space. Working with real-timedata is fundamentally different from ...(more)

NetApp Community a technical resource for - Network Storage, CloudComputing, Efficient IT, Virtualization and Storage Efficiency.(more)

SolutionsMarketWatch (press release)IDI's Billing as a Service(SM) includes the award-winning CostGuard(R)application, expert back-office and professional services, and acost-effective SaaS-hosted platform. Billing as a Service helps providersengaged in mobile, MVNO, local, ...(more)

Sometimes the user interfaces are limiting you by design. The APIs areoften more permissive and if you know what you are doing you can do greatthings.(more)

IT ...CloudTweaks NewsI have already discussed some of the ways that cloud computing isinfluencing the IT industry. Of particular importance among the manychanges in the IT industry, and the need for professionals to adapt, isthat cloud providers are starting to ...(more)

MarketWatchThe software includes key services required for cloud storage environments,including REST API access with multiple programmatic solutions,multi-tenancy, ...(more)

Models ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Cloud computing provides enterprises great opportunities for enablingagility while reducing costs. However, there is no one-size-fits-all clouddeployment model for organizations. Global 2000 companies and governmentsmore frequently choose to ...(more)

MarketWatch (press release)"In the era of big data, virtualization and cloud computing, the $30billion data storage industry is ripe for disruption. Coraid has crackedthe code on delivering unmatched price-performance and simplicity, andthey've proven this value with more ...(more)

TMC NetThe VMware vCloud Powered status has also been achieved by Internap'spublic and private cloud services. An announcement in this regard has beenmade by the provider of intelligent IT infrastructure services, Internap.Public and private cloud services ...(more)

First TracksOnline Media Saas-Fee, Switzerland - Spain's Queralt Castellet and Swisslocal Iouri Podladtchikov on Thursday won the LG Snowboard FIS World Cupseason's second halfpipe contest in Saas-Fee. In the women's competition,Castellet, 21, ...(more)

This year, VMware will be a Gold Sponsor of Cloud Expo West and with alarge booth, 4 demo stations (featuring demos of vCloud Connector, vCloudServices, ...(more)

In part one of this series, we examine the minor issue of the clone processbeing managed and loaded onto a single host in a cluster under vCloudDirector. ...(more)

Which is two people, we know, which is why we’re open to discussing therole further with anyone that is interested in building aplatform-as-a-service [PaaS] for …(more)

Computing …MarketWatch (press release)–Forecasted growth in member adoption of cloud operations represents 5Xfaster than broad market forecasts for the >$90B cloud computing marketbased on the industry’s alignment to deliver open, interoperable cloudsolutions. Open Data Center Alliance …(more)

ForbesWinston Damarillo is founder and CEO of Morphlabs, developer of acloud-computing software platform. Winston Damaillo: The answer is in theclouds. By now, it’s no secret that cloud computing will change the ITlandscape immeasurably in the next 10 …(more)

for …MarketWatch (press release)WHO: At Cloud Computing Expo 2011 next week, PerspecSys founder/CTO andcloud security pioneer, Terry Woloszyn, will speak at the event’s generalsession on the most pressing issues facing cloud security. Sessions willcover security and privacy …(more)

to …MarketWatch (press release)NextIO CTO and Co-Founder Chris Pettey and Rackspace Principle EngineerJoel Wineland will underline the necessity of constantly reshaping thefundamental rack infrastructure of the cloud as cloud computing evolves tocover a broad range of markets. …(more)

Cloud …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Synergy Business Solutions announced today that Rob Hausner has joined thecompany as their Vice President - Intacct Practice. Hausner brings Synergy17 years of experience as the owner of two software partner organizationsthat specialized in …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Ascent Data announced today, the launch of AscentDataGuard, a new Encryption as a Service (EaaS) data security solution.Powered by TrustNet Manager from Certes Networks, Ascent DataGuard is aweb-based management platform that …(more)

Noobpreneur.com (blog)Cloud-based software, also known as Software as a Service (SaaS), allowscompanies to streamline their structure, reduce costs, and improveeffectiveness for low or no cost. Plus, SaaS is extremely easy to use. Thisarticle outlines ways you can use …(more)

ComputerworldBy Fred O’Connor IDG News Service - Cloud computing, security and the
mobile space hold the most growth potential in the coming years, accordingto IT professionals surveyed by tech staffing firm Modis. While no singletechnology dominated that portion …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)Cloud computing is more reliable, cost-effective and efficient than datasystems of the past, but as with any data system, there are a host ofsecurity issues that must be addressed. Both providers and end users ofcloud computing resources need a …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)3, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — In the rush to utilize new technologiesand move into the increasingly borderless world of cloud computing, mobiledevices and social media, a growing gap is developing between globalorganizations’ business needs and …(more)

InformationWeekCloud services suite to expand with platform as a service, data as aservice, and a new cloud computing storefront likened to Apple’s AppStoreand Google’s Android Market. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek NASA,already among the government leaders …(more)

General Session Upgrade to a vCloud at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley. By LizMcMillan. When you hearpublic cloud do you think of a cloud service that islimited …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SALT LAKE CITY, Nov 03, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — inContact, Inc./quotes/zigman/112982/quotes/nls/saas SAAS +3.31% , the leading provider ofon-demand contact center software and contact center agent optimizationtools, today reported financial results …(more)

of …TMC NetBy Sujata Garud Circonus, an organization-wide unified monitoring company,
has launched the Circonus Unified Monitoring, a dual SaaS (News -Alert)/private SaaS solution designed to provide enterprises with unmatchedinsight into their IT and business …(more)

by …MarketWatch (press release)… 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Impetus Technologies ( www.impetus.com), a thought leader in innovation-based software R&D services fortechnology companies, today announced that it will be presenting andexhibiting at the Cloud Computing Expo, …(more)

By Alan Radding
The financial services industry is a huge user of information technology,but it has been much slower to jump on the cloud bandwagon. Most of itscloud interest, rather, has …(more)

Cloud computing has so much potential - and has been the subject of so muchhype - that it seems to some like a panacea. Information security will nolonger be an issue; storage will be limitless; processing power will beimmense; and total …(more)

Kendrickcoleman.com - VMware fiend, Vblock evangelist, Cloud junkie.(more)

ForeScout Introduces NAC-as-a-Service Platform for Managed ServiceProviders. Rapid On-boarding, Non-disruptive Deployment and FlexiblePackaging …(more)

CrownPeak Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Web Content Management …CrownPeak’s enterprise-grade SaaS operates on any web server or platform,and …(more)

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iTWireKim said the company had chosen OpenStack because it had very goodcommunity support. OpenStack is open source and backed by Rackspace. Hesaid the fact that SUSE was able to support Microsoft’s Hyper-V much betterthan other GNU/Linux companies was a …(more)

GovInfoSecurity.comNIST issued late Tuesday a draft of its roadmap designed to help federalagencies not only to adopt cloud computing, but to support the furtherdevelopment of the cloud computing model. The National Institute ofStandards and Technology said the draft …(more)

Security SaaS helps financial portal stop server attacks. Startup Dome9provides security SaaS to streamline firewall management for public andprivate …(more)

Security-as-a-Service …MarketWatch (press release)”We have a mature, award-winning platform, a great team, and a true serviceoffering that is quick, easy and cost effective for the MSP. I’m excitedabout leading Bradford’s charge into the SaaS market with our cloudservices initiative. …(more)

CIOLBANGALORE, INDIA: Provider of enterprise Linux solutions, SUSE recentlyreleased an early development snapshot of its OpenStack-powered cloudinfrastructure solution. SUSE Cloud powered by OpenStack, is fullyconfigured, OpenStack-powered appliance …(more)

Mobile …MarketWatch (press release)BOSTON & WARRINGTON, UK, Nov 02, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — MDS LavastormAnalytics, a global business performance analytics company, today launchedits MVNO Prepaid Reporting solution, a new ‘Software as a Service’(SaaS)-based offering that delivers …(more)

New schedule for Saas-Fee halfpipe event. Due to the bad weather forecast,organizers have decided to antedate the semi finals from Thursday toWednesday. According to this, the schedule for he season’s second halfpipecontest looks like …(more)

Network WorldThe three primary types of cloud computing are IaaS, PaaS and SaaS -infrastructure, platform and software as a service, respectively. When youtake a closer look, you’ll see that what will decide this argument are yourown company’s needs and comfort …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)LONDON & BELMONT, Calif., Nov 02, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Vindicia, aleading provider of SaaS billing solutions that help high growth digitalbusinesses best retain and acquire customers through integrated marketingbest practices, today unveiled …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)WorkXpress PaaS has been featured by major analyst firms Forrester andGartner as a leader in the Platform as a Service space. The company offersorganizations the opportunity to quickly and inexpensively customizesoftware to match their internal …(more)

CPE …MarketWatch (press release)Tensoft offers online courses such as the “Software Revenue RecognitionTraining: Introductory to Intermediate-Level” and “Revenue RecognitionAccounting for SaaS (Software as a Service).” Tensoft’s Executive WebcastSeries present free one-hour …(more)

SolutionsMarketWatch (press release)For information about the TouchCommerce fully managed Conversion as aService offering, please call 800-868-0898. Baynote is an eCommercesoftware company whose Personalization Platform gives retailers amultiplier effect on conversion and average …(more)

DeploymentMarketWatch (press release)About KELL Partners Founded by Sandra Jensen and Kevin Burpo, KELL Partnersis a Software-as-a-Service consulting firm for nonprofits. The companyleverages its extensive technology expertise and deep experience servingthe nonprofit sector to ensure …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)All MTech solutions today are enterprise level, SaaS solutions that offermaximum value with limited investment. MTech also provides consulting andtraining services to help customers achieve maximum value from theirinvestments. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)BELMONT, CA, Nov 02, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Vindicia, a leadingprovider of SaaS billing solutions that help digital leaders optimizecustomer retention and acquisition through integrated marketing bestpractices, today unveiled enhanced …(more)

SolutionTMC NetThe Sales Coaching solution is delivered as part of the Callidus Cloud, acomprehensive SaaS (News - Alert) suite that is developed to help thebusinesses to grow efficiently and powering more than 2.5 million usersacross the globe. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The results reveal a direct correlation between strategic financialplanning and business results, significantly higher among thoseorganizations adopting cloud computing and SaaS. In addition, the surveypoints to a more strategic CFO role over the …(more)

VMware vCloud delivers a single way to run manage and secure yourapplications where you want them when you want them The vCloud Blogdelivers your all the …(more)

Read ‘Mirantis Presents Program on OpenStack’ on Yahoo! News. Will shareOpenStack expertise at CloudCamp’s Cloud Hack Day in CaliforniaMountainView, …(more)

A short while ago, I’d helped add multitenancy support to Neo4j.rb . Hereis an explanation about how this works. Reference nodes. Every Neo4j graphstart off …(more)

Valley …MarketWatch (press release)Cloud computing’s potential doesn’t begin and end at the desktop. Cloudservices are increasingly consumed on mobile devices such as tablets andsmartphones. Although modern desktop and mobile environments may still notbe developed with a “cloud …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Rackspace’s rock solid foundation and world class Fanatical Supportcombined with EMC’s portfolio of products that are optimized for virtualenvironments will enable Rackspace to deliver innovative cloud computingofferings,” said EMC’s Dennis Hoffman, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SALT LAKE CITY, Nov 02, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — inContact/quotes/zigman/112982/quotes/nls/saas SAAS +2.13% , the leading provider ofcloud-based contact center software and contact center agent optimizationtools, today announced that a Global 500 …(more)

Insurance & TechnologyThe Andover Companies anticipates an on schedule production environment inearly 2012, owing to iPartners’ software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery ofthe solution, the vendor reports. The iPartners solution will address TheAndover Companies’ limited …(more)

It wasn’t long ago that all software was delivered in shrink-wrapped boxesand required cumbersome installs from a CD, but with the evolution of.(more)

Compute …TMC NetBased on the OpenStack framework, this solution eliminates cloud vendorlock-in through an open standards management API and supplies an evolvingecosystem of partner applications. The Internap’s service delivershigh-performance, …(more)

InformationWeekBy J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek The federal government Tuesday
released a draft version of a roadmap that aims to accelerate federalagencies’ adoption of cloud computing and support the tech industry’sdevelopment of cloud services by defining …(more)

Indiana UniversityThis type of service — also known as on-demand or cloud computing — letsindividuals and organizations share the resources of large computingsystems without individually purchasing and maintaining the costlyequipment. One downside of traditional …(more)

InfoWorldThe convergence of two trends - private cloud computing and databaseconsolidation - is enabling IT pros to deliver applications and data toenterprise users more securely, with greater reliability and with greaterbusiness insight. …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN If cloud computing is the new frontier, and
mobility is the next big thing, then it stands to reason that the mobilecloud is the next big new frontier. A great deal of lip service has beenplayed to the mobile cloud. …(more)

GlobeNewsWire (press release)”Managing Complexity: The Next Great Frontier for Cloud Computing” willcover the transition from virtual to cloud computing, along with managingthe mix of physical, virtual and cloud resources. The session is Thursday,November 10 at 2:45 pm Farooq …(more)

ChannelPro-SMBby ChannelPro-SMB November 2, 2011 02:34 PM Zenith Infotech’s popular cloudcomputing boot camp will be traveling to several domestic and internationallocations, including Asia and the Middle East. By Elaine J. Hom ZenithInfotech, a company that …(more)

Cloud …PR Newswire (press release)2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Corent Technology, Inc. a disrupting innovator inthe Software-as-a-Service(SaaS) space, today announced it has aligned withSymphony Services, a leader in global software product engineering servicesheadquartered in Palo Alto, …(more)

eChannelLineThere are of course other NAC SaaS offerings on the market, including someannounced just this week, as well as others which have been around forseveral years. But Bradford says its offering is distinct from, andsuperior to, the others. …(more)

GigaOmBy Barb Darrow Oct. 31, 2011, 4:11pm PT No Comments Earlier this month,
Microsoft started moving Photosynth, its cool immersive camera application,to the Microsoft Azure Platform as a Service. The move was the start of aflow Microsoft legacy apps …(more)

eWeekDell’s cloud application integrator, Boomi, has included several newcapabilities in its cloud-based service — largely based on feedback fromits user community — in a continual effort to simplify cloud andsoftware-as-a-service application …(more)

By Fang Feng
He has architectural responsibility for the application layers running onthe platform. … LotusLive is a software as a service (SaaS) offering,where it’s not about shifting computing resources to the cloud; it’s aboutshifting services to the cloud. …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)BizCloud, a leading cloud technology and marketing solutions provider,offers tips for organizations on how to overcome cloud security challenges,properly manage the associated risk, and take full advantage of thebenefits offered by a cloud computing …(more)

Award …Sacramento BeeAs federal agencies and commercial organizations move quickly to takeadvantage of cloud computing, they are also concerned about the increasingrisk of cyber-attacks. A large fraction of these cloud computinginitiatives rely on VMware to manage the …(more)

PCWorldHowever, just as important is whether the solution actually provides thebenefits that drive IT organizations to use public cloud computingsolutions. The primary benefit of using a public cloud computing solutionis lower cost. …(more)

OpenStack provides some core capabilities around Compute, Storage andNetworking, as well as a dashboard, but providers on their own when itcomes to …(more)

PCWorld… on Monday and is coming later to the US Juniper’s client software canbe downloaded free of charge, and the back end to control it is a SaaS(software-as-a-service) offering that is expected to come from serviceproviders as well as from Juniper. …(more)

Techworld.comOpenStack is shaping up to be a game changer in the cloud world. Today,Atlanta-based Internap Network Services announced the launch of the firstpublic cloud built on OpenStack. Internap’s new service is dubbed OpenPublic Cloud. …(more)

IT JungleCorporate performance management (CPM) software as a service providerAdaptive Planning espouses a similar approach. Instead of getting the ITdepartment involved in a big, slow, and expensive implementation of BIsoftware to enable budgeting and …(more)

Economic TimesSHENZHEN: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s No.2 network equipmentmaker, said it is open to acquiring and partnering companies with expertisein producing software for cloud computing. Global technology companies fromCisco Systems Inc to Oracle …(more)

PR Web (press release)Created in 2007, RunMyProcess develops, commercializes and operates aninnovative platform as a service (PaaS) specialized in business applicationdevelopment in the cloud. The RunMyProcess platform makes use of businessprocess management (BPM) …(more)

for …PR Newswire (press release)And it leads the cloud computing software as a service industry inaffordability at only $10 per month. For small businesses running on smallmargins, keeping pace with technology can eat into precious profits andballoon operating expenses. …(more)

the CloudMarketWatch (press release)CertiVox will use the funding to expand its development team and bring tomarket the company’s breakthrough certificateless encryption as a serviceplatform. The CertiVox platform is built from the ground up to service theWeb 2.0 and mobile worlds, …(more)

PR Web (press release)Managing Partner of intellectual property and technology law firm, RobertJ. Scott, will share suggestions on how to mitigate the privacy andsecurity risks in cloud computing at SecureWorld Expo Dallas 2011 onNovember 3 at the Plano Convention Center …(more)

Denver PostSolidFire, a cloud-computing storage company that moved to Boulder fromAtlanta in May, has raised $25 million in a second funding round. It bringsto $37 million the amount of venture capital that SolidFire, launched lessthan two years ago, …(more)

Cloud ProPackages access control software for managed service providers aiming toupsell value-added cloud SaaS. ForeScout Technologies today introduced itsCounterACT network access control (NAC) system as a cloud platformtargeting hosted and managed service …(more)

CRNBy Rick Whiting, CRN Sage North America is readying a Software-as-a-Service
version of its Sage ERP MAS 90 application suite for small businesses andchannel partners will earn 25 percent margins on the subscription revenuefor providing support, …(more)

Multi-tenancy presents lots of challenges for developers, but Gut Naorpresents a real case using ruby on rails. The concept is simple;namespaces, it sounds …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Two are utilizing Logile’s SaaS cloud hosting platform. The new Logilecustomers include two regional supermarket chains with less than 100 storeseach and a large multi-state supermarket chain with over 400 retailsupermarket and convenience stores. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Litmos is a self-service, SaaS- and mobile-based solution that delivers aquick to set up, easy to manage, and fun to use learning management system.The Litmos solution promotes increased workforce productivity and theability to manage and build on …(more)

and …MarketWatch (press release)GoPenske.com ) has selected SpotlightTMS(TM), a best-in-class SaaSapplication for managing suite and ticket assets, to administer itscorporate ticket and sponsorship investments, while measuring andoptimizing their business impact. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Launched earlier this year, GXS GridConnect enables independent softwarevendors (ISVs), software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors and cloud servicesproviders to embed the GXS Trading Grid into their applications, using theintegration cloud platform to …(more)

1. They are serious about this. 2. I understand theirpricing/licensing/Services model. It is very simple. 3. They seem tobetransparent about the way they.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”We believe ForeScout’s NAC deployment and management advantages as well asservice provider packaging assure MSPs greater opportunity to successfullydeliver NAC-as-a-Service.” “Given the regulatory compliance issuesaffecting the industry today, …(more)

eChannelLine… and converged resources that scale on-demand, to provide dynamicinfrastructure and a single platform for all data that can be thefoundation for various cloud services such as storage, infrastructure,platform and even software-as-a-service. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)About Echopass Corporation Echopass is the #1 Software as a Service (SaaS)provider of cloud-based contact center solutions to large Enterprises.Since 2000, Echopass customized solutions have served Enterprises with upto 20000 agents across multiple …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The organization’s open-source technology portfolio includes the DSpaceopen access repository application and the Fedora open repository platform.DuraSpace is the home of DuraCloud, a cloud-based software service thatleverages existing cloud …(more)

Give …MarketWatch (press release)”With CrownPeak’s SaaS web content management solution, CoreLogic now hasthe capability to move multiple web properties to a common infrastructurefor improved efficiency,” stated Pete Kreiser, vice president of Marketingand Communications at …(more)

ZDNet (blog)Here at the RightNow EMEA conference this morning, the SaaS customerservice company is presenting its vision of the future of customerexperience [disclosure: RightNow paid my travel and accommodation to behere]. RightNow’s customers are typically …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)CINCINNATI, Nov 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — inno360 Inc., a leadingprovider of SaaS-based innovation management software to global enterpriseclients, known for their thought leadership and success in innovation suchas General Mills, Procter & Gamble …(more)

EclipseLink JPA multitenancy. Posted Oct 31 2011 332 AM. multitenancy …Re EclipseLink JPA multitenancy. Posted Nov 1 2011 717 AM in response to…(more)

Data Center KnowledgeRiverbed joins OpenStack. Riverbed Technologies (RVBD) announced that ithas joined the OpenStack Community, the global community of developerscollaborating on cloud architecture and an open source cloud operatingsystem. This is an expansion of the …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)1, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Deloitte is expanding its cloudcomputing consulting services with the addition of Deloitte CloudPrint(CloudPrint), a proprietary delivery framework specifically designed tohelp guide clients through the process of …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The conference will focus on the emerging channel opportunities in theCloud Computing market and will take place on Monday, Nov. 7, at theComputer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. The Cloud Channel Summitwill feature four keynote …(more)

Cloud …MarketWatch (press release)”Evolving technology capabilities are enabling the rapid adoption of cloudcomputing for mission-critical workload deployment and UP 2011 - theindustry leading cloud computing conference provides a great venue for usto discuss our views, …(more)

CloudMarketWatch (press release)CHICAGO, IL, Nov 01, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Model Metrics, theleader in cloud computing services for the enterprise, today announcedsignificant momentum in its mobile practice with hundreds of customerprojects focused on deploying cloud …(more)

Data …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Evolven (www.evolven.com ) today announced the availability of a newSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) based Change Monitoring service, that isredefining change and configuration management for the modern data centerand cloud. …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)OutSystems, provider of the industry leading Agile Platform applicationdevelopment environment, has been invited to speak at the InternationalCloud Expo. OutSystems’ co-founder and CEO, Paulo Rosado, an early championof Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), …(more)

RegisterBut will it really solve all our problems? When we need more processingpower or software services, we use Software as a Service (SaaS) providers.What if we need more storage space? We use Data Storage as a Service (DaaS)providers. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The relationship with Rackspace, the world’s leading specialist in thehosting and cloud computing industry, provides easy access to StillSecure’sCloud Security Monitoring Service (Cloud SMS) for Rackspace Cloud customersfree of charge. …(more)

Formtek Blog (blog)By Dick Weisinger, on November 1st, 2011 Gartner’s most recent report on
the state of the SaaS computing market indicates that this year has seen aturning point. Up until now organizations were using SaaS for pilots or forsmall point solutions. …(more)

Using …MarketWatch (press release)”We’re continuously exploring new ways to leverage the massive dataresources already captured by UltiPro, our unified HCM SaaS solution.”"Ultimate Software works closely with our customers in every facet ofdevelopment, and they communicate with us …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Given iPartners’ Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery method, The AndoverCompanies anticipates an on schedule production environment in early 2012.Limited data access, combined with a lack of analytical tools and reportingcapabilities, prompted The …(more)

TMC NetBy Raju Shanbhag Riverbed (News - Alert) has announced that the company has
joined the OpenStack community. Through solutions that overcome performanceissues caused by distance, distributed computing, and ever increasingamounts of data, …(more)

CNET (blog)Start-up Calxeda is doing end run around the limitations of power in datacenters by using chips normally used for mobile phones. The company todayis launching its EnergyCore “server on a chip” around the ARM processorwhich yields a server that runs …(more)

Now that every technology company in America seems to be selling cloudcomputing, we decided to find out where it all began.(more)

GigaOmThose 130 nodes are responsible for handling 11 million minutes of callsdaily by Viber’s 18 million active users, making Viber the prototypicalcase study for both NoSQL and cloud computing. Web-based startups withdata-driven apps that seem likely to …(more)

Xen …Web Host Industry Review (blog)By Justin Lee, November 01, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting
provider ViaWest (www.viawest.net) announced on Tuesday it has launched itsKINECTed Cloud service, which provides customers with a choice between aVMware-based vCloud Powered …(more)

Multi-tenancy models parts with pictures) : > > > > 1 - Separateapplication and separate databases > > > > 2 - One shared application andseparate databases …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)AP source: Big East to invite Boise St, 5 others 11.01.11 Mirantis, anengineering services company focused on open source applicationinfrastructure, will present a workshop on How to Install OpenStack at theCloudCamp OpenCloudWeekend, November 5-6 …(more)