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Investor’s Business DailyAnd social networking, mobile computing, cloud computing and digitaldelivery of entertainment will continue to change the competitivelandscape. A look ahead: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shows off changes tothe social site in 2011. …(more)

Spanish Data Protection Authority Opens Consultation on Cloud Computing |The Web Host Industry Review - Web Hosting News. … Related Topics:europe, cloud computing, spain. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Spanish data…(more)

Google, Microsoft and Amazon are said to be the three kings of cloudcomputing. Moreover, all the three are built with a view to give users’public cloud platform, through which they can run their daily workoperations smoothly and efficiently. …(more)

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

XinhuaA few kilometers higher in the valley is the Alpine ski resort of Saas Fee,one of Switzerland’s most famous winter attractions. For years, Swiss skiresorts had to cope with bad snowing conditions. But now, they have anotherbig enemy: the strong …(more)

CenterBeamWith the passing of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, JerryBishop writes on Internet Evolution that he believes cloud computing mayget a big boost. Bishop said one section of the bill, section 2867, callsfor the CIO of the US Department …(more)

DABCC.comEach offers tools that enable users to integrate data and applicationsusing pre-built software, commoditizing the integration process.Informatica is an old school data integrator, SnapLogic was co-founded byInformatica co-founder Gaurav Dhillon and …(more)

Proofpoint’s Security Compliance and the Cloud News service: Daily originalnews articles covering cloud computing, SaaS, IT security, compliance,archiving, …(more)

In a recent email exchange with Massimo Re Ferre’ it came to light thatthere is in fact a fast copy process that is invoked in vCloud DIrectorPROVIDED all …(more)

I am very new to vCloud Director and in such have a hard time learning howto install this. I have to rely on reading the installation guide but thiscannot beat …(more)

CFO.com MagazineWhat were the differences between the three main cloud flavors:software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), andinfrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)? And speaking of service, what serviceswere the vendors really providing and at what …(more)

Daily News TranscriptMost recently, she was a consultant to software-as-a-service and e-commercecompanies, providing strategy, branding, channel development and productlaunch and marketing expertise. The 2011 Survey of Online Learning recentlyrevealed that the number of …(more)

Enterprise IrregularsPlatform as a service, the least mature category, is getting some focus andwill play out as a part of the coming platform wars, which I’ll discusslater in the post. All of the major software vendors are making some strongmoves to build and shore up …(more)

After being under the scanner for quite some time,Neela Telefilms’ HamariSaas Leela will finally bid adieu to its fans on 30 December 2011. The showwhich …(more)

Technorati… and the “revolutionary OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).” Thecompany’s motto is the “delivery of choice: Red Hat offers choice ofplatform, virtualization, cloud provider because it is an open sourceleader, presenting unique solutions. …(more)

Thanks for visiting this Club Cloud…Taking into account that this productis above average, it could undoubtedly be one to take intoconsideration.However, despite the fact that it’s a fine product it isn’tthe highest ranked product in the …(more)

CenterBeamThe growth of cloud computing storage should continue well into 2012,according to a post on Network Computing. Carl Brooks, an analyst for Tier1Research, said there could be many “cloud gateway” products to let peopleslowly make their way into a …(more)

Investor’s Business DailyBy PETE BARLAS, INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 05:49 PM ET Founded in
1993, the company has become a leading provider of support and relatedservices for the Linux open-source operating system, which companies oftenuse to build cloud computing-based …(more)

Reuters Blogs (blog)By Richard Beales Cloud computing and cybersecurity are both hot,
fast-growing markets. But faith in the cloud took a knock with outages atAmazon and elsewhere in 2011. And the hacking of targets from Sony toHollywood star Scarlett Johansson, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Scope 5 is the first SaaS [software as a service] alternative we’ve seenwith the function, flexibility and pricing that suit our business andgovernment clients.” Scope 5’s web-hosted software service helps a widerange of private and public-sector …(more)

Investor’s Business DailyThe firm began with the traditional model, selling perpetual licenses forits software and packages. But it’s since transitioned to asoftware-as-a-service model, selling subscriptions to users for remoteaccess to the latest versions of its flagship …(more)

I tried to find information about mooving vcloud director DB to another MSSQL Server but with no success. Does someone know how this can be done ?Thanks . …(more)

From the Laptop Computer of Editor-in-Chief, Terry Brock.(more)

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IT Best Practices, How-tos, Product Reviews, discussions, articles for ITProfessionals in small and medium businesses.(more)

PR Web (press release)The two-month extension of the payroll tax cut was signed by the Presidenton Friday, December 23, and updates were made available to BSI customersfor implementation immediately after the holidays on Tuesday, December 27,for both BSI TaxFactory …(more)

RegisterAs the industry moves from software to Infrastructure as a Service toPlatform as a Service, APIs are the key to the shift, as analyst KrishnanSubramanian details. But not just any APIs. The industry can’t stomach amillion competing APIs any more …(more)

Increasing …Smart Data CollectiveThe section also calls for reports from the CIO on the division’scost-savings as a result of transitioning to cloud computing to bepresented to Congress in March of each fiscal year, starting in 2012 andreoccurring through 2016. …(more)

Download CloudBerry Explorer for OpenStack Storage - An intuitive clientfor OpenStack.(more)

Net-OpenStack-Compute-1.0100 — 28 Dec 2011, Net-OpenStack-Compute- 1.0001– 22 Dec 2011, Net-OpenStack-Compute-1.0000 — 22 Dec 2011 …(more)

How your SaaS business organizes its sales commissions depends on yourcorporate objectives and the length of your sales cycles.(more)

There are a number of SaaS firms who have either filed, like Eloqua, or areseriously considering going public in 2012, like Workday, Dropbox, Box, and…(more)

Buffalo Business FirstCompanies use cloud computing because it can help lower costs and scaleback the products they use. Area tech experts say a trend that morecompanies will explore and take advantage with the cloud is virtualizeddesktops.(more)

Hosting …PR Web (press release)VISI will host MPR|APM’s web properties, including Marketplace.org and thePublic Insight Network (PIN), and utilize a new Software as a Service(SaaS) platform. The system is designed for easy addition of colocation,managed services, …(more)

Here are the most viewed cloud-related stories posted to the CloudComputing Exchange and Information Management over the past year.(more)

SaaS (Software as a Service) / Settings. Announce your SaaS solution toQuora users! (short description, screenshots,video and a link) Do yoursolution good, …(more)

EFYTimes (press release)Newgen SaaS Offerings enable the organizations to reap the benefits of BPM& ECM suites without having to worry about huge capital investments.Organizations no longer need to be concerned about infrastructureprocurement and sizing tasks. …(more)

CRN (blog)By Greg Pierce, for, CRN December 30, 2011 Windows 8 is an operating system
that is a great fit for tablets — far better than a phone OS that can bejiggered to deliver enterprise functionality, says Pierce, ManagingDirector of Cloud Computing at …(more)

CloudTweaks NewsBut only vetted psychics can divine the future with truly reliableaccuracy, and cloud computing has yet to invent a custom-made crystal ball.That said, our finger on technology’s pulse has led us to expect more ofone truly good thing for the cloud: …(more)

Channel InsiderLabTech integrates with Reflexion’s services to monitor the health andperformance of a range of hosted email services. LabTech Software,developers of a remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution for managedservice providers (MSPs), …(more)

Otago Daily TimesSoftware as a service was taking off, the business intelligence market was”going crazy” and data management was becoming increasingly important. “Weneed to make sure we focus on the important markets and control ourprocesses,” Mr Richardson said. …(more)

Hamari Saas Leela - 27th December 2011 Part 2 on uZood Video. Hamari SaasLeela Episode 147 - 27th December 2011.(more)

The most important cloud computing model that has seen continuousimpressive growth is SaaS. A press release by Gartner on September 14th,2011 stated …(more)

IT Business Edge (blog)By date: More than a few IT organizations have been struggling with
managing the usage of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications insidetheir organizations. It’s not necessarily that they are against the use ofSaaS, it’s just that the organizations …(more)

Motley FoolIt’s no wonder Amazon is the cloud-computing king. The mobile revolutionand cloud computing are fundamentally linked, and the mobile revolution isset to become The Next Trillion-Dollar Revolution. There are lots ofcompanies that are set to cash in …(more)

DebtsTechCrunchCrunchbase WEBVISIBLE Company: WebVisible Website: webvisible.com LaunchDate: December 29, 2011 Funding: $37M Based in Southern California,WebVisible is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company and leading name inlocal online advertising, …(more)

Herald SunEDITORS NOTE: This image is distributed as a service to clients, exactly asreceived from KCNA AFP PHOTO/KCNA Mourners along the funeral route.Picture: AP Jong-Un, clad in a black overcoat, headed the platform. Theofficial news agency also described …(more)

Siliconindia.comBy SiliconIndia, Wednesday, 28 December 2011, 21:53 Hrs SaaS
(Software-as-a-Service) will have problems getting traction from thelower-level software enterprise. It faces obstacles in major spheres ofsoftware like operating system, database, …(more)

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Morningstar.comAlthough the deal is strategically interesting for the companies involved,the announcement came on the heels of Oracle’s announced intention toacquire software-as-a-service (SaaS) customer service specialist RightNowTechnologies and was quickly …(more)

Data Center KnowledgeIO announced that it now provides IT consulting firm Solugenix with datacenter as a service at IO Phoenix, via its modular technology platform IOAnywhere. IO Anywhere adds capacity through data center as a service, whichis delivered in a range of …(more)

Wall Street DailyBased in Burlington, Massachusetts, Demandware is a leading provider ofsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) e-commerce solutions. It allows customers tooutsource all their e-commerce needs including designing, implementing andmanaging their e-commerce sites …(more)

SearchCloudComputing.comDespite slow adoption by enterprise IT in the years since cloud computingemerged, 2012 may turn out to be the year when cloud technologies finallybegin to gain parity with more traditional data center staples such asvirtualization and tape libraries …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — LabTech Software, theonly powerful, robust-featured remote monitoring and management (RMM)solution developed by a Managed Service Provider (MSP) for Managed ServiceProviders, today announced its …(more)

Mortgageorbby MortgageOrb.com on Thursday 29 December 2011 IDS, a Salt Lake City-basedmortgage document preparation vendor, has installed a SaaS-based socialcustomer service platform from Assistly, a recent acquisition bySalesforce.com, into its back-office …(more)

DigitalJournal.com (press release)DataServ’s SaaS document and process automation solutions were showcased atthe 2011 Wine Industry Conference, an event put on by the CalCPAOrganization. This conference provides a forum for industry professionalsand CPAs to gather and share …(more)

Seeking AlphaSoftware as a Service (SaaS) is not cloud. A SaaS company likeSalesforce.com (CRM) may be hosted in a cloud environment, but theenvironment and the resulting service are not the same thing. Cloud is anew way of organizing computing resources that …(more)

Barron’sFurther complicating this task is the impact that recent M&A activity willhave on certain stocks, particularly those in the Software as a Service(SaaS) market. Relying primarily on the experiences of the “GreatRecession” of 2008/2009 as a guide, …(more)

NewsdayClick here CA Technologies surveys cloud-computing challenges 17 m ago ByJoseph Mallia Challenges in the transition toward cloud computing — andaway from dedicated servers and PC-installed software — is the focus of aninformal poll on the website …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) gained more vocal
opponents from the cloud computing and Web community this week as DreamHostand Domain.com publicly denounced the bill. DreamHost’s and Domain.com’smoral opposition to the …(more)

In this video, David Davis (cool name, esp. on a qwerty keyboard) walksthrough installation and setup of the VMWare vCloud Connector, fromdownload…(more)

So I’m trying to get our vCloud Director working and I’ve hit a snag that Ican’t find anything on the internet about. Basically, when I go to launch avApp I get the …(more)

Since one of our key partners is VMware, I thought a review of the the corecomponents of our clouds (VMware vCloud) might be interesting as well as…(more)

Power Management Design LineThe most popular cloud computing stories of 2011 were about big vendorsjumping into or kicking the tires on this emerging space and engineerscoming to grips with the technologies involved. Data center design newsalso grabbed some eyeballs while …(more)

MSN MoneyWith the average age of vehicles on US roads hitting almost 11 years,pent-up demand resulted in an impressive 10.6% rise in seasonally adjustedannual sales (SAAS) to 13.6 million units as of last month. That’s up froma SAAS total of 12.28 million in …(more)

Middle East North Africa Financial NetworkThe iAPPS product suite is delivered through a Cloud-based SaaS (”Softwareas a Service”) business model, whose flexible architecture providescustomers with state of the art deployment providing maintenance, dailytechnical operation and support; …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)”I think cloud computing is a global phenomenon. There are two sets ofusers that benefit from the cloud - users from the developed countries andusers from the developing countries, the ‘Next Eleven’,” explains WinstonDamarillo, CEO at Morphlabs, …(more)

Teledata …MarketWatch (press release)… financial services software and software-enabled services, todayannounced it has completed the acquisition of the background search andcredit retrieval software-as-a-service suite and associated customers fromTeledata Communications, Inc. (TCI). …(more)

New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) TV actress Rucha Gujarati, known for shows like”Bhabhi” and ”Kkusum”, will enter as a new character in popular show”Saas Bina Sasural”.(more)

San Antonio ExpressThe global cloud computing industry grew to an estimated $40 billion in2011 and doesn’t show any signs of slowing. More companies are throwingtheir hats into the ring and competition is getting fierce in an industrythat is expected to grow to about …(more)

Business InsiderTypically, the SaaS businesses that should focus on driving MRR growth areones where the offering is sold as relatively small transactions (and shortsales cycles). In this case, licensing tends to be at a recurring monthlybasis, where sales does not …(more)

TechnoratiSome tech genius at Amazon’s cloud computing complex figured out that theonline shop and application hosting service could tie together its 300000online virtual computing cores, to perform, in concert, a whopping 240trillion calculations/second, …(more)

“Cloud computing is expected to mature and become a mainstream technologyfor businesses in Asia-Pacific by 2015,” according to a new forecast fromFrost & Sullivan. Meanwhile, Joe McKendrick writes in Forbes that “‘cloud’will begin to …(more)

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4-traders (press release)is healthcare’s #1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. Our more than 100innovative team members provide best-in-class, SaaS solutions to currentand future challenges within health-systems worldwide. Our SaaS solutionscontribute to swift and safe …(more)

Retail Solutions Online (press release)Brivo Systems LLC, leader in Software as a Service (SaaS) applications forsecurity management, recently announced that the Town of Virden, located inthe province of Manitoba, has installed Brivo ACS OnSite Aparato to provideaccess control management …(more)

InfoWorld (blog)Also called “retail clouds,” offerings such as iCloud, Box.net, Dropbox,Office 365, and Google Apps will dominate much of the spending in 2012 asthe at-home market finds that cloud computing is both convenient and cheap….(more)

IT Business NetBernard Golden — author of Virtualization for Dummies and CEO ofHyperStratus, a cloud computing consultancy — recently spoke withIntelligence in Software about the top pitfalls and best practices thatCIOs and IT managers need to consider when it …(more)

Common code for Openstack Projects. … Common code for Openstack Projects.This packagage contains common code needed for Openstack Projects …(more)

PCWorldThe OpenStack project arrived relatively late to the cloud computing party,but it comes with one particularly indispensable feature: scalability.”We’re not talking about [using OpenStack to run a] cloud of 100 servers oreven 1000 servers, …(more)

InformationWeekIt is becoming apparent that companies will not adopt a single clouddeployment model, but rather will use a combination of various public cloudservices (including Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, andPlatform as a Service), …(more)

TalkinCloud (blog)by Matthew Weinberger on OpenLogic CloudSwing, one of many recent entrantsinto the open source platform-as-a-service (PaaS) market, has announced itsentry into the Rackspace Cloud Tools program. Rackspace Hosting’s customersand partners can now …(more)

PR Web (press release)Taulia received this recognition for its SaaS Dynamic Discounting andSupplier Portal offering, which provides significant financial benefits toboth large organizations and their suppliers. Safe Harbor certificationallows US companies the ability to …(more)

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With SaaS-based payroll system, the small-business owners have betteraccess to payroll information, improved efficiency and reduced expenses.SaaS means …(more)

ForbesMost enterprise software giants have started offering cloud-based,on-demand versions of their software, aiming to capture market share in therapidly growing cloud computing market. Microsoft itself has launchedOffice 365, a cloud version of the …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”As we expand our R&D investment in SaaS and gear up to launch ourcloud-based secure NFC platform, we view full ownership of idOnDemand to bestrategically important and we are pleased to have been able to reach thisagreement,” stated Ayman S. Ashour …(more)

TechCrunchOther than Salesforce, no cloud SaaS provider handles more transactionsthan Taleo. The stats the company revealed to me about its 2011 arestaggering. The Taleo talent and recruitment solution helped enterpriseshire 3.1 million people, roughly 15% of …(more)

ITProPortalThe OpenLogic CloudSwing platform-as-a-service offers cost tracking andtechnology stacks customisation to enterprises. The platform offerspre-configured stacks that make deploying PaaS solutions much easier. “Weare excited to expand OpenLogic …(more)

2012CIO TodayHilwa also predicts that platform-as-a-service, or PaaS, backends will beseen as “mainstream for consumer and mobile apps” in 2012, while enterpriseapp vendors will increasingly engage around PaaS “as they accommodate theneeds of small- to mid-size …(more)

BBC NewsThe increasing use of mobile devices, and consumerisation, people usingtheir own systems, social computing and social networking, collaborationtools, the rise in software as a service - business units are buyingservices as opposed to going to the IT …(more)

ZDNet (blog)The company is taking a PaaS (platform as a service) approach to analytics.In essence, they are building an ecosystem of business intelligenceapplications (not just a tool or limited application solution).(more)

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CyberCoders is hiring! View and apply for the Java Architect - Spring,Struts, Hibernate, J2EE, SaaS - Startup Job at CyberCoders in Andover ,MA.(more)

ITworld.comBy some estimates there are more than 2000 software-as-a-service (SaaS)
companies alone. At this early point in the cloud revolution, there arecertainly front runners, but the field is wide open. There are still theVMwares, Microsofts and …(more)

It cites IDC research from September 2011 that found more than 20 percentof respondents already using cloud computing-albeit there was not abreakout of how many of those respondents rely on cloud-bsaed email as theextent of their …(more)

By Marc Jacob
Global studies prove that ‘cloud services’ could add US $800bn in net newbusiness revenue by end of 2013. The time when IT was just a support (…)(more)

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Software as a Service is a cloud based software delivery model in which thecloud typically hosts the application and data centrally and provideservices to its …(more)

Software as a Service (SaaS) has earned its name as a business model and asan application delivery model. SaaS applications to help customers use on a…(more)

Eventually I decided to go with my own virtual server, after all it makessense I work for VMware, and put them into a vCloud Express cloud. Thisprocess now …(more)

OpenStack is creating lots of buzz in the IT industry. Its promise is torevolutionize the cloud market in the same way that Linux revolutionizedthe operating …(more)

The NationUltrabook and cloud computing are expected to be the highlights in 2012 andin terms of markets, Asia is expected to remain the hottest destination forIT firms. Intel Microelectronics (Thailand) country manager AccharasOuysinprasert said that …(more)

Integration DevelopersThe new MDM offering aims to let customers quickly build and manage acloud-based master datastore that will synchronize data across multiplecloud, SaaS and on-premise apps. by Vance McCarthy In 2012, Dell Boomi willoffer a cloud-based master data …(more)

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There are pros and cons whether businesses should switch to Windows 8 ornot, as it will use cloud computing capabilities, along with all the perksand issues.(more)

facing”Voice & Data OnlineWe have also many providers in the Amazon ecosystem that are providingsoftware solutions as services that are built on AWS cloud platform such asthe ERP as a service or HR as a service. Another category that I see herein India is the systems …(more)

Chris Colotti Cool send me a note I was curious to try a standard backupsoftware with vCloud and just play with the restore as part of my current 1week …(more)

PR Web (press release)BlueHawk introduces association member to innovative SaaS solution. Ownerexpects dramatic impact from increased fill-rate and inventory reductionsto fuel business growth. We’re routinely bringing millions in cash to fundcorporate initiatives by …(more)

InfoWorldBy Eric Knorr | InfoWorld If I had to sum up in one word the most exciting
thing that happened to cloud computing in 2011, I’d have to say it’sOpenStack. …(more)

Australian TechworldOn the one hand, with OpenStack, we have a vibrant, fast-growing opensource project … Though far from complete, the OpenStack private cloudsolution is …(more)

Rochester Democrat and ChronicleLawDOCX is a hosted Software as a Service, or SaaS, system that providessecure electronic storage and search, access and retrieval of records, aswell as capabilities for back-up, recovery and restoring of documents. Thecompanies say their system …(more)

Software as a Service Example - http://www.SaaS-Solutions.net, UltimateSoftware is a leading provider of unified human resources software programsfor …(more)

SDTimes.comAnd why OpenStack and Rackspace are seeing successes with ObjectStorage.It’s why everyone and their mother is pushing a newfangled NoSQL datastore. …(more)

ZDNet (blog)Talking about the social enterprise is changing the entire focus of cloudcomputing from just reorganizing IT to revolutionizing businesses,according to Peter Coffee, vice president and head of platform research atSalesforce.com. …(more)

E-Commerce TimesWith the evolution and proliferation of cloud computing, as more and moreapplications are being migrated to the cloud, many organizations areconsidering moving their database to the cloud as well. Two main concernson users’ minds are database …(more)

Siliconindia.comBy SiliconIndia, Tuesday, 27 December 2011, 04:40 Hrs Bangalore: We have
witnessed some of the marvels that cloud computing does to businesses. Someof them being more job specific, able to extract detailed information fromSocial media, while others …(more)

Into …MarketWatch (press release)OpenLogic CloudSwing is a fully flexible Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloudsolution offering cost-tracking and complete customization of technologystacks. CloudSwing users can also leverage OpenLogic’s support of over 600different open source …(more)

TheStreet.comCloud computing, software as a service and big data are the buzz words forIT’s change. Integrated with mobile computing, those technology subsetswill drive industry revenue growth at a rate of about 18% per year andaccount for at least 80% of …(more)

Times of IndiaTV actress Rucha Gujarati, known for shows like “Bhabhi” and “Kkusum”, willenter as a new character in popular show “Saas Bina Sasural”. “Saas BinaSasural” is based on the story of a young woman, Tanya, whose in-laws’house consists of seven men, …(more)

Enterprise IrregularsRoll the camera forward about fifty years, and it’s little wonder that Icouldn’t stop laughing when I saw this visual for SaaS. The vendors oftraditional licensed/on-premise enterprise software succeeded mightily byfollowing in the footsteps of my …(more)

GigaOmHere, HP has made some progress, launching a beta preview of itsOpenStack-flavored public cloud services in September. Still MIA is HP’spromised Microsoft …(more)

New Delhi, Dec 27: TV actress Rucha Gujarati, known for shows like ‘Bhabhi’and ‘Kkusum’, will enter as a new character in popular show ‘Saas BinaSasural’.(more)

Wired News… a startup that’s selling appliances that run OpenStack, an open sourceplatform that mimics Amazon’s increasingly popular EC2 and S3 web services….(more)

DigitalJournal.com (press release)Software as a Service (SaaS) usage continues to increase globally, asevidenced by a 2011 Gartner survey of 525 organizations in nine countriesthat shows 95 percent of them expect to maintain or increase their SaaSinvestments. …(more)

ZDNet (blog)One of this season’s hottest toys, the LeapPad tablet from educational toymaker LeapFrog, will prompt thousands of game downloads from LeapFrog’s owndownload store, whose billing systems are operated by SaaS billing providerVindicia. …(more)

MedCity NewsPlatform as a Service (PaaS). The capability provided to the consumer is todeploy onto the cloud infrastructure consumer-created or acquiredapplications created using programming languages, libraries, services, andtools supported by the provider. …(more)

1to1 MediaBruce Temkin, managing partner, Temkin Group I see more [change] occurring,like treating Twitter as a service channel, similar to how we use the phoneor email channel to engage with a brand. That to me is what we’ll reallysee over the next 12 to 24 …(more)

Some of the new business phone systems are already using the cloud, for avery good reason.(more)

Zawya (registration) (press release)Mahindra SatyamMahindra Satyam’s WaaS solution also lays the foundation foran IT Platform Cloud using Microsoft virtualization, orchestration andautomation capabilities that can be leveraged for future multi-model cloudsolutions to be deployed by …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)There is “a window of opportunity for Australia to be the the global leaderin the creation and adoption of cloud computing innovation,” according to arecent report from the federal government’s IT Industry Innovation Council….(more)

India Infoline.comAlthough global customers have been discussing cloud computing and theprobability of adopting a cloud strategy, we have seen very little adoptionin the last year. The year mainly focused on creating consensus among CIOsand CTOs to analyse the impact …(more)

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ConferenceIndia Infoline.comIn line with the conference’s objective of stimulating discussions oncurrent research and development in latest trends in Information Technology(IT), the plenary staged a platform for brining industry perspectives oncloud computing, one of the …(more)

According to Synergy’s Unified Communications Applications ResearchService, revenues from SaaS-based systems exceeded USD400 million for eachof the …(more)

Stuff.co.nz”Software as a Service” (SaaS) is where you can rent access to use asoftware application (usually via a web browser) without having to buy,download and install it. For little or no cost, you can gain access toeverything you need to run your business …(more)

The mobile cloud and collateral hacking will be among the leading cloudcomputing trends.(more)

TheHostingNews.com (press release)SEOMutt, which is due to be released Q1 2012, is a do-it-yourself SEOtoolset which will be made available using the software-as-a-service (SaaS)business model. NameCheap is a leading domain registrar. More than onemillion domain names have been …(more)

IRASystems,Applications, and Products in Data Processing (NYSE:SAP) may havebeen slow to recognize the importance of cloud computing. Their cloudcomputing arm has been woefully lacking for a while now and they decidedthey better do something about it …(more)

AGBeat (blog)To maximize the safety of your data, cloud computing is the way to go. Ifyou’re using an email client like Gmail or Yahoo Mail, your data is hostedon the web. You’re already using cloud technology. When your data is on thecloud, it’s stored in …(more)

USA TODAYThe cloud, software as a service, remote computing, whatever you want tocall it, makes so much sense because it’s secure, affordable and easy. Youcan do your work on the cloud using Google’s tools for instance, or the newMicrosoft 360. …(more)

PCWorldMozilla is also investing in an open stack for hardware makers,user-centric identity on the Web, and tools for building and running apps….(more)

A coworker asked about design concepts for software as a service. I pointedhim to Getting Real. A book by the guys from 37signals. Getting Real is asmaller, …(more)

Lock-in is a problem that is as old as the software industry. In fact,there is arguably no way to avoid it entirely. If I choose a programminglanguage, application …(more)

Multi-tenancy refers to the ability of a single system to simultaneouslyserve multiple client … How Does Multi-Tenancy Apply to File TransferServers? …(more)

VP of Inside Sales - Call Center - Software As A Service - SaaS - FindBusiness Development Jobs, Sales Jobs, Information Technology Jobs atkickanotch …(more)

Economic TimesCustomers are excited about not just the cost saving but also theefficiency that cloud offers,” Tata Communications Vice President (SaaS)Mukul Sood said. With new solutions like human resource management comingon cloud, the demand for the technology …(more)

Exchange 2010 SP2 Cmdlet Reference for Multi-Tenancy Issue. Search Exchange2010 for Hosters Forum; Search All Exchange Server 2010 Forums; Search …(more)

From Yahoo! Finance: SAN FRANCISCO, CA– - New Relic, Inc., the SaaS-basedcloud application performance management provider, today announced that it…(more)

I agree that OpenStack is one of the most compelling open source projectsthis year. I think back to the Cactus release earlier in the year andreally am amazed …(more)

Selects FleetMatics Software-as-a-Service to Deliver Easy-to-Use, CostEfficient GPS Vehicle Tracking. Ireland-based Waste Management CompanyRealises …(more)

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Newswire Today (press release)Pacific Timesheet has announced that on January 1, 2012 new SaaS Cloud CrewTimesheet pricing will be available to allow customers the option of payingfor services using a variety of license options, including offline,supervisor, timekeeping licenses …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Amazon, which hired an investment bank for the purpose, according toReuters, and Microsoft together with its buddy Nokia, according to the WallStreet Journal, have kicked the tires at RIM. Reuters says RIM “turned downtakeover overtures from …(more)

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“We have cloud automation software and provision the end-to-endinfrastructure. We can take your existing infrastructure and convert thatinto a cloud environment,” explains Garima Thockchom, VP Marketing at GaleTechnologies, in this …(more)

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FOR …Middle East North Africa Financial NetworkMarist has partnered with IBM to drive an effort to build a cloud computingcenter on campus that would employ hundreds of Hudson Valley workers in arapidly growing, high-tech field. While the project has attractedsubstantial private investments and …(more)

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Fleming …PR.com (press release)Fleming Gulf Conferences launches Cloud Computing Imperative 2012 to beheld on 12-13 March followed by a cloud security workshop programme on 14March in Dubai - UAE, which will set the stage for IT specialists frompublic, private and government …(more)

“We now have the capability in our cloud for our users to build volumesthat are based entirely on SSD storage. The SSD storage is astonishinglyfast and astonishingly productive,” states Michael Higgins, ManagerEnterprise Solutions at …(more)

Channel InsiderAutotask software manages critical business operations and processes fortechnology services centric organizations, and its Software-as-a-Service(SaaS) platform is designed to be open. The new company, VARStreet, Inc.,backed by private investors, …(more)

Channel PartnersThe market for Web conferencing equipment shot up 21 percent between thethird quarters of 2010 and 2011, and SaaS-based systems accounted for 83percent of the revenue. That’s according to new data from Synergy ResearchGroup, which found that sales …(more)

eWeekMicrosoft was surprisingly quiet about the blow it it cloud computingrival. Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Police Department reneged on itsagreement to replace its e-mail and collaboration software with GoogleApps, effectively removing 13000 …(more)

CloudTweaks NewsThe White House’s current Chief Information Officer, Steven VanRoekel, hasspearheaded Washington’s move into the assets of cloud computing. OnDecember 8, VanRoekel announced the Obama Administration’s plans tointegrate substantially more …(more)

Middle East North Africa Financial NetworkGUANGZHOU, Dec 23, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) –Guangdong Cloud Computing Industry Alliance (transliteration) wasestablished in Dongguan on December 22. Guangdong contributed CNY 244.5billion output value in software industry in …(more)

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GCN.comMobility-as-a-service is a subset of software-as-a-service, Edwards said.He added that President Obama’s BlackBerry is proof that secure mobiledevices can be successfully issued to federal employees. The solution tothe security issue is to develop a …(more)

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Network WorldBy Network World Staff, Network World The sheer number of cloud players -
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YNN Hudson ValleySenator Charles Schumer toured the Marist College Hancock Center, sayinghe’s seeking the remaining federal funds needed to install a state of theart cloud computing center. Our John Wagner has the details. Then come backhere and refresh the page. …(more)

BankInfoSecurity.comCloud computing has drawn a great deal of attention as a way to reduce ITcosts in healthcare. But are the companies that offer cloud computingwell-prepared to meet the HIPAA privacy and security requirements? Theimpact of the pending modifications …(more)

AZ Central.comSecurity breaches in your technology systems are more likely to come frominside your organization than from outside attacks, even as cloud computinggrows at a rapid pace. “Statistics would indicate roughly 80 percent ormore of breaches are a result …(more)

iT NewsWithout further ado, the iTnews 2011 SaaS acquisition Christmas list.SugarCRM is the plucky runner-up in the CRM space. With RightNow off themenu (and unanswered questions about its security), Sugar remains thejuiciest target. …(more)

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The Open Press (press release)Las Vegas, NV (OPENPRESS) December 22, 2011 — Pacific Timesheet hasannounced that on January 1, 2012 new SaaS Cloud Crew Timesheet pricingwill be available to allow customers the option of paying for servicesusing a variety of license options, …(more)

InformationWeek IndiaAround 60 percent of Indian CIOs believe that cloud computing has enabledthem to spend more time on business strategy and innovation, as per TheFuture Role of the CIO 2011 report released by CA Technologies. As per thereport, CIOs who have adopted …(more)

Data …InfoWorldThis white paper helps you learn how to deliver massive scalability, securemulti-tenancy, high performance, and high availability to fuelenterprise-class virtual data centers and cloud computing environments tomeet even rapidly changing business …(more)

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SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)We are increasing the breadth of cloud storage support and we are proud toannounce CloudBerry Explorer for OpenStack Object Storage . OpenStackObject Storage (code-named Swift) is open source software for creatingredundant, scalable object storage …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)In addition, the report recognized the company’s global expansion strategy,acknowledging the completion of its successful acquisition and integrationof Netviewer AG, a leading privately-held European Software-as-a-Service(SaaS) vendor in …(more)

IT PROThe cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) is targeted specifically atsmall businesses, with 15 or fewer employees, which might not have theskills in-house to run an efficient payroll system. The key to the softwareis automation, making it easier …(more)

GreenBiz.com (blog)Cloud computing, and the software as a service (SaaS) commercial model,have become the next big thing in technology and offer a number ofadvantages to organizations seeking to update their energy andsustainability information management platform …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)… (”Wentian Technology”), the first online game company in Shanxiprovince of China, to build Shanxi’s largest cloud computing data center toenable facilities including disaster recovery centers, enterprise datacenters and Internet data centers. …(more)

CNNBy Michal Lev-Ram, writer December 22, 2011: 6:04 AM ET There are plenty of
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MarketWatch (press release)22, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — ARI Network Services/quotes/zigman/202269 ARIS 0.00% , a leading provider of SaaS solutionsthat enable dealers, distributors and manufacturers in selected verticalmarkets increase revenue and reduce costs, …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)BlueTrain Mobile - a SaaS company that provides a platform for creatingmobile websites - officially announces the launch of Mobile Grader, foundat www.MobileGrader.com. This tool is designed to analyze a website’seffectiveness and performance when …(more)

Eloqua outlines the trends that impacted the SaaS industry for 2011.(more)

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Chicago …MarketWatch (press release)CHICAGO, Dec 22, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Etherios, a leader in enterprisecloud computing technology, today announced the opening of two new SolutionCenters in response to the company’s rapid growth and its success indelivering cloud-based solutions …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Akamai Thursday confirmed a weeks-old press report that it will buy itsIsrael-nurtured rival Cotendo, expecting, it said, that their combinedtechnology and people will accelerate innovation in cloud and mobileoptimization. …(more)

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The Complete Managed Services Resource… your operations like a cloud for years, managing your infrastructure asshared services, using multitenancy, charging based upon resource usage,etc. …(more)

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Web Host Industry ReviewStill in beta, since its launch in mid-2011, Jelastic is a Java-focusedplatform as a service cloud designed to be distributed by hostingproviders. The company is currently working in partnership with ServInt inthe US and Host Europe in Europe. …(more)

Channels …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Companies and organizations such as Groupon, ITV, Tupperware and TheUniversity of Phoenix are using Conversocial’s Software-as-a-Service tomanage the flow of customer service enquiries and discussions on Facebookand Twitter.(more)

Performance …MarketWatch (press release)Its SaaS solution, which combines real user monitoring, applicationmonitoring, and availability monitoring in a single solution built from theground up, changes the way developers and operations teams manage webapplication performance in real-time. …(more)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire - Dec 22, 2011) - New Relic, Inc., theSaaS-based cloud application performance management provider, todayannounced that it …(more)

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ITProPortalOne Payroll will be a cloud based SaaS (Software as a Service) platform toassist smaller businesses make payment procedures easier and moreefficient. The company further stated that One Payroll will be particularlyhelpful for those organisations …(more)

Cresset software, including virtual screening tool FieldScreen, can berented on a per-project basis, for a cost effective, secure and flexibleproject solution.(more)

CenterBeamAfter months of talks, the LA City Council voted to exclude users fromcriminal justice organizations in the city from Google’s revamped cloudcomputing-based email system. “There was definitely a time when Googleseemed positive they were going to …(more)