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There are lots of people using OpenStack with XenServer, including Citrixand Rackspace, so I can guarantee that it works! The docs are lackingthough, that’s …(more)

(1) OpenStack, as an upstream project, should focus on development > >rather than on providing a production-ready distribution. > > > > (2) Wecould provide …(more)

I’ve been reading up on how to deploy an OpenStack environment on someUbuntu servers… I found some info on deploying and configuring itmanually and I …(more)

Worcester TelegramData storage giant EMC has been making a huge push toward cloud computing,the ubiquitous term given to computing through the Internet. Instead ofhosting and maintaining all information technology functions on their own,businesses can access software …(more)

GigaOmI made the case that cloud boils down to a very simple statement, at leastfor the enterprise: Cloud computing is an application-centric operationsmodel. Most of the comments I received affirmed this statement, but therewere a few that took issue …(more)

The AustralianMORE Australian organisations are minimising the risks of cloud computingby limiting their operations in the cloud and only using local providers, alegal expert says. According to DLA Piper intellectual property andtechnology partner Alec Christie, …(more)

UPI.com11 (UPI) — A global survey of businesses found that a desire to connectemployees through multiple devices is a top factor for them to adopt cloudcomputing technology. Thirty-three percent of the 3645 informationtechnology decision makers polled …(more)

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Reseller NewsThe portal, Mycloudstore.co.nz, includes SaaS applications from ninevendors, including CRM application provider Salesforce.com, which tappedExeed in early December to be its first distributor in this country. Exeedintends that Mycloudstore will …(more)

CNETBut what about competition for infrastructure and platform-as-a-service?Admittedly, right now the offerings from Microsoft (Azure) and VMware(Cloudfoundry) along with Rackspace (Rackspace Cloud) don’t have much inthe way of market share versus AWS. …(more)

Federal TimesThe government plans to embrace the software-as-a-service model, and hasestablished groups to develop functional and technical requirements for agovernment-wide cloud solution. It may not be clear flying to the cloud. InApril, Amazon’s Elastic …(more)

opportunitiesEconomic TimesCloud computing would emerge as the key advance in IT services andapplications, says Gartner, the technology research firm, in its forecastsfor 2012. The mavens see the cloud, which makes possible the leasing ofdigitised IT assets and solutions via …(more)

HydrapinionBy Ian GRAYSON By now we all know cloud computing will dramatically reshape
IT infrastructures inside many organisations. What’s not so evident is theimpact it’s also going to have on the way we work. During the past week Ihad the chance to listen to …(more)

Wall …San Jose Mercury News(Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff) Today: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Meg Whitmanannounces that the Palo Alto company will hold on to the WebOS platform,make it open source. Also: Wall Street finishes a calm week with a Fridaysurge, and Apple (AAPL) suffers …(more)

eWeekIBM’s SIPP software runs on the company’s software as a service (SAAS)SmartCloud platform. SIPP is able to speed up the process of automatedimage analysis and enhanced optical recognition of chemical images andsymbols taken from patents and …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Apple took a hit Friday when a California federal judge said in a 65-pageruling that it couldn’t have a preliminary injunction preventing Samsungfrom bringing any more of its Android smartphones and tablets into theUnited States before the case goes …(more)

CenterBeamA new video game application by OnLive will bring cloud computing into thetablet and smartphone gaming world. “Tablets and smartphones, thefastest-growing consumer product categories in history, are now capable ofrunning the hottest, highest-end …(more)

InformationWeekBy J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek The White House on Thursday
officially released a highly anticipated security framework that it sayswill accelerate the adoption of cloud computing in government, but agencieswon’t be able to take advantage of …(more)

Deccan ChronicleBy Adelaide Travasso Three months after it was shifted to afternoon band,
Hamari Saas Leela is finally going off air from December 16. Launched inJune, the daily set in a Gujarati family backdrop was aimed at competingwith the hugely popular Saath …(more)

ComputerworldUKBy Leo King | Computerworld UK | Published 01:22, 10 December 11 Netsuite
chief executive Zach Nelson has claimed that rival SAP was effectivelyforced to make a multibillion dollar entry into cloud computing last week,because industry trends were …(more)

Daily MarketsCloud computing has emerged as the buzzword for all major technologyplayers and Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) is no exception. The companyrecently announced that it has entered into a four-year agreement withMicrosoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). …(more)

The …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Ninefold, the Australian cloud computing and public cloud storage company,has extended The Ninefold Cloud Booster Program even further by includingthe Fishburners community of startups. This is in conjunction with a newcommunity sponsorship deal …(more)

This article is based on Testpad’s experience from integrating FastSpring’sall-in- one solution for our SaaS-based software testing tool. I’m not apayments expert …(more)

This document does not provide step-by-step instructions about how toachieve multi-tenancy with Exchange 2010 SP2, but provides information onthe …(more)

VMware. Up to Discussions in Vcloud … Can any explain me What isDiffrence between VMware Lab 4.0 Manager and VMware Vcloud Director1.5? …(more)

hi all, i write a document about swift slogging system plugin developmentyou can get it at http://wiki.openstack.org/development/swift/slogging ifsome one can …(more)

We’ve received some great feedback throughout this last year regardingvCloud Express and how we can improve our product. If you are currently acustomer, …(more)

… mainas a Service layers that make up the cloud computing modelInfrastructure as a ServiceIaaS Platform as a ServicePaaS and Software as aServiceSaaS …(more)

CIO TodayDemandTec also expands IBM’s Software-as-a Service strategy by addingadditional, subscription-based offerings to IBM’s SaaS solutions portfolio.DemandTec also brings a portfolio of 31 patents in the areas of pricing,response analysis, and promotion …(more)

But these SaaS companies were truly innovating, creating value forcustomers by building a better and simpler user experience. SAP and Oracleinitially …(more)

Multitenancy is intended to isolate different groups of users from other… us to add something similar to multi-tenancy to automatically restricta user to only see …(more)

San Jose Mercury NewsThey look at SaaS and they think that’s the way of the future, and theyneed to have a play there,” he said in a phone interview. From the otherside, “the small guys have solutions that people want to buy, but in orderto sell those solutions, …(more)

Eloqua has always been a SaaS company from the day it was founded in late1999. The vision at the time was to help businesses sell products through a…(more)

I have a question regarding multi-tenancy support for accelerator portalsfor CRM 2011. I have downloaded and installed the latest portalenvironments on a …(more)

Ma, Kun; Chen, Zhenxiang; Abraham, Ajith; Yang, Bo; Sun, Runyuan; ShangdonProvincial Key Laboratory of Network Based Intelligent Computing,University of …(more)

While it may seem like a match made in heaven, getting your ERP throughsoftware-as-a-service has its faults and may not be as cheap as it seems onDay 1 …(more)

Hey All Ive been working on a spec to cleanup VNC consoles for consistencyand xslibvirt parity httpwikiopenstackorgVNCConsoleCleanuprelated toblueprint …(more)

Real-time vs. Eventually. > > Anyone planning on using Openstack in thatway? > > If so, I’ll direct those inquires to this thread. > > Thanks inadvance, > Sandy > …(more)

Re: [Openstack] [GLANCE] Proposal: Combine the “container_format” and “disk_format” fields in 2.0 Images API. Soren Hansen Fri, 02 Dec 201103:22:08 - 0800 …(more)

Seeking AlphaIn part one of our two part Cloud Computing Takeover Targets series wediscussed cloud computing in general and the $3.4 billion SAP acquisitionover the weekend of SuccessFactors (SFSF). Our underlying thesis is thatwith the earlier Oracle (ORCL) …(more)

Make …DABCC.comHowever, providers of vCloud Powered service offerings can attract morecustomers and customer workloads by demonstrating how VMware technologiescan deliver higher levels of security, making their virtual datacenterssafer and more secure, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)OMAHA, Neb., Dec 09, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Benaissance, the leadingprovider of Software as a Service (SaaS) and single point individualsubscriber billing solutions for health insurance exchanges, nationalbenefit administrators and health plans, …(more)

New research shows that SaaS valuations have grown twice as fast as legacycompanies’ over the past year, reinforcing SaaS’s strong position in themarket.(more)

Hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) ecommerce solutions allow small onlineretailers to open functional online stores with a minimum in capitalexpense. …(more)

Multi-tenancy does not mean that you can completely isolate your users fromeach other. LUNS has made a proposal regarding isolated institutions andhas …(more)

This page lists vendors who provide hosted Exchange solutions that havebeen validated by Microsoft for Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise Edition.Find the …(more)

s enterprise services business and Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that theyhave a four-year agreement through which they’ll use cloud computing tobring Microsoft’s communications and collaboration applications to businessand government …(more)

eWeekHalf of respondents to a Unisys poll say cloud computing is their top ITinvestment priority for 2012. As businesses get ready to capitalize onemerging technology trends in 2012, cloud computing remains at the top ofmany companies’ lists: Fifty …(more)

Formtek Blog (blog)By Dick Weisinger, on December 9th, 2011 OpenStack is a software cloud
stack that provides a packaged do-it-yourself (DIY) cloud service platformfor hosting providers. Rackspace Hosting and NASA started theApache-licensed Open Source project in July …(more)

CTRIn this article, then, we’ll look at the challenges that accompany cloudsecurity and how cloud-based security as a service overcomes the challengesof securing cloud networks. Cloud computing is emerging as a dominantcomputing model because it offers …(more)

TG DailyPiracy is virtually eliminated by deploying OnLive games as a service,while titles run on anything that can hadle OnLive’s relatively skinnyclient. In the end, OnLive offers the promise of a solution that fixes theperformance overhead of great games …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Unable to turn a buck on the thing after killing the tablet and smartphonesit was meant to power, HP said Friday that it’s going to open source webOS,the mobile operating system it got last year when it bought Palm for asweet $1.2 billion. …(more)

PCWorldPrivate: HP’s Enterprise Cloud Services (including Messaging, Collaborationand Real-Time Collaboration) will deliver Microsoft Exchange Server,SharePoint Server and Lync Server productivity applications as a servicefrom HP data centres around the …(more)

TechnologyPro Bono AustraliaCloud computing has emerged as the decade’s biggest shift in the wayorganisations use Information Technology according to a report to theFederal Government - and Not for Profit organisations have been urged toget on board. Australia’s IT sector can …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)JAKARTA, INDONESIA, Dec 07, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — CBN, one ofIndonesia’s pioneering Internet service providers, has broken new ground byestablishing a cloud computing data center using Ethernet fabric switchingfrom Brocade(R) …(more)

Server WatchBy Paul Rubens (Send Email) HP is not one to do things by halves: The
company has been slowly expanding its cloud computing offerings during thepast year or so, and last week it made a monster announcement covering araft of new products and services …(more)

The leader in cluster grid and cloud management software … infrastructureenabling the delivery of InfrastructureasaServiceIaaS andPlatformasaServicePaaS …(more)

Find out what cloud security concerns are swirling around multi-tenancycloud computing — and what cloud expert Jeff Kaplan has to say about it.Get some …(more)

UP …MarketWatch (press release)There were 350 nominations for disruptive and next-generation cloudcomputing companies and for emerging solution providers who are definingcloud technology for the UP 2011 Awards. The judges included James Staten,VP and Principal Analyst at …(more)

ZealandGeekzoneBoth services include WMS’s unified “Interface in a browser”, offeringsystems administrators total visibility and cross-platform control of theirIT infrastructure. Servers are accessible and manageable even before theoperating system and network are …(more)

TruckinginfoPrior to joining Healthland, Odell was chief architect with Gearworks inEagan, Minn., where he led the development and QA organizations indelivering the company’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. Hisexperience also includes leading Digital …(more)

New York TimesBut OnLive runs all of the games on its service entirely on powerful servercomputers in its data centers and delivers them over the Internet, throughso-called cloud computing. Other companies are trying to do the same thing,including Gaikai, …(more)

Subject: Re: [Openstack] [GLANCE] Proposal: Combine the “container_format”and “disk_format” fields in 2.0 Images API - msg#00027. List:openstack-cloud- …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)NT OBJECTives, a provider of automated, comprehensive and accurate WebApplication security software, services and SaaS, today announced theavailability of NTO SQL Invader, a free tool which provides pen testers anddevelopers the ability to quickly …(more)

eTaiwan NewsTaipei, Dec.8 (CNA) The government’s Cloud Computing Industry DevelopmentProgram will increase the industry value to an estimated NT$390 billion(US$12.9 billion) by 2013, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) saidThursday. …(more)

With its pure software-as-a-service delivery model, Lithium providescustomers … platform out of the Amsterdam datacenter,” said Tony Weiss,Symantec Corp. …(more)

Reuters (press release)Cinnober today announces the launch of TESS OTF - a Software as a Service(SaaS) - packaged for the rising Organized Trading Facility (OTF) market.The new offering is suited to major banks, brokers and other financialactors that in the near future …(more)

ZDNet (blog)It’s unclear when the software maintenance model will blow, but when itdoes the likes of SAP and Oracle may have problems a few years from now.The acquisitions in recent weeks of software as a service vendors tell thetale. …(more)

CloudTweaks NewsLooking back to 2011, from a professional perspective, I find it easy tosay that this was a good year for cloud computing. I decided to begin withthe news that, in my opinion, set the tone for the whole year: the Gartnerstudy which proclaimed cloud …(more)

TechnoratiCisco describes their CloudVerse as “a powerful combination of cloudcomputing, networking, storage and management solutions” for aninterconnected “world of many clouds where people will have access to cloudservices anytime, on any device, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Dec 08, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — PivotLink, theleading provider of retail performance management and business intelligencesolutions delivered via Software as a Service (SaaS), today announced thatmarketing veteran and …(more)

Cloud-based …MarketWatch (press release)… a global open source software leader, today announced that Bi3Solutions, the leading provider of Decision Intelligence Solutions, hasembedded Talend Integration Suite inside its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)platform to ensure that their …(more)

RegisterOf course, it’s possible that, as some suggest, Amazon’s hegemony isisolated to one of the smaller components of the global cloud market, withthe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) marketsbeing much larger. …(more)

Hamari Saas Leela - 6th December 2011 Part 3 = Last on uZood Video. HamariSaas Leela Episode 132 - 6th December 2011.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The service is based upon Zerto’s robust storage replication technology incombination with the multi-datacenter VMware vCloud platform offered byZXFactory. “Disaster recovery is essential for today’s complex virtualizedIT environments, …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)IBM said Thursday morning that it was buying DemandTec for $13.20 a share,close to 57% premium. Big Blue will ante up roughly $440 million, net ofDemandTec’s cash on hand, to take over the cloud-based ISV for its10-month-old Smarter Commerce …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Joyent Cloud is a cloud computing platform for developers and companiescreating and deploying dynamic applications that must effortlessly scalefor millions of users. With more than 30000 customers worldwide, JoyentCloud runs high performance …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)He also designed and led the team that implemented Ubuntu Orchestra — acomprehensive hardware orchestration suite that delivers scalabledeployment of OpenStack and other cluster workloads on Ubuntu. Kirkland hasfounded more than two dozen open …(more)

Web Host Industry ReviewBy Nicole Henderson, December 08, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –
Infrastructure as a service provider Atlantic Metro Communicationsannounced on Wednesday that its virtual private data center as a servicehas achieved VMware vCloud Powered status. …(more)

BusinessWeek8 (Bloomberg) — US government agencies would use standard securityrequirements and contracting language in purchasing cloud-computingservices under a program unveiled by the Obama administration. The FederalRisk and Authorization Management Program …(more)

Stuff.co.nzThe Government is making its most ambitious push yet to adopt cloudcomputing by developing a business case for all 32 government departmentsto start accessing office productivity software such as Microsoft businesssuites online, …(more)

Insurance News Net (press release)By Anonymous Provided by Aliah Wright , SHRM Cloud computing refers to
storing, developing or processing data on vendors’ servers running on theInternet, or in the cloud,” rather than on company computers. The subset ofcloud computing most familiar …(more)

InfoboomTechnology giant CSC just released its latest Cloud Usage Index, a surveythat looks at the current state of cloud computing. Not only divulgingsimply interesting facts, the survey found that cloud adoption is beinghastened by the desire to access …(more)

View …Global Telecoms BusinessWhen trying to define SaaS, one might say the definition is in the eye ofthe SaaS beholder. But step back and think about what you are trying toaccomplish and why. When purchasers are asked why they are looking at SaaSmany say they are looking for a …(more)

ebizQ (blog)SaaS applications like NetSuite or Salesforce, and increasingly,Cloud-based analytics platforms are the default choice for those doingsignificant analysis and number crunching. Unlike with an on-premisesbusiness application, a new SaaS application …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”We’re finding increasing numbers of healthcare operators are seeking theSoftware-as-a-Service (SasS) solution from Vision to support quality andsafety initiatives, and achieve rapid ROI on their technology investment,”he added. …(more)

VatorNews”In our view, DemandTec expands IBM’s SaaS strategy by adding to IBM’sportfolio of subscription-based offerings. IBM commented that it expectsthe Smarter Commerce market opportunity in software alone to be $20billion. …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Artisan Infrastructure, the wholesale Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)provider, on Thursday announced open enrollment in the Certified SolutionEcosystem of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). The first solutionecosystem of its kind, …(more)

I have an ASPNET 4 WebFormsbased application and I want to use routing toallow multitenancy such that httpwwwexamplecomsitefooDefaultaspx is for theclient …(more)

It is more critical than ever to make sure customers get started and findvalue during the first days, weeks and months after signing up for yourSaaS service. …(more)

Appcara was created by a group of cloud computing industry veterans in 2010in Santa Clara, CA. The founders of Appcara have previously built industryleading Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing services such asthe Savvis …(more)

cloud computing Cloud computing - Soluzioni spiegate da Wolters Kluwer.(more)

And here is the new and improved multi tenancy guide for Exchange 2010 SP2!Remember that this is no longer using the /hosted switch but yourenvironment …(more)

San Jose, CA, December 6, 2011. Catalog Data Solutions (CDS), a leadingprovider of online SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions for industrialsuppliers, today announced that White Drive Products have implemented CDSConfigurator …(more)

India Infoline.comIBM announced that EmployWise, an HR Software-as-a-Service provider, willdeliver its services on a cloud computing infrastructure using the IBMSmartCloud Enterprise Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering. Thisagreement will help EmployWise have …(more)

SAP has lagged in talent management and in software as a service (SaaS)applications. The acquisition of SuccessFactors will give SAP a leadingtalent …(more)

With Sprint’s solutions for global business - converged, high-performancenetwork solutions that utilize global MPLS, real-time monitoring, andpremium support …(more)

As with most cloud software, Office 365 and Google Apps customers licensethe …. Tags: Software as a service, software, Office suites, Microsoft,internet, …(more)

PlatformsasaService have caught the imagination of developers byabstracting … applicationspecific software with a hosted service model APaaS replaces an …(more)

Dubbed CloudVerse, it includes cloud-specific management applications forthe UCS servers, Nexus switches and ASR edge routers - Page 1.(more)

By Alfredo Olivieri
The event opened with a keynote session from Bowman Hall (Director of CloudComputing Client Engagements IBM Software Group) and Christian Klezl (VicePresident and Cloud Leader of IBM Northeast Europe). In their speeches,Christian …(more)

By Ed Oswald
The prospect of cost savings is touted as a significant benefit of cloudcomputing, but a new study disputes that argument. More than one-third ofUS businesses employing the cloud save less than $20000, according to thestudy commissioned …(more)

iTWireCloud computing has sparked levels of IT awareness among company directorsnot seen in Australia since ERP was first trumpeted as an importantproductivity tool. According to Paul Gibbs, general manager of cloudcomputing for CSC, the company has …(more)

Computer Business ReviewAs a part of EXaaS SmartWorkspace, OKI has launched its ExaaS Mobile Deskcloud computing service which provides secure, easy access to in-housecorporate data and systems from mobile devices from locations outside thecompany. …(more)

by …The Open Press (press release)San Jose, CA (OPENPRESS) December 7, 2011 — Catalog Data Solutions (CDS),a leading provider of online SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions forindustrial suppliers, today announced that White Drive Products haveimplemented CDS Configurator and CDS …(more)

PR.com (press release)”This round of investment from some of the world’s leading venturecapitalists shows the enthusiasm for bringing a new analytics drivenSaaS-based model to allow IT operations to know exactly what has changed intheir environments and maintain …(more)

OpenStack Storage, also known as Swift, is a python-based, open sourcecloud storage platform. It’s generally set up with several front end proxynodes talking …(more)

Re: [Openstack] [GLANCE] Proposal: Combine the “container_format” and “disk_format” fields in 2.0 Images API. Donal Lafferty Fri, 02 Dec 201104:11:49 - 0800 …(more)

Business StandardMcAfee SMB Endpoint Protection Essentials allows businesses to reduce ITcosts and deploy endpoint protection managed the way they want (ie, onpremise or SaaS). Depending upon their IT needs or availability of ITresources, SMB customers have the …(more)

Enable …PR Newswire (press release)… solutions that drive online sales and renewals for products,subscriptions and training for clients and their channel partners, todayannounced a webinar on the first SaaS B2B e-commerce solution to enableonline testing and certification. …(more)

Exchange 2010 SP2 new Exchange Server 2010 Hosting and MultiTenancySolutions and Guidance. laurenboMS. 7 Dec 2011 409 AM. Comments 0 …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”IGT is leading the cloud computing transformation in gaming by offeringoperators innovative solutions to optimize their operations and casinofloors,” said Chris Satchell, IGT chief technology officer. “Utilizing theIGT Cloud will let casino …(more)

Apprenda provides an Open Platform as a Service (PaaS) software stack for.NET that enables any organization to deploy their own self-service PaaS onany …(more)

Veriser offers its messaging platform as a service. This way, entry to midlevel operators that want to establish direct interconnect agreements withcustomers and …(more)

Although I posted this back in July I regularly get asked about thelocation of the official VMware vCloud Director documentation so thought Iwould post it …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Egnyte was selected to receive this award by the UP-START Cloud Awardsexpert panel of judges due to Egnyte’s groundbreaking advancements inhybrid cloud technology which promise to transform the cloud computingindustry. As the world’s premier cloud …(more)

Secure …PR Newswire (press release)7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — For most organizations, a successful cloudcomputing implementation requires connecting the cloud to existingcomputing environments. Energy Plus Holdings LLC, one of the nation’sfastest-growing energy companies, is adopting a …(more)

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ForbesThe new CSC survey of 3645 IT executives found that while cloud computingdelivers cost savings, it only amounts to a few pennies (relativelyspeaking) out of corporate information technology budgets so far. Rather,providing better connectivity to …(more)

2012MarketWatch (press release)Based on insights gathered from IT industry thought leaders, analysts andenterprise customers, Hubspan anticipates the increased adoption of cloudcomputing will shift how companies are implementing solutions, and cloudintegration will become a way …(more)

User 314176 avatar. By prabath via javacodegeeks.com. Submitted: Dec 062011 / 07:53. Multitenancy in Google AppEngine (GAE). Multitenancy inGoogle …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)FutureBright has re-launched its website. The new site introducesMyPlatformTE, the only fully integrated and comprehensive digital sales andmarketing platform for the Financial Services Industry. FutureBright’sdigital sales solution is rooted in its …(more)

Through …MarketWatch (press release)… a technology company that provides a comprehensive range of software,services, and data to the energy industry announced today it has acquiredBeyond Compliance Inc., a leading provider of SaaS-delivered automatedcompliance management solutions. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)A member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), Atlantic MetroCommunications provides its VMware vCloud Powered service as a set of cloudcomputing services across a common platform, supporting the largest set ofexisting applications and …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN Cloud infrastructure management player enStratus
has tapped cloud computing veteran and former Cisco manager James Urquhartas its new vice president of product strategy. Urquhart will be responsiblefor defining enStratus’ …(more)

VatorNewsIts customers used Twilio cloud computing to create an array ofcommunications applications, including Web-based distributed call centers,voice and SMS notification systems, hosted IVRs, conferencing solutions andgroup messaging apps. …(more)

CenterBeam”Over the past two years cloud computing has moved into the mainstream ofIT investment decisions,” said Colin Lacey, vice president of Data CenterServices and Solutions at Unisys. “From the US Federal Government’s ‘cloudfirst’ policy to enterprise …(more)

ConferenceMarketWatch (press release)About Cloudcor and UP2011 Cloudcor provides industry leaders andprofessionals cutting edge insights into Cloud Computing through expertconferences, research, analysis and commentary, as well as providing aplatform to network with leading experts in …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)LAS VEGAS, NV, Dec 07, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Alentus Corporation(pinksheets:ALNS), an internet solution provider of web hosting, domainregistration, dedicated servers, SaaS and E-Commerce hosting services,today announced its financial …(more)

This document provides information on the challenges and problems that needto be solved, and offers advice and direction to ensure the Exchange …(more)

NetworkComputing.comWhile there are important differences between a public cloud and a privatecloud computing environment, industry leaders say the pros and cons of eacharen’t as significant as the fact that both options are available forbusinesses and enterprises. …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN Cloud computing isn’t saving companies the massive
stacks of cash that were initially anticipated, a recent survey of cloudusers found. The survey, performed by solution provider CSC via researchfirm TNS gauged the insight of …(more)

CloudTweaks NewsThree T’s can explain what the cloud computing community needs in order tomake a stab at permanence. First all all, the cloud needs to trend. Itneeds to be viewed as hip and worthwhile by the largest demographic on theWeb: the young. …(more)

ERE Mediaby John Zappe Dec 5, 2011, 7:33 pm ET There’s nothing like a big-buzzacquisition to lift the boats in the HR SaaS harbor. Taleo, Kenexa, andeven pricey Salesforce saw jumps in their stock today as investors reactedto the weekend news that ERP vendor …(more)

VIDEO What’s worse: a bill for IT services that never ends or the loss ofany real sense of ownership over data and compute infrastructure? ITleaders from Ontario Clean Water Agency and Innovapost square off - Page 1.(more)

By Tajudeen Abubakr
Tajudeen Abubakr lists the specific questions that you need to haveanswered by your provider before you commit data to a public cloud service.(more)

By Jeff Kelly
Topics covered include an overview of basic data center architecture, anintroduction to cloud computing and virtualization, cloud models andinfrastructure, cloud security, and cloud migration. The Cloud ArchitectIT-as-a-Service course is an …(more)

By AlisonWatterson
Can cloud computing enable the IT department to reinvent itself? byAlisonWatterson 3 hours ago - last edited 3 hours ago. The journey to cloudis complicated. Many companies still have traditional hosting environments,with dedicated …(more)

By Matthew Berringer
Can cloud computing work for your school district? Yes, but it can also bedisastrous if you choose the wrong service provider. Make sure that you doplenty of research before signing a contract.(more)

Before the modern push for Cloud Computing, this was a minor annoyance,only seen at certain junctions where large amounts of data needed to besync’d …(more)

eChannelLineBy Bill Brandt, Managing Partner, ChannelLine Jacob Kazakevich, Co-founder
and President of OS33, and Alex Osipov, the company’s director of softwareengineering, talk with ChannelLine Managing Partner Bill Brandt about theirIT as a Service platform …(more)

TruckinginfoThe acquisition expands Telular’s position in the M2M space as a result ofSkyBitz’s broad base of additional customers and proprietary SAAStechnology platform. SkyBitz’s Global Locating System (GLS) satellite-basedtechnology provides real-time …(more)

From Yahoo! News: Silicon Valley engineering company brings NASA CTO tospeak at event for open source cloud technologists.Mountain View, CA(PRWEB) …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The combined Kofax and Singularity products will be fully deployable “onpremise” or via private clouds under a traditional perpetual license modeland via a public cloud under a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscriptionmodel. …(more)

NDTVNetworking giant Cisco is looking at the rapid growth in demand for cloudcomputing services as an opportunity to corner the number 2 slot.Networking giant Cisco is looking at the rapid growth in demand for cloudcomputing services as an opportunity …(more)

Software …PR Web (press release)Dresser & Associates will sell and support Cornerstone’s comprehensive,SaaS-based application in conjunction with Dresser’s full compliment ofpayroll and HR management solutions. Cornerstone’s award-winning integratedtalent management suite includes …(more)

Social …MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Dec 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — 2011 has been anincredible year for the IT industry with highlights including mainstreamadoption of cloud computing, unprecedented social media participation andBig Data growth. …(more)

BusinessWeekBattiferri predicts Telecom Italia’s sales from cloud computing, which letsclients rent software delivered over the Web rather than install it ontheir own machines, will grow by a double-digit percentage next year.Italy, pushing through austerity …(more)

Industry Today (press release)Over the last few years, you will have probably have heard people use theterm “Cloud Computing”. Well, you may be hearing it more often in thecoming months and years, and you do not want to be left confused. So whatis the best way to describe it? …(more)

Consumer TechTech4Biz | 06 Dec 2011 : Virtual Private Servers (VPS) are the defaultoffering for many hosting providers and usually means multi tenancy hostingon a …(more)

Impress Media Australia (press release)Virtual Ark will apply proceeds from its recent modest capital-raising toundertake product development that broadens the reach of its Cloudmanagement platform to work with privately owned Clouds and Clouds builtwith the OpenStack open source …(more)

E-Commerce TimesThis all sounds pretty good on paper, but the enhancements to EMC’s AtmosCloud Delivery Platform are best considered in the context of the IT as aService evolution that has fundamentally changed computing for bothenterprises and consumers. …(more)

SolutionsMarketWatch (press release)In need of a replacement for its in-house system, Meriwest chose to deployVSoft’s suite of RDC solutions via a Software as a Service (SaaS) model.VSoft’s hosted delivery system provides the credit union with comprehensiveitem capture functionality …(more)

Financial TimesBy Jessica Twentyman The promise of spending less is one of the main
attractions that draws companies to cloud computing. Along with improvedperformance and more flexibility on capacity, the prospect of using hostedsystems on a pay-as-you-go basis, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)As the app that is pioneering personal cloud computing through remotedesktop access, Wyse PocketCloud utilizes the existing storage oncustomers’ Macs, PCs or virtual desktops rather than storing files onthird-party servers. This provides users with …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Fifty (50) percent of respondents to a recentUnisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) online poll said that cloud computing istheir top IT investment priority for 2012. The poll, which drew 300responses, was conducted on the unisys.com …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)This connector provides seamless integration between the PMG ServiceCatalog Suite (PMG SCS) and VMWare vCloud Director. Organizations that havedeployed PMG SCS for their enterprise, IT, and departmental servicecatalogs can now leverage the VMWare …(more)

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Make …MarketWatch (press release)To take advantage of the free trial of the SaaS version of Circonus, visitcirconus.com/free-trial. For a PoC trial of Circonus Private-SaaS, contactsales@circonus.com. Circonus was developed by the IT operations andscalability experts at OmniTI …(more)

Application …MarketWatch (press release)SEATTLE, WA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Dec 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –New Relic Inc., the SaaS web application performance management (APM)provider, and Tier 3, the enterprise cloud platform provider, announcedtoday that Tier 3 has enhanced its …(more)

Multitenancy in Google AppEngine (GAE) … Multitenancy in GoogleAppEngineGAE. Vote up. Vote down. 1; 0; 6; 7. Tweet SaveShareSend Tagsserver trends …(more)

ForbesRackspace is also one of the founders of the OpenStack open source project,which has quickly become, along with Amazon Web Services and VMware, one ofthe leading ways cloud infrastructure is being created. Rackspace has alsobeen an innovator in …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)PORT WASHINGTON, NY, Dec 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — A newbusiness-to-business membership organization — the Cloud ComputingAssociation (CCA) — has been formed to promote the adoption and use ofcloud-based technologies by large-cap and …(more)

Network WorldBy Jim Duffy, Network World Cisco this week unveiled products and packaging
options for customers looking to implement public, private and hybrid cloudcomputing. Cisco’s new CloudVerse framework is designed to enableorganizations to build, …(more)

Channel InsiderDespite increases in cloud computing, 50 percent of companies are investingand planning over the long term to build or expand data centers that theymanage as a corporate entity, according to a survey conducted by CoreNetGlobal and Newmark Knight …(more)

of …PR Web (press release)Urquhart is a seasoned field technologist with 20 years of experience indistributed systems development and deployment, focusing onservice-oriented architectures, cloud computing, and virtualization. Priorto joining enStratus, Mr. Urquhart held …(more)

by …MCADCafe (press release)Catalog Data Solutions (CDS), a leading provider of online SaaS (Softwareas a Service) solutions for industrial suppliers, today announced thatWhite Drive Products have implemented CDS Configurator and CDS ModelServerto present and aid online …(more)

Insurance Networking NewsTargeting life insurers, Pegasystems technology will be used to augmentMcCamish BPO and SaaS offerings. McCamish Systems LLC and Pegasystems Inc.have announced a strategic alliance aimed at enhancing McCamish’s lifeinsurance and annuity platform, …(more)

eWeekLater, as part of its deal with Cisco, BMC will integrate Cisco’s NSM intoits own cloud management software package to be launched in mid-2012,Fulton said. CloudVerse’s fabric-type layout is designed to automate the”as-a-service” model across all …(more)

Development SVPEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)(EON: Enhanced Online News)–uSamp (www.usamp.com), a leader in providingtargeted audiences for global consumer insights and innovative SaaStechnologies for audience engagement and business intelligence, todayannounced that it has named Joshua Pink …(more)

InvestorIdeas.com (press release)The newest member of the SaaS-suite, Paychex Online Mobile application is afree, highly secure and easy-to-use app. The app will navigate the user toan advanced landing page and open up a message center. The landing pagewill display information …(more)

Multitenancy is a software architecture where a single instance of thesoftware runs on a server, serving multiple client organizations (tenants).With a multitenant …(more)

Multitenancy is a topic that has been discussed for many years, and thereare many excellent references that readily available, so I will justpresent a brief …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)WOBURN, MA, Dec 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — CloudBees, Inc., theJava Platform as a Service (PaaS) innovation leader, today announced theavailability of Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees to provide enterprise-classsupport and enhanced …(more)

BusinessWeekDalgaard, 44, will have the job of overseeing SAP’s broadsoftware-as-a-service efforts, including its Business ByDesign Web programsfor midsized companies. Peter Lorenz, an SAP executive vice president incharge of the group of products, …(more)

Hi, I have difficulty finding documentation on how to apply multi-tenancyto different types of objects in different indices. I am familiar withsearching multiple types …(more)

You’re probably familiar with SaaS (Software as a Service) and PaaS(Platform as a Service). Workface has something special planned for Q22012.(more)

Dr. Dobb’sThe integration has incorporated Mu’s cloud-based load and performancetesting technology, with a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) layer, a ContentManagement System (CMS), as well as web security and performance offerings.The concept, on paper, …(more)

ForbesHowever, new industry data suggests that cloud computing will soon makedata centers even busier places than ever. Cisco just released its firstGlobal Cloud Index, and it has a clear message: it doesn’t matter if you’reusing applications from your …(more)

CIO IndiaIT budgets and responsibilities are moving out of the control of ITdepartments and into the hands of others, thanks to trends such asconsumerization and cloud computing, Gartner says in its vision for 2012and the coming years. …(more)

eTaiwan NewsSAP ispromoting cloud computing, which lets clients rent softwaredeliveredover the Web rather than install it on their ownmachines, as a safe way tooutsource data centers and reducethe need for hardware. The deal comes sixweeks after Oracleagreed to …(more)

Integration DevelopersThe CloudBees PaaS (platform as a service) lets companies build, test anddeploy Java web applications in the cloud. CloudBees is designed to enablesoftware teams to easily and rapidly move development and production to thecloud, without restrictions …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”Cloud computing can take away the stress and reduce the expense oftechnology implementations for businesses,” stated Mark Green, EMEAe-commerce and cloud director at Insight. “We understand that our clientshave different cloud computing needs, …(more)

By noreply@blogger.com (Kevin L. Jackson)
… knowledge and designation to be considered for employment within areasthat include Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) andInfrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). Holders of this certification arechange agents within …(more)

PR Web (press release)PaySimple, the leading provider of cloud-based accounts receivable softwarefor small businesses today announced that it has won the latestTHINKstrategies Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Award. PaySimple won thisaward based on the measurable business …(more)

Maureen O’Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, isthe Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media.She is the publisher of famous “Billygrams” and the editor-in-chief of”Client/Server …(more)

ComputerworldWhile these costs wouldn’t necessarily prevent companies from getting realbusiness value out of cloud computing, they could have an impact on theoverall cost-benefit analysis of cloud services. It can cost tens ofthousands of dollars per year to …(more)

Computer Business ReviewIT and network technologies provider NEC and telecommunications providerMobile TeleSystems (MTS) OJSC and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)has introduced the first cloud computing business application store for MTSsubscribers. …(more)

PR Web (press release)Cloudwords, Inc., the world’s leading global Translation ManagementPlatform, will join business leaders, developers and cloud computingexperts at the Business Cloud Summit in London on December 5, 2011. ScottYancey, CTO and Co-Founder of San …(more)

As a small introduction, what is the reason I’m writing this post ? Fornow, There is no mechanism for authentication without credentials in vCloudDirector.(more)

Sems like changes in vcloud subtree introduce issue with running otherproviders tests. When I run shindo tests/clodo from command lin, I getbacktraces like …(more)

ComputerworldUK (blog)SAP is a paying a substantial premium to acquire SuccessFactors, a leadingSaaS performance and talent management vendor. The press release ofDecember 3, 2011 states that the deal price of $40 per share is a 52%premium over the Dec. …(more)

Lithium Technologies Earns ISO Certification for Pure SoftwareasaServiceSocial … skyrocket since deploying Lithium’s social community platformout of the …(more)

FierceCIOSoftware as a service is in the midst of an evolution, and enterprisecustomers considering an SaaS purchase need to ask an evolving set ofquestions, according to Forrester Research. Industry-specific offerings arebecoming more sophisticated, …(more)

Dramatically …PR Newswire (press release)Using AIE, Relay’s SaaS solution was produced six months ahead of schedule– requiring only a fraction of the development resources initiallyprojected. For Relay users, similar efficiencies are anticipated. Industrynorms suggest that professionals …(more)

to …MarketWatch (press release)”Active Network provides secure, enterprise-class SaaS solutions to alllevels of government agencies, helping them to provide better informationaccess and engage more effectively with their constituents,” said GregWhitnell, vice president of State …(more)

Software-as-a-Service …MarketWatch (press release)With its pure software-as-a-service delivery model, Lithium providescustomers worldwide with new features and enhancements monthly withoutlengthy upgrade cycles or service disruption. ISO certification givesLithium customers even more assurance that …(more)

InformationWeek1 in software-as-a-service subscribers and No. 2 in SaaS revenue. By DougHenschen InformationWeek SAP has announced its intention to acquiresoftware-as-a-service-based HR apps specialist SuccessFactors for $3.4billion. As for the ambition behind the …(more)

Operating …Sacramento BeeGIE uses cloud based Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Integrated use offront-end sensors such as audio and video, infrared sensors, door sensors,smoke, humidity, temperature, acceleration, toxic gas, fiber gratings,RFID, GPS sensors and multiple …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Based in Denver Colorado, IP Commerce provides a Platform-as-a-Service(PaaS) which functions as an OS for commerce. The IP Commerce Platformenables developers to create customized, multi-channel commerceapplications and workflows that allow …(more)

O’Reilly RadarMIIT will be funding research and development for SaaS (Software as aService), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and IaaS (Infrastructure as aService) models as well as virtualization technology, distributed storagetechnology, massive data management …(more)

Create …PR Newswire (press release)5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — numia.biz, a free online web accounting software asa service (SAAS) firm announced today that every small business can nowshuck the shackles of only using existing pre-determined invoices asprovided in pre-packaged software …(more)

Hi folks >Anne Sorry,I remember now. I got extension docs from you.2011/12/2 Brian Waldon : > accessIPv4 andaccessIPv6 are …(more)

Hi all, I’d like to figure out if it makes sense enabling DMC while usingXenServer in an Openstack installation. Does the scheduler takes benefit ofmemory’s …(more)

eWeekAs employees increasingly adopt BYOD, social networking and collaboration,cloud computing is changing to meet the needs of both the workers and theIT organization. Anyone wondering what 2012 will look like for the cloudcomputing market can look at …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)RESTON, VA, Dec 05, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — ScienceLogic(TM) Inc.CTO and former industry analyst Antonio Piraino will be a featured speakerat UP 2011 — the world’s first hybrid format cloud computing conferencetaking place Dec. …(more)

for …Marketwire (press release)FrontRange SaaS 2 solutions deliver industry-leading Service Management andAsset Management functionality in a cloud-based environment. FrontRange isa leading provider of powerful and affordable Service Management, AssetManagement, and Customer …(more)

InformationWeekYou can’t swing a leg warmer without hitting yet another SaaS startuptouting the next great idea in enterprise collaboration. But don’t get sofocused on form that you forget function. By Kurt Marko InformationWeekIt’s a rut that’s easy for anyone …(more)

PR Web (press release)There are many events focusing on OpenStack vendors and developers, but thecommunity is asking about companies really using OpenStack in production.We wanted to do an event to discuss customer deployments. Mirantis, anengineering services company …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — SAManage, a premier provider of SaaS-based IT assetand service management software, and Zendesk, the proven cloud-based helpdesk software provider, today announced the availability of SAManage ITAsset Management for Zendesk. …(more)

Fox BusinessSAP’s $3.4 billion takeover of SuccessFactors will help it keep up withpeers in the frenzied race for cloud-computing business, even if the priceit paid is very high at first glance, analysts said on Monday. “We believeSuccessFactors could be a very …(more)

ReadWriteWebBy Scott M. Fulton, III / December 5, 2011 8:15 AM / 0 Comments This post
is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to coveringvirtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel andVMware. Read the case study about …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Mirantis, an engineering services company delivering OpenStack expertise,is bringing Ray O’Brien, NASA CTO, Ken Pepple, director of clouddevelopment at Internap, and Rodrigo Benzaquen, R&D director atMercadoLibre, eBay’s Latin American partner, …(more)

BBC NewsA blog post on Gowalla’s site said: “Gowalla, as a service, will be windingdown at the end of January. We plan to provide an easy way to export yourPassport data, your Stamp and Pin data (along with your legacy Item data),and your photos as well. …(more)

InfoToday.comThe OCLC WorldShare Platform provides a library-oriented programmingenvironment modeled after the platform-as-a-service offerings increasinglycommon in today’s environment of cloud computing. The BIBSYS consortium inNorway that includes the national …(more)

VCE, the company formed by Cisco and EMC with investments from VMware andIntel is showing a demonstration of their vCenter Orchestrator powered …(more)

Redmondmag.comBy Tim Uzzanti The transition to using cloud or Software as a Service
(SaaS) platforms requires a lot of planning and preparation fororganizations, but can come with great benefits. Let’s use an enterpriseorganization with 1000 employees and multiple …(more)

ReutersBy Maria Sheahan and Harro Ten Wolde FRANKFURT/NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters) -
SAP AG’s $3.4 billion takeover of SuccessFactors will help it keep up withpeers in the frenzied race for cloud-computing business, even if the pricepaid is very high at first …(more)

TechnoratiA seismic shift is occurring in cloud computing demands as businessesaround the globe want to connect employees through a myriad of computingdevices. This seismic shift turns worldly wisdom on its head according toresearch conducted by TNS and …(more)

Invest …MarketWatch (press release)5, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — SURVEY SHOWS RISK MANAGEMENT IS BIGGESTCONCERN IN DATA CENTER LOCATION DECISIONS A new survey conducted by CoreNetGlobal and Newmark Knight Frank shows that despite increases in cloudcomputing, 50 percent of …(more)

ITworld.comStaten and other virtualization- and cloud-computing analysts didn’t usepejoratives back then to describe IT or business managers who resistedvirtualization. Their reasons were too good. Most of them now are moreworried that if a server disappears …(more)

SAP is paying a rich price for a valuable and necessary asset.(more)

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Independent platform-as-a-service providers brace for increasingcompetition from traditional IT vendors. … Google is not about helpingdevelopers create software. It’s not why they were created,” he said.Google offers a platform service …(more)

ReutersBy Michael Shields and Paritosh Bansal Dec 3 - Germany’s SAP announced a
$3.4 billion cash deal to buy US web-based software company SuccessFactors,joining the scramble among technology firms to offer cloud-computingservices to businesses. …(more)

Los Angeles TimesGermany’s SAP, the largest maker of business-management software, agreed tobuy SuccessFactors Inc. of San Mateo, Calif., for $3.4 billion in cash tokeep pace with archrival Oracle Corp. in the cloud-computing market. SAP ispaying $40 a share for …(more)

Required to finish the presentation of a commercial offering, must be ableto edit and enhance the code of other develpers and stay within theconfines of an agreed graphic designs. Successful assi…(more)

GlobesMerced provides software as a service (SaaS) Service Performance Managementsolution provides performance analytics and dashboards, service coaching,incentive management and real-time reporting for enterprise servicepersonnel. …(more)

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has restructured and re-written itsflagship document Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in CloudComputing.(more)

The Local.deGerman software giant SAP is hoping to improve its position in cloudcomputing with the acquisition of US web-based software companySuccessFactors. SAP will pay $40 per share, a premium of 52 percent on theclosing price in trading in New York on …(more)

Public Software as a Service (SaaS) Financial Performance. The followingarticle is from Software Equity Group’s 2011 Q3 Software Equity IndustryReport. …(more)

Software as a service pricing - http://www.SaaS-Solutions.net, UltimateSoftware is a leading provider of unified human capital management SaaSsolutions for…(more)

GigaOmThe arrival of specialized Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings. In anutshell, a PaaS allows an entrepreneur to focus on building their cloudapplication, avoiding upfront capital expenses through outsourcedmanagement of their IT infrastructure to …(more)

to …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Its robust SingleSource platform offers organizations an array ofcost-effective solutions to meet their unique security needs, including:software as a service (SaaS) applications, identity management, logmanagement, security information and event …(more)

ComputerworldBy acquiring SuccessFactors, SAP puts itself into a much stronger
competitive position in human resources applications and reaffirms itscommitment to software-as-a-service as a key business model,” he wrote. Howthe two company cultures mesh will be …(more)

German software giant SAP is hoping to improve its position in cloudcomputing with the acquisition of US web-based software companySuccessFactors.(more)

He cites an ECS talk Ashraf Aboulnaga of the University of Waterloo: HighAvailability for Database Systems in Cloud Computing Environments, whichdescribes two papers: RemusDB: Database high availability usingvirtualization, and …(more)

Seeking AlphaFor years, a variety of industry analysts and bloggers have suggested thatSAP (SAP) jumpstart its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and broader Cloudinitiatives with a major acquisition, such as SuccessFactors (SFSF).Today’s news that SAP will buy …(more)

By gigaom.com
SAP America is buying SuccessFactors and its SaaS-based human capitalmanagement expertise for $3.4 billion in cash. That $40-per-share pricerepresents a 52 percent premium over SuccessFactor’s $26.25 closing priceon December 2.(more)

PCWorld”We can handle [major traffic spikes] because of the way we’ve built themultitenancy,” he said, referring to the software architecture style usedby many …(more)

Business 2 CommunityBy John McTigue, Published December 2, 2011 Entrepreneurs and CEOs alike
are faced with big challenges when it comes to starting up and growing asoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) company. At the beginning of the venture youmust bring your product to …(more)

PCWorldBy Nancy Gohring, IDG News Independent platform-as-a-service providers
acknowledge that theirs is a crowded market, especially with big IT vendorslike Oracle, Hewlett-Packard and Dell entering as competitors, but theyexpressed confidence this week …(more)

SearchSecurityChannel.comAs enterprises scramble for some semblance of control over all thesmartphones and tablets employees are bringing to work, their options forprotecting against mobile device security risks are expanding into thesecurity SaaS realm. …(more)

The On-Demand (cloud) multi tenancy is realized in River by the concept ofAccounts. Account per Customer, is actually supplied by the River platformfor all …(more)

I think I’ll use web2py multi-tenancy, but I have some doubts: > > I havedifferent … If I use the multi-tenancy feature, how can I implementprofiles c, d and > e? …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)As a cloud partner, Radiant Technologies provides customers the power tochoose how they deploy Microsoft Dynamics, whether in the Cloud via SaaS,or on-premises. Due to high demand, rapid globalization, and intensecompetition, Microsoft developed a …(more)

openstack.org> wrote: > Stefano Maffulli wrote: >> Leaving aside naming thetools, what would be the most important >> features to have? Here is mypersonal …(more)

By admin
Analytics, service orchestration and mobility are just a few of the newfacets of on-demand software.(more)

Times of IndiaHamari Saas Leela featuring the likes of Apara Mehta, Ketkie J and AnkitBathla will soon be pulled off. The show that launched in June, 2011 hasconstantly been under the scanner as it struggled to gain numbers on therating charts. …(more)

eWeekThe candid CEO for the world’s largest customer software-as-a-servicecompany doesn’t use a single Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows-based PC orproduct when he travels. Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) CEO Marc Benioff said hetravels with a new Amazon …(more)

Ive looked for it and Im using them My doubt is about multitenancy but Ithink it wont help me in this case because I have users with full accesswho dont …(more)

Mailing list httpslaunchpadnet~openstack Post toopenstackxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Unsubscribe httpslaunchpadnet~openstack Morehelp httpshelplaunchpadnet …(more)

OpenStack Swift - Install Training Session - by Joe Arnold, SwiftStack TheCloudCenter OpenStack Working Group presents the first delivery of theSwift …(more)

Taiwan TodayCloud-computing has become all the rage in Taiwan. The ROC government hasalready put forth several plans, all with a view to turning cloud computinginto the nation’s next trillion-dollar industry. The private sector, too,is gearing itself up for a …(more)

By candicearnold
SM: So, tell me more. Here’s an interesting set of discussions that cameout of my conversation with Jared, which looking at the next decade. In thecurrent.(more)

BusinessWeek3 (Bloomberg) — SAP AG, the largest maker of business management software,agreed to buy SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion in cash to bolster itscloud-computing offerings. SAP will purchase SuccessFactors for $40 pershare in cash, 52 percent above to …(more)

Deutsche Bank is set to complete the first phase of a major cloud computingoverhaul aimed at improving internal application development.(more)

In his presentation at WSO2Con 2011, Srinath discussed levels ofmulti-tenancy, how the WSO2 platform delivers multi-tenancy, and whymulti-tenancy is critical …(more)

FireScope Stratis was designed from the outset to support multipleapproaches to secure multi-tenancy, enabling organizations to choose theirlevel of …(more)

This is the allmighty person. If I use the multi-tenancy feature, how can Iimplement profiles c, d and e? As I read in the book, multi-tenancy web2pyimplements is …(more)

Dr. Phyllis Schneck. Today, I was pleased to have the opportunity to speakbefore the Committee on Small Business at a hearing titled, Cyber Security:…(more)

Cloud IT ProDevelopers can use HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and the App Cloud softwaredevelopment kit to create templates for app creation. The platform’sDynamic Update feature allows developers and users of the apps created onApp Cloud to modify content feeds, …(more)

TechnoratiBanking and financial services company, ING, is investing its money intocloud computing. ING’s investment involves constructing a large hybridcloud that combines features of public clouds and private data centers.More importantly, it’s an investment …(more)

GigaOm1, 2011, 10:35am PT 1 Comment Cloud computing can be a powerful tool forscientists and researchers sharing massive amounts of environmental data.At the United Nations climate conference (COP 17) in Durban, South Africathis week, The European …(more)

By Prabhakar (Prabs) Attaluri
In alignment with IBM Cloud Computing Reference Architecture, SmartCloudEnterprise+ provides the foundation for other IBM cloud services such asplatform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and businessprocess as a …(more)

By Joe Brockmeier
“This allows the flexibility to install things like MongoDB or Redislocally on the same server that is running their node.js applications, butat the same time, utilize our software platform and API’s to abstract awaythe pains of setting up blank VM’s on say Amazon EC2,” says Keller.NodeSocket, says Keller, is a “mash-up of Infrastructure-as-a-Service and aPlatform-as-a-Service.” Users get a VPS with root access, but also “thenice soft and fluffy layer of abstraction that users demand. …(more)

Virtualization ReviewPeople frequently put Amazon, VMWare, OpenStack and telcos all in the samebucket. The logic is as follows: Amazon is THE cloud today and it offers ITinfrastructure on demand. Who else is well positioned to offer ITinfrastructure? …(more)

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itVARnews.net (press release)Tata Communications, a leading provider of The New World of Communications,has announced yet another addition to its InstaApps Software-as-a-Service(SaaS) portfolio in the form of Human Capital Management (HCM) - InstaHCM….(more)

PR Newswire (press release)2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — DSPanel today announced the availability of thelatest addition to Performance Canvas Studio SaaS product group, CanvasOnline. Canvas Online means mid-market organizations that have shied awayfrom deploying cloud business …(more)

The VMware Knowledge Base provides support solutions, error messages, andtroubleshooting guides.(more)

NetworkComputing.comVersion 3.0 adds features such as multitenancy, which is intended to makethe product more attractive to hosters; application-specific service level…(more)

MarketWatch (press release)About Backstop Solutions Group Backstop Solutions Group, LLC is a privatelyheld Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform company, providing cutting-edgesoftware to hedge funds, funds of funds, endowments and other institutionalinvestors. …(more)

InformationWeekThe company spent 12 out of its 13 years in business leading theno-software, software-as-a-service movement. Subscriptions for SaaS-basedCRM is still the core business, but between last year’s launch of theTwitter-like Chatter service and this …(more)

FortuneLast year it unveiled OpenStack, an open source cloud platform also backedby NASA. While giving away your software for free may not sound like thebest strategy, Rackspace (RAX) believes it will help accelerate theindustry in the long run. …(more)

Re: [Openstack] Database stuff. Soren Hansen Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:21:17-0800 . 2011/11/29 Jay Pipes : > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011at 2:58 …(more)

ComputerworldBy Leo King Computerworld UK - Deutsche Bank is set to complete the first
phase of a major cloud computing overhaul aimed at improving internalapplication development. The German investment bank, which has asubstantial presence in the City of London, …(more)

Server WatchBy ServerWatch Staff (Send Email) IDC and Gartner have both rolled out
their latest cloud computing and big data predictions and statistics thisweek. As reorted in this GigaOM article, some predictions are bold, whileothers might have you saying “Duh …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)RIM Tuesday introduced BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, a multi-platform mobiledevice management (MDM) service capable of supporting Apple and Androidtablets and smartphones as well as its own. A few years ago such a movewould have easily been heretical …(more)

Data Center KnowledgeThe hybrid IT infrastructure will achieve the variable costs, scalability,flexibility, and on-demand availability offered by public cloud computingin a way that addresses the security, compliance and performancerequirements banks adhere to in their …(more)

PCWorld (blog)By Jennifer Baker, IDG News Concern in the European Union that US data
protection laws are too lax has created a new market for European cloudcomputing services. A recent survey indicated that 70 percent of Europeanshave concerns about their online …(more)

your .NET …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Amazon Web Services is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform inthe Cloud, which businesses can take advantage of as their needs demand.The Amazon Cloud provides the enterprise with the flexibility to choosewhichever solution is required to …(more)

PR Web (press release)For existing users who use previous version of MOR in the Software as aService (SaaS) model, the new version is available as a free upgrade. Fullsystem requirements and more information on MOR 11 can be found athttp://www.kolmisoft.com/MOR11 . …(more)

software as a service pricing: http://www.SaaS-Solutions.net for the bestdeal from software as a service companies. Its SaaS software as a serviceis priced…(more)

SearchSOAA Software as a Service (SaaS) provider specializing in financial andinformation services for Greek fraternal organizations has tapped intoFacebook to provide its fraternity and sorority users with easier updatesto information. At the same time, …(more)

Computerworld (blog)There are lots of options for cloud computing, but each offers specificbenefits. What are the primary ones users hope to see? Responsiveness:Cloud computing gives IT the ability to respond to demands from businessunits faster than ever before. …(more)

U.S. News & World ReportIn recent years, more and more businesses have been embracing so-calledcloud computing, and many market analysts and technophiles forecast thatthe concept will revolutionize the way companies and consumers usetechnology (and make a lot of money for …(more)

Yesterday, I moderated a couple of panels at the Big Data Cloud event. Ihave been a keynote speaker, panelist, moderator, and participant for many…(more)

PCWorldBy Chris Kanaracus, IDG News As SaaS (software as a service) gains in
maturity and popularity, enterprise IT buyers will have to grapple with anew set of questions and considerations when purchasing it, according to anew Forrester Research report. …(more)

PCWorldForrester: As SaaS Matures, Buyers Face New Considerations As SaaS(software as a service) gains in maturity and popularity, enterprise ITbuyers will have to grapple with a new set of questions and considerationswhen… EBay Launches Web Query …(more)

By Chris Kanaracus
As SaaS (software as a service) gains in maturity and popularity,enterprise IT buyers will have to grapple with a new set of questions andconsiderations when purchasing it, according to a new Forrester Researchreport. The report by analyst …(more)

By Sean Ludwig
MarketScout is a lean Australian startup that’s dependent on other cloudservices to make it run, so when it came to deciding on aPlatform-as-a-Service provider, the company had an important decision tomake. They chose Salesforce-owned Heroku and … From software-as-a-service(Saas) to platforms-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service(IaaS), we’re covering the major new cloud technologies that shapeenterprise IT. Companies we cover include Salesforce.com, …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Microsoft has released its first major update of its cloud-based Office365, the online combination of Office, SharePoint, Exchange and Lync. It’salso expanding the service to 22 additional markets including Argentina,Iceland, Indonesia, South Africa …(more)

Analytics, service orchestration, and mobility are just a few of the newfacets of on-demand software.(more)

eWeekAnd leveraging graphical tooling and open, Platform-as-a-Service (PAAS) WebService APIs, Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder enables simplifiedconfiguration and packaging of multi-tier enterprise applications onenvironments virtualized with Oracle VM, …(more)