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BizSpark PluseWeekMicrosoft announces BizSpark Plus, an extension of its BizSpark program,and teams with startup accelerator TechStars to offer $60000 in cloudcomputing services to startups. Microsoft announced both its new BizSparkPlus, an extension to its BizSpark …(more)

NDSU The SpectrumTogether they developed a cloud computing disaster management system thatwould help communities more easily share information in the wake of acalamity. “Natural and manmade disasters require effective and efficientmanagement of massive amounts of …(more)

PC MagazineBy John C. Dvorak The shut down of Megaupload by the US government is not
being perceived for what it is: a mega failure for cloud computing. Theoperation, which had 50 million users, was a lot more than a pirateoperation.(more)

Virtualization ReviewFollowing Azure in respective order are Amazon S-3 ($94843), CloudComputing ($92830), VMware vCloud ($88854), Virtualization (86669), Xen($85591), …(more)

PriceEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)SAN DIEGO–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–MetaFlows, Inc., a startup focusedon leveraging emerging cloud and virtualization technologies for the nextgeneration of network security solutions, has developed a Software as aService (SaaS) product that …(more)

Cloud ProHotDocs today unveiled its new Software as a Service (SaaS) application,aimed at lawyers in both the UK and US. HotDocs Document Services claims toautomate time consuming activities carried out by law firms in order to cuttime and costs.(more)

eWeekSecurity as a Service (SaaS) vendor combines hosted security with cloudaccess to build secure environments for public and hybrid cloud users. Whenit comes to the cloud, security has always been the No. 1 concern forusers. After all, as data travels …(more)

Word is that Red Hat refused to sign on to OpenStack when it was announcedbecause it didnt like the governance model Red Hat also has its own cloud…(more)

DailyFinanceBy Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool Posted 6:07PM 01/30/12 Investing Now that
2011 has passed and 2012 is upon us, it’s time to evaluate the stocks youown and are interested in. Should you buy? Sell? Hold? Ignore? Today, we’llput these questions to …(more)

I see the new Multi-Tenancy Lync “Feature Pack” has been released - howeverI can’t see how anyone could actually use this for enterprise voice with socalled …(more)

PC MagazineThe company is touting those performance and performance-per-watt levels asideal for systems running networking and cloud computing applications. “TheTILE-Gx36 has demonstrated an industry-best CoreMark score of over 165000while consuming a fraction …(more)

Public …Information Law Group[Full disclosure: I'm a member of several NIST working groups, includingone currently working on the NIST draft of Challenging SecurityRequirements for US Government Cloud Computing Adoption.] Carrying on withits cloud mission, NIST last week …(more)

PCWorldBy Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Salesforce.com on Tuesday unveiled a new SaaS
(software as a service) help-desk application called Desk.com that canreach end users through social networks like Facebook and Twitter.Desk.com, which is based on …(more)

ManagementIntegration DevelopersThe explosive success of cloud computing, and especially SaaS, will driveIT in 2012 to search for better ways to ensure security, privacy andenterprise-wide identity and access management. IDN speaks with DarrenPlatt, CTO of Symplified about what …(more)

TechCrunchLast September, Salesforce bought social customer service SaaS startupAssistly for $50 million-plus to help expand its service cloud offerings tosmall businesses. Today, Salesforce is debuting a brand newAssistly-inspired social and mobile customer …(more)

Wall Street & TechnologyBut clients that already have their own established infrastructures mighttake a first step toward cloud computing with an order management system orEze Castle’s disaster recovery services, Guilbert adds. “As they movetoward a technology refresh, …(more)

Research …PR Web (press release)China is a very large potential SaaS market for basic business applicationssuch as accounting, HR and manufacturing related applications. New marketresearch report “China Enterprise SaaS Market Survey Analysis, 2012″developed by TechSci Research has …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)WASHINGTON, DC, Jan 31, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Anybill, Inc., aleading accounting automation software provider, announced today that MannySiddiqui, a technical leadership veteran, has been named chief technologyofficer (CTO).(more)

Research …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)New market research report “China Enterprise SaaS Market Survey Analysis,2012″ developed by TechSci Research has been recently published by MarketPublishers Ltd. Software as a service (SaaS) or cloud computing has provedto be a significant software …(more)

The HAlthough it is still under development, some Red Hat developers have alsoundertaken to integrate all of the components of the Essex release ofOpenStack. A number of new features of interest to everyday users were alsoaccepted, including support for …(more)

Good Gear Guide… includes connectors for tracking resources on both Amazon Web Servicesand those based on VMware’s vCloud standard, such as Terremark’s service.(more)

Cloud ProThe mobile mogul announces cloud management for its smartphones and theintegration of Microsoft’s headline SaaS product. Research in Motion (RIM)chose this week to make a big leap into the cloud, announcing integrationof Office 365 and cloud …(more)

PR Web (press release)One of the most notable changes is the addition of the GravityMarketeCommerce platform (serving mid-market e-tailers) to its portfolio ofsoftware as a service (SaaS) products. As a result, Acumium will have aSaaS offering for its base Acumium WCMS, …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)AdJuggler Inc., an industry leader in high performance, SaaS-based digitalad management systems, announced today that, since the launch of itsExchange Media Program (EMP) in April, it has successfully bid anddelivered more than 1 billion real-time …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)NEW YORK, Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Digital Reef, leading Software asa Service (SaaS) eDiscovery provider, offering the fastest and smartestpath to legal review, today announced that it has enhanced its integrationwith kCura’s Relativity to …(more)

Agreement …MarketWatch (press release)CINCINNATI, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Streamline HealthSolutions, Inc. (nasdaqcm:STRM), a leading provider of enterprise contentmanagement and business analytics solutions for healthcare organizations,today announced that Riverside …(more)

Comprehensive …MarketWatch (press release)… a full-service Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider announcesits technology solution for legal service providers. This comprehensiveoffering enables service providers to deploy a more robust and dynamicinfrastructure and storage platform.(more)

Built …MarketWatch (press release)By leveraging Desktone’s multi-tenant DaaS platform and NetApp’s storage
systems and management expertise, Quest is able to deliver cost-effective,full-featured virtual desktops to any device on-demand. Quest providesbusiness technology consulting …(more)

TechNewsWorldThe number of ways that an application or entire desktop can be deliveredto employees has expanded tremendously, from centrally hosted software suchas terminal servers or Citrix-based sessions to new approaches such asSoftware as a Service, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”This name change reflects Cyan’s ongoing focus on delivering a family ofinnovative packet-optical transport solutions with a broadening range ofsoftware and software-as-a-service (SaaS) systems, and comprehensiveprofessional services,” says Frank …(more)

The VAR GuyvCLoud Director Integration: For managing cloud operations and tweakingresources for optimal performance. Mulit-hypervisor Management:Platform-agnostic …(more)

MarketWatchCloud-scale management through VMware vCloud Director integration. vCloudDirector enables the consolidation of virtual infrastructure acrossmultiple …(more)

NetworkComputing.comThe acquisition, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatoryapprovals, will further accelerate the growth of BMC’sSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) business as well as provide customers of bothcompanies access to IT management capabilities, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)31, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Nimsoft today announced the release ofthe first localized version of Nimsoft Service Desk Software as a Service(SaaS) solution, a component of Nimsoft Unified Manager that enablesenterprises to manage and resolve …(more)

Competency …MarketWatch (press release)NASHUA, NH, Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — SkillSoft, a leading SaaSprovider of e-learning and performance support solutions for globalenterprises, government, education and small to medium-sized businesses,today announced SkillSoft Professional …(more)

CTRThe improved capabilities of VMTurbo Operations Manager 3.0 includecloud-scale management through VMware vCloud Director integration.(more)

User …MarketWatch (press release)31, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — eXo, the user experienceplatform-as-a-service (UXPaaS) company, today announced generalavailability of eXo Platform 3.5. This new release of eXo Platform isdesigned for organizations that want a cloud-enabled …(more)

Deliver …MarketWatch (press release)PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — WSO2 announced todaythat Godel Technologies (GodelTech) has implemented an API platform for thetransportation services agency of a major euro zone city using two productsfrom the WSO2 Carbon …(more)

Sacramento Bee31, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Nimsoft today announced the release of thefirst localized version of Nimsoft Service Desk Software as a Service(SaaS) solution, a component of Nimsoft Unified Manager that enablesenterprises to manage and resolve IT …(more)

MarketWatchWith the integration, any service provider building public or private cloudofferings with VMware vCloud, Citrix CloudStack or OpenStack platforms cannow …(more)

PCWorldHP Software’s Content Pack 10 for DDMA, released Tuesday, includesconnectors for tracking resources on both Amazon Web Services and thosebased on VMware’s vCloud standard, such as Terremark’s service. DDMA probesa network and returns a description …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN Salesforce.com continued its social enterprise
mission Tuesday with the launch of a customer service play, dubbedDesk.com, that the SaaS giant said injects social and mobile capabilitiesinto the help desk.(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)To date, Totango has analyzed and optimized the customer engagement withmore than one million prospects and customers leading to increases in salesperformance and higher rates of customer success for its SaaS(software-as-a-service) customers.(more)

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Salesforce.com on Tuesday unveiled a new SaaS (software as a service)help-desk application called Desk.com that can reach end users throughsocial networks like Facebook and Twitter. Desk.com, which is based onSalesforce.com’s … The Desk.com service is positioned withinSalesforce.com’s Service Cloud application lineup, which it has grownthrough other acquisitions, particularly the 2008 purchase of call-centerplatform vendor Instranet. Assistly is used by some large …(more)

By Matthew Weinberger
Moxie Software, purveyor of social networking solutions for the enterprise,says that 2011 was a strong year for the company — so strong, in fact,that it added 75 new customers and boosted recurring revenues by 40percent. … Moreover, Kelly says that 79 percent of existing Moxiecustomers deepened their usage in 2011, which contributed to quadrupledsales of the Moxie Employee Spaces collaboration platform from last year.Going forward, Kelly says that Moxie is in a good place …(more)

Browse Product Engineer - Software as a Service (SaaS) jobs at Dice.com.(more)

MarketWatchThe Holly heritage of offering reliable, scalable multitenancy solutions isextended in the Holly Voice Platform 6.0. The new release offers moreefficient …(more)

InformationWeekAs White House continues to push cloud computing, federal IT managers stillworry about security and costs, Ponemon survey finds. By J. Nicholas HooverInformationWeek Federal IT managers are working to adopt cloud computingtechnologies and comply …(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Phil Wainewright | January 31, 2012, 11:56am PST One of the fundamental
principles when implementing cloud computing is the concept of repeatablescale. There was a great illustration of that principle in operation inlast week’s Wired report on …(more)

Agreement …Sacramento BeeBy Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. CINCINNATI, Jan. 31, 2012 –
/PRNewswire/ — Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (NasdaqCM: STRM), aleading provider of enterprise content management and business analyticssolutions for healthcare organizations, …(more)

PCWorldBy Nancy Gohring, IDG News Microsoft may try to revive support for Hyper-V
in OpenStack as the community considers removing the code — which oneOpenStack developer called broken and unmaintained — from the stack.”Microsoft is committed to working …(more)

Corporate IT… beware of cloud solutions that are actually just virtualisation dressedup as cloud, they’re not the same thing-vCloud is not fundamentally wherecloud …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)As highlighted in the GC Community Cloud presentation from the CanadianFederal Govt, the organization has the typical enterprise applicationsestate of SAP, Oracle, Microsoft et al, as well as having a goal of acommon Messaging platform too.(more)

Bollywood LifeRucha Gujarati, who took a year-long-sabbatical post her wedding, recentlymade a comeback with a grey character in Sony Television’s Saas BinaSasural. But she asserts that the real Rucha doesn’t have a mean bone inher entire body and firmly believes …(more)

Comprehensive …MarketWatch (press release)All of the Cisco VXI validated Wyse solutions are demonstrated working withthe VXI architecture and either VMware View or Citrix XenDesktop, as wellas enabling mobile cloud computing on Wyse mobile clients and tabletsincluding the Cisco Cius …(more)

RegisterO’Neill has first hand experience of cloud computing: the GDS rolled outcloud desktop services to 125 of its users in October. Over the last fourmonths, the cloud software has worked out 80 per cent cheaper than atraditional on-premise desktop set …(more)

International Finance Centre (press release)The research firm Gartner defines Cloud Computing as ‘a style of computingwhere scalable and elastic IT capabilities are provided as a service tomultiple customers using Internet technologies’. ‘Datacentre outsourcing,and in particular Cloud …(more)

vCloud Usage Meter version 2.3 includes some very exciting new features aslisted on the community main page. We request you to exercise these newfeatures …(more)

In doing past articles on how to transform your blog into a vCloud Expressbased setup on Bitnami, I discovered a few things that I wanted to shareabout …(more)

ZDNet (blog)It’s also worth noting that Nimsoft is a SaaS company. Nimsoft could beviewed as CA’s lifeboat in simplistic terms. In any case, Nimsoft is thefuture of CA and new customers start with SaaS. Existing customers willexpand via SaaS while keeping CA’s …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)React.com lauched a free version of it’s SAAS platform for socialanalytics. The platform offers a combination of services, plugins andanalytical tools that deliver a insights over the visitors and users of anywebsite.(more)

Platform …TechCrunchSo many companies are turning to alternative, technological means to findthe right candidates for job openings, some using algorithms, rankingsystems, SaaS solutions like Taleo’s, and more. In fact, one in six are nowfinding jobs on social networks.(more)

ReadWriteWebHP began its OpenStack-based Cloud Services this month, and there is a lotof promise but not much in the way of actual implementation yet. HP intendsits cloud to cover both public and hybrid uses. Initially, the beta is freeof charge although you …(more)

PriceMarketWatch (press release)SAN DIEGO, Jan 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — MetaFlows, Inc., a startupfocused on leveraging emerging cloud and virtualization technologies forthe next generation of network security solutions, has developed a Softwareas a Service (SaaS) product that …(more)

and …MarketWatch (press release)DUBLIN, CA, Jan 30, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Taleo Corporation/quotes/zigman/98181/quotes/nls/tleo TLEO -1.29% , the global leader ofSaaS-based Talent Management solutions, today released a report summarizingthe 2011 business climate and …(more)

Priority(TM)”MarketWatch (press release)NEW YORK, Jan 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Digital Reef, leading Software asa Service (SaaS) Early Case Assessment (ECA) and eDiscovery provider,announced today that it has added attorney accelerated functionality calledPredictive Priority(TM) to …(more)

from …ReadWriteWebMicrosoft announced it had partnered with Cloud.com to support Hyper-V withOpenStack in October 2010. This was not long after the land-rush ofcompanies clamoring to announce their support for OpenStack in the wake ofits unveiling at OSCON 2010.(more)

openstack team mailing list archive …Toopenstackxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxopenstackxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; From ThierryCarrezthierryxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Date Fri 27 Jan …(more)

DABCC.comvSphere 5 offers outstanding performance and vCloud Director (which hasbeen updated to v1.5) continues to lead the way as the most powerful toolto manage …(more)

MSPmentora healthy portion of the event content will focus on cloud computing andcloud services. That’s hardly surprising, considering nearly 60 percent oftop MSPs now offer cloud and SaaS services to their customers, according toour fifth-annual MSPmentor …(more)

NetworkComputing.comCloud computing has taken center stage over the last two years as the hotenterprise technology, but in the database realm, the public cloud andoff-site hosted database services still represent too many unknown factorsto truly have mass adoption.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)TechAmerica Foundation’s State & Local Government Cloud Commission OffersBest Practices for Adopting Cloud Computing by States and Localities –Will Announce Findings at Silicon Valley; Event on February 16, 2012 –Featuring California Lt. Governor …(more)

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More enterprises are looking to platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)whether in atrue public cloud or as an on-premise private cloudto build a strongframework that lets developers go beyond just hosting an image in a cloud.This session will explore how the WSO2 Stratos cloud … It also willexamine how developers can quickly build out highly scalable applicationsand software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, free from any lock-in.Additionally, the session will dig into the challenges of …(more)

ReadWriteWebWord is that Red Hat refused to sign on to OpenStack when it was announced,because it didn’t like the governance model. Red Hat also has its own cloudmanagement software projects. But the company that once dismissed OpenStackseems to be coming …(more)

Sacramento BeeAided by Cloud computing and Software as a Service provision, innovativecompanies are gaining competitive advantage and operating more efficientlyby extending their core IT services to mobile workers armed with laptops,tablets and smartphone devices …(more)

ForbesMore than one out four of the 1364 organizations surveyed (27%), in fact,already use or plan to use cloud or software-as-a-service (SaaS) offeringsto augment their core business intelligence (BI) functions. In addition,17% indicate that they are …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Delivered via Software as a Service (SaaS), Datalliance VMI now supportsover 14000 customer locations worldwide, over 14 million individual SKUs,and nearly $10 billion of inventory — and growing every month. Datallianceadded 12 new supplier …(more)

360Measures(R)MarketWatch (press release)Its Software-as-a-Service, cloud-based approach offers unparalleledopportunities to analyze, monitor and remediate care gaps throughout theyear, thereby reducing year-end fire drills associated with HEDIS(R)performance.(more)

SBWire (press release)With the huge number of SMB’s, China is anticipated to be a very largepotential SaaS market for basic business applications such as HR, security,accounting and manufacturing related applications. SaaS will emerge as animportant part of China’s next …(more)

BioinformaticsHPCwire… Two doctoral candidates at Indiana University Bloomington’s School ofInformatics and Computing will share equally in a $100000 gift frominternational software company Persistent Systems to support research incloud computing and bioinformatics.(more)

Accelerator …The Complete Managed Services ResourceBy Kerry Doyle Cloud computing can make a variety of computing services
available to companies of all sizes on an ‘as-need’ basis. It allows cloudproviders to offer a range of physical resources, such as processors, datastorage, applications, …(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Heather Clancy | January 30, 2012, 1:07pm PST Summary: Certain
TechStars, Global Accelerator Network companies could receive $60000 worthof cloud computing and storage capacity at no cost for up to two years.Startup business incubator TechStars …(more)

This FAQ covers VMware vCloud Director installation, licensing requirementsand other issues with the cloud management tool.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Our hosted Solutions-as-a-Service model helps bring DevonWay ContinuousImprovement capabilities to a broad audience efficiently and affordablywithout additional hardware, software or data center personnel at eachparticipating station.(more)

Print Catalog SoftwareasaService. Visit Site. Installed. Smart Install …feedsthe same as you provide to Google Product Search Magento eCommerceplatform …(more)

GigaOmThe deal will provide a year of hosting on Microsoft’s Azure platform as aservice for existing and former TechStars participants, and the second yearat half off, for up to $60000. It also extends to the more than 300startups that are part of …(more)

Kitsap SunBy Michael C. Moore mmoore@kitsapsun.com 360-792-9218 RICHARD THORNTON,
JEWEL BOX THEATRE / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Peggy, played by Kathy Currie, isquestioned by Floyd, played by Fred Saas. RICHARD THORNTON, JEWEL BOXTHEATRE / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Peggy, …(more)

Wall Street JournalAs crooks get more sophisticated, ATMs may soon turn to cloud computing,holograms and biometrics, Suzanne Kapner reports on Markets Hub. Not longago, the makers of automated-teller machines only had to worry aboutthieves with a blow torch and a pair …(more)

Dr. Dobb’sBy Adrian Bridgwater, January 29, 2012 Enterprise middleware player WSO2
has readied its StratosLive Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for market onthe Google Apps Marketplace this month. With an emphasis onservice-oriented architecture and composite …(more)

Dr. Dobb’sBy Adrian Bridgwater, January 28, 2012 Scandinavian software testing
company Codenomicon has this month released its Fuzz-o-Matic cloud-basedTesting-as-a-Service (TaaS) platform for applications running on Windows,Linux, Mac, and mobile operating …(more)

Hindu Business LineMany companies, which are turning to cloud computing, will find the need tomanage their cloud space becoming more important. Most of these companiesrely on both public and private clouds. The impact in India could be higherthan in developed …(more)

If I have multiple VMs in a vApp in vCloud, is there a way with SnapCreatorto only restore a single VM without restoring the entire vApp? So far withmy testing, …(more)

Multi-tenancy and Custom STS in CBA mode. Search SharePoint - Developmentand Programming (pre-SharePoint 2010) Forum; Search All SharePoint …(more)

In this second post from guest blogger Adron Hall, we dive into the variousparts, configuration, and setup of the PaaS product Cloud Foundry and the.NET fork …(more)

When it comes to procurement, any technology or service should be evaluatedwith a good set of criteria. Executive decisions should not be weightedsolely on a single selection criterion such as price. This applies to anycloud computing …(more)

Crafty …PR.com (press release)Belfast, United Kingdom, January 29, 2012 –(PR.com)– RFD Beaufort, asubsidiary of global survival specialist, Survitec Group, has launched itsnew Marin Ark Service Management Platform, developed by Belfast softwarespecialist, Crafty Devil.(more)

eChannelLineAccording to a survey of 1364 IT managers and business users of BIplatforms in the fourth quarter of 2011, only 17% of organizations havereplaced or plan to replace parts of their core BI functions withcloud/SaaS offerings.(more)

CrmServiceHelpers.cs and GetServerConfiguration() - Multitenancy. SearchCRM Development Forum; Search All Dynamics Forums; Search All Microsoft …(more)

Learn some considerations that new software as a service (SaaS) vendorsneed to take into account when developing applications or modifyingexisting ones to …(more)

FeBRuARY 2012 | VoL. 55 | No. 2 | coMMunicaTions of The acM. 81 inperforming them for terabyte or larger datasets (increasingly common acrossscientific …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)Cloud Computing is still a hot topic in 2012. For the Small and MediumBusiness (SMB) community, it is a game changer. Unlike the days of past,cloud computing offers leverage previously only available to enterpriseclass companies.(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Facebook will put in its papers to IPO next week, according to the WallStreet Journal Friday, maybe by Wednesday February 1. Apparently the timingis still a bit up in the air but it’s in the works. The offering, lookingto raise $10 billion, …(more)

CenterBeamWhile much of the talk of cloud computing and security over the last fewyears has been making the cloud more secure, one company that makesautomated teller machines is looking to protect data being collected withthe cloud, according to the Wall …(more)

of …The IndependentIn Saas-Fee, the exquisitely sculpted resort at the heart of Switzerland’snarrow Saas Valley, there are three to choose from: Optimum (swanky greengear), Eskimo (powder blue) and the Swiss Ski School (red and white,naturally).(more)

MarketWatch (press release)MILPITAS, CA, Jan 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Aryaka, provider ofthe world’s first cloud-based WAN optimization and application accelerationsolution, today announced TMC has named Aryaka a winner of the CloudComputing Excellence Award as one …(more)

Cloud computing adoption is mired in misconceptions about cost,infrastructure and a lack of standards. Don’t fall victim to these cloudcomputing myths.(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Joe McKendrick | January 27, 2012, 9:46pm PST Summary: Among other
things, cloud computing’s support for rapid development and utility-stylebilling can counter fears about most IT shadow projects. Cloud in and ofitself may or may not add value to …(more)

GigaOm26, 2012, 10:31am PT 2 Comments Developers concerned about confining theirapps to a single Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform, such as Amazon WebServices, need worry no more. If they’re willing to utilize Cloud Foundry,the open-source …(more)

PR.com (press release)Avema, a global TEM SaaS provider, and Breakaway Services announce a newpartnership that will deliver superior telecom expense management toBreakaway clients. Denver, CO, January 28, 2012 –(PR.com)– Avema, aglobal provider of telecom and wireless …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)As always we are going to gather user feedback and incorporate it into theproduct before final release. We are also going to implement a PowerShellinterface for OpenStack Object Storage to help users automate their routinetasks.(more)

PR.com (press release)Dartmouth, Canada, January 28, 2012 –(PR.com)– SimplyCast.com, a globalleader in multi-channel marketing Platform-as-a-Service solutions, hasreleased Version 7.0 of its online marketing application, moving to theforefront of multi-channel …(more)

WebcastBusiness Wire (press release)DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Archipelago Learning Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCL), aleading subscription-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider ofeducation products, plans to report its fourth quarter 2011 financialresults after market close on Tuesday, …(more)

For most SaaS firms, they really view their platform as synonymous withtheir company’s overall brand, which includes more than just thetechnology. This brand …(more)

Independent Skiing Holiday Guide - We bring you the latest news on skiresorts, and reveal the best ski areas to help you plan that perfect skiingholiday …(more)

NIST Issues Cloud Computing Guidelines for Managing Security and Privacy.(more)

GigaOm28, 2012, 12:00pm PT No Comments There are currently well over 2000 SaaSvendors by some counts, and according to Gartner over 95 percent ofcompanies have expressed interest in maintaining or increasing theircurrent SaaS usage.(more)

Why Software As A Service (A Personal Reminder). I am in the process ofmigrating a bunch of stuff off an ancient server which has been upcontinuously for 5 …(more)

Enforcing Multitenancy for Cloud Computing Environments … Learn about thearticles in this special issue and how to enforce multitenancy in cloudcomputing …(more)

TechWeekEurope UKNearly one-third of organisations either already use or plan to use cloudor software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings to augment their core businessintelligence (BI) functions, according to a report from IT research firmGartner.(more)

ExecutiveGovThe National Institute of Standards and Technologies is calling on agenciesto take the lead in addressing security and privacy challenges relating topublic cloud computing. NIST’s Guidelines on Security and Privacy in PublicCloud Computing do not …(more)

ITWebIn what is probably not a shocker, new research from Gartner shows thatmore companies are turning to software as a service (SaaS)-based businessintelligence (BI) over traditional on-premises BI, GigaOM reports. BI, oranalytics software from such …(more)

Send Resume to: akacur@altaits.com Job Description: The Citrix Engineercandidate will be supporting the following: Duties include leadingenterprise platform …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)A new report says there’s little stopping Europe catching up to the US incloud computing. The study, carried out by the London School of Economicsand Political Science and commissioned by Microsoft, looked at theprojected economic impact of cloud …(more)

Backup Technology (blog)As Cloud Computing becomes more prevalent onsite hardware sales will feelthe impact. However the Cloud has manifested itself in many forms anddistributors will not necessarily suffer on all fronts. Distributors muststay relevant to solution …(more)

PR Leap (press release)NET software developers can install a pre-configured local Platform as aService (PaaS), designed to make the deployment of Microsoft .NETapplications to the cloud as easy as clicking a button. “It is thrilling tosee Cloud Foundry broaden its appeal …(more)

CRM Marketplace (press release)3Seventy expands into the Canadian market with a number of clients in theadvertising, loyalty marketing, and consulting firms to deliver mobilecustomer relationship management software-as-a-service. Austin, TX (PRWEB)- 3Seventy, a leading provider …(more)

Leveraging …Sacramento BeeA new white paper by Software-as-a-Service marketing technology provider,Hydra highlights how digital marketing specialists can enhance theirkeyword lists to elicit the desired response from their prospects. In arecent survey of 200 digital …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Amazon’s cloud, which, let’s face it, is still pretty much developer turf,broadened its push into the enterprise Wednesday with the introduction ofAWS Storage Gateway, a beta virtual appliance nominally meant to automateenterprise data backup to S3 …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Seems just the other day - actually it was two weeks ago - that we divinedthat HP, imagining blowing Google away, would pull out the stops to get thewebOS that it bought, put in a tablet that failed in the market, dropped,then open sourced - life’s …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)A program focused on putting real-world case studies and user experienceson the stage has attracted the attention of a growing list of largesponsors for the Cloud Fair 2012 cloud computing conference. Box, AmazonWeb Services, Google, Red Hat, …(more)

ClassPR Web (press release)The CCSK course is intended to assist professionals in successfullycompleting the CCSK examination and gaining practical experience insecuring cloud computing. The industry’s first user certification programfor secure cloud computing, …(more)

IT News OnlineThe new Converged Access group aims to build on innovative technologyspecially developed for the Identity as a Service / SaaS offering ofidOnDemand as well as the traditional strength of Identive in networkaccess smart card reader technology.(more)

studyForbesThe development of cloud computing will promote economic growth, increaseproductivity and shift the type of jobs and skills required by businesses,according to a new study by the London School of Economics and PoliticalScience.(more)

Sacramento Bee27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - SimplyCast.com, a global leader in multi-channelmarketing Platform-as-a-Service solutions, has released Version 7.0 of itsonline marketing application, moving to the forefront of multi-channelmarketing automation.(more)

Computerworld”What we’ve done is create a cloud-ready platform that handlesautomatically all management and policy controls with a combination of alightweight host-based agent and software-as-a-service grid,” Wacker said.Halo NetSec runs a small, 3MB daemon on a …(more)

VMware vCloud Blog. Run Manage and Secure Your IT Infrastructure andApplications. Join Our Nextcloudtalk with VMware Knowledge Experts ChrisColotti and …(more)

Independent …MarketWatch (press release)PLEASANTON, CA, Jan 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Workday Inc., theleader in SaaS-based enterprise solutions for global human resources (HR),payroll and financial management, today announced it is identified as a”leader” among HR management …(more)

Integration DevelopersOpSource’s ability to offer these key Oracle components as part of its menuof managed infrastructure services may prove a game-changer for manyworking on SaaS, cloud apps and services, OpSource senior vice presidentKeao Caindec told IDN.(more)

Register… as you can see in the release notes (PDF), there are 15 new resourceadapters, including ones for Red Hat’s KVM hypervisor, VMware’s vCloudDirector, …(more)

eWeekCloud platform vendor ServiceMesh has forged a relationship with Fujitsu,giving ServiceMesh customers access to Fujitsu’s global, on-demand cloudcomputing footprint. ServiceMesh’s customers will now be able to buildhybrid cloud instances, …(more)

Wall Street JournalMoreover, efforts by companies to analyze and profit from all that data,plus the trend of selling business applications as a Web-based service–orsoftware as a service–have turned business software into another importantarea of growth.(more)

Network WorldAT&T’s new portfolio leverages the Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution(HCS) platform. The Cisco HCS platform also supports other existingenterprise and other carrier deployments, including those from OrangeBusiness Services, and Verizon Business.(more)

WebcastMarketWatch (press release)DALLAS, Jan 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Archipelago Learning Inc./quotes/zigman/115276/quotes/nls/arcl ARCL +0.97% , a leadingsubscription-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of educationproducts, plans to report its fourth quarter 2011 …(more)

The first OpenStackbased cloud operating system came out Wednesday …cloud environments It uses Diablo the latest cut of OpenStack It’s onlygood inside a …(more)

Cloud …MarketWatch (press release)PARIS, Jan 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Arkadin, a leading providerof collaboration-as-a-service solutions, today announced the launch of theArkadin Cloud Collaboration Platform. The platform is architected on aninnovative, private global-IP …(more)

Find out which database server vCloud Director is using.(more)

Stackato enables you to create a private PaaS hosted on the cloud of yourchoice (your own or with a hosting provider) to empower your developers todeploy, …(more)

ForbesThe federal government has been very active in the cloud computing space inrecent times, and accordingly, The National Institute of Standards andTechnology has been busy researching and setting definitions and guidelinesto ensure agency and …(more)

Einnews PortugalIT Governance Ltd, the leading expert in information security training,consultancy, books and tools, has today launched the Cloud ComputingFoundation training course. January 25, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — ITGovernance Ltd, the leading expert in …(more)

RepublicaThey are dumping traditional IT infrastructure for cloud computing,becoming one of the pioneers to use this service at enterprise level inNepal. To give a quick 101, the cloud basically denotes the Internet. Soeverything done on the Internet, …(more)

OfferingPR.com (press release)Now, with the Ospero DaaS platform software companies can deploy theirapplication in over 19 countries in four continents. As usual, they justpay for what they use and manage their global estate through a singleportal. Ospero also operates a single …(more)

OpenStack. I have transferred this from Cloud as it had started to lookmore like an OpenStack description than a general Cloud page –OlivierBerger …(more)

Experian QASAlmost one-third of organizations plan to use or have already implementedcloud computing services to improve their business intelligence (BI)functions, according to new research. Gartner’s study indicated that theappeal of both cloud and …(more)

2016Fresh Business ThinkingThe Strategy Analytics Extended Enterprise Software Strategies (EESS)service report, Global Cloud Computing Services Forecast and Analysis:Software, Infrastructure and Platform Development as a Service Move to theMainstream shows that cloud services …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)With McAfee SaaS email filtering service integrated with GlobalOutlook’semail service, customers are protected against email-borne threats and getworld class email protection and continuity with no hardware or software tobuy, no back-ups to run, …(more)

ReutersBeyond this performance, the recurrence of SaaS revenues from multiannualcontracts guarantees Sidetrade an excellent visibility in the mid-term. Theorder book related to Sidetrade Network’s SaaS activities amounted toEUR16.8 million on December 31 …(more)

market …4-traders (press release)Over 3600 customers have already chosen Orange Business Services cloudcomputing solutions. This includes 110 for the Flexible Computing ExpressInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offer, introduced in October 2011, andover 2500 small business …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)… providing innovative mobile solutions for businesses, has announcedthat it is now ready to offer its mobile communication platformfreedomone(TM) in cloud computing mode, thus allowing it to offer itssolution as software as a service (SaaS).(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Two new offerings, Verdasys Managed Service for Information Protection(MSIP) and Verdasys Information Protection as a Service (IPaaS), providebusinesses on-demand data protection technology hosted within Verdasys’secured facilities: MSIP offers a …(more)

in …MarketWatch (press release)CollabNet’s Codesion platform-as-a-service brings enterprise-grade,on-demand development and deployment capabilities to developers and teamslooking to harness the benefits of cloud computing. Haque is a managingpartner at Norwest Venture Partners …(more)

CTR… was critical because Nexica’s environment also includes Cisco UCS bladeservers and VMware vCenter, VMware vCloud Director and VMware vShield.(more)

Sacramento BeeVMware, VMware vCetner, VMware vCloud Director and VMware vShield areregistered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the UnitedStates and other …(more)

FierceCIOTraditional on-site business intelligence appears to be losing sometraction in the face of SaaS-based alternatives, according to a survey byGartner. A third of the 1364 IT managers polled reported plans to use aSaaS-based BI offering.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)In this newly created position, Mr. Robbins will be responsible fordesigning, managing and assuring the scalability and reliability of EllieMae’s data center operations to support the company’s expanding software asa service (SaaS) business model.(more)

BusinessWeek26 (Bloomberg) — The European Commission aims to support the region’scloud-computing industry by encouraging governments to jointly buy softwareand computing resources on the Web, Digital Affairs Commissioner NeelieKroes said.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — EMC Corporation/quotes/zigman/225273/quotes/nls/emc EMC +2.19% today announced thatNexica, a Spanish provider of ICT infrastructure managed services includingcloud computing and critical application hosting, …(more)

InformationWeekIn SAP’s case, it laid out a five-point plan on Wednesday to extend itsmomentum in enterprise applications, analytics and mobility while steppingup its efforts to crack into the database and cloud computing markets.SAP’s robust fourth quarter and …(more)

Sacramento BeeVnetrix is differentiating itself by rolling out cloud infrastructure in afew hours to support its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) andPlatform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings. “The CA AppLogic platform givesVnetrix a clear competitive edge in an …(more)

Multitenancy with Fluent nHibernate and Ninject One Database per Tenant. upvote 0 down vote favorite. shareg+ sharefb sharetw …(more)

By Duncan Epping
Below you can find the passwords of the vCloud Director Appliance and theembedded database, just in case you need it: VMware vCloud DirectorAppliance: username = root password = Default0; VMware vCloud DirectorAppliance/Oracle …(more)

SYS-CON Media… that portable applications can be deployed on any cloud infrastructureand reap all its benefits in terms of scalability, elasticity,multitenancy, etc.(more)

3600 …MarketWatch (press release)This includes 110 for the Flexible Computing Express Infrastructure as aService (IaaS) offer, introduced in October 2011, and over 2500 smallbusiness customers for Cloud Pro, a suite of online services launched inJune 2011.(more)

a …MarketWatch (press release)All components of the suite are offered via software as a service (SaaS),improving operational efficiencies and reducing technology supportrequirements. Currently, 15 MedAssets clients are implementing the newAccess Integrity suite’s intelligence …(more)

Cadalyst MagazineIn addition to the four types of clouds described above, there are threesegments of cloud-based technology: SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. SaaS. Short forsoftware as a service (also known as software on demand), SaaS is deployedover the Internet and is made …(more)

eWeekThe company introduced two new offerings, Verdasys Managed Service forInformation Protection (MISP) and Verdasys Information Protection as aService (IPaaS), that offer data protection as a managed service, Verdasyssaid Jan. 26.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Deployed its Compuware Changepoint Software as a Service solution forprofessional services automation at Brisbane, Australia-based Unidel.Additionally, Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems selected CompuwareChangepoint for professional services …(more)

Einnews PortugalFieldOne Systems (http://www.fieldone.com) is a leading provider of SaaSand software solutions for field service companies, enabling them to spendless time entering and managing data, freeing up valuable time for workthat generates revenue.(more)

PlatformBusiness Wire (press release)(BUSINESS WIRE)–Codenomicon, the leading vendor of proactive securitytesting solutions, today announces the release of Fuzz-o-Matic cloud-basedsoftware security Testing-as-a-Service (TaaS) platform for enterprisesoftware and applications running on …(more)

GovInfoSecurity.comGuidance coauthor and NIST Computer Scientist Tim Grance says public cloudcomputing is a viable choice for many applications and services forenterprises to consider. “However,” Grance says, “accountability forsecurity and privacy in public cloud …(more)

IT Business Edge (blog)By date: by PaulShread, QuinStreet The editors of the IT Business Edge
Network give their views on what’s in store for cloud computing in 2012 andbeyond. In a few short years, cloud computing has gone from a curiositythat most corporate IT …(more)

Management …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Widen Enterprises, a Madison, Wisconsin-baseddigital asset management software and premedia services company, hasbrought a dozen new names into its fast-growing list ofSoftware-as-a-Service DAM customer brands.(more)

Boston.comThe shift to cloud computing is creating a favorable business climate forEMC Corp., the world’s largest maker of data-storage computers. EMCprovided the latest evidence Tuesday with the release of its fourth-quarterearnings and its initial outlook …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Joyent licenses its cloud software to service providers that include Dell,FirstServer, XYBase, ClusterTech and Uniserve. Joyent offerings alsoinclude Platform-as-a-Service based on Node.js, the open source server-sideJavaScript development …(more)

ScreenScape’s software-as-a-service (SaaS (News - Alert)) platform helpsbusinesses engage audiences inside real locations using Internet-enableddigital …(more)

From Yahoo! Finance: BMC Software , the leader in IT Service Management ,today announced the availability of its Remedy OnDemand solution for the…(more)

MarketWatch (press release)HP Cloud Compute currently leverages the OpenStack Nova compute platformand API. “Postgres Plus Cloud Database is the only solution on the markettoday that makes deploying new instances of PostgreSQL or Postgres PlusAdvanced Server easy in any …(more)

CNVO …China AnalystIt is now trading at 79% of its 52-week high. inContact, Inc .(NASDAQ:SAAS) is the 10th best rebounding stock in this segment of themarket. It has risen 82% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 97% ofits 52-week high.(more)

Does using cloud computing services based in the United States create arisk of US law enforcement access to people’s data? The US Department ofJustice …(more)

View and apply for the Operations Support Engineer - MCTIP+ Security, VCP,vCloud, RHEL, HP Blades Job at Crystal Equation Corporation in GreaterAtlanta …(more)

GeminiStamford (ip-192.com): Nearly one third of organizations uses or plans touse cloud or software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings to augment their corebusiness intelligence (BI) functions. According to a survey of 1364 ITmanagers and business users of BI …(more)

Moneycontrol.comNearly one third of organisations either already use or plan to use cloudor software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings to augment their core businessintelligence (BI) functions, according to Gartner, Inc. According to asurvey of 1364 IT managers and …(more)

Einnews Portugal/EINPresswire.com/IT Governance Ltd, the leading expert in informationsecurity training, consultancy, books and tools, has today launched theCloud Computing Foundation training course. This course is based on theEXIN Cloud Computing Foundation …(more)

App …Sacramento BeeXform Computing’s AlwaysOnPC App has raised the bar for Cloud-poweredmobile apps, and is well aligned with Amazon’s Cloud Computing strategy.Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet already includes the Silk “cloud-assisted” WebBrowser, and it offers cloud …(more)

MarketWatch… VMware vCenter Server and vCloud Director; Red Hat KVM hypervisor; andlayer 1 switches that include Curtiss-Wright, Cytec Mesa, and MRVCommunications.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”Karen has an extensive background in B2B marketing, and specific expertisein marketing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products. She has a demonstratedtrack record of working with high technology companies to accelerate theirgrowth.(more)

VentureBeatThe OpenStack open source cloud platform may have started in 2010, but 2011was the year that it really kicked into high gear. Built oncommunity-contributed code, OpenStack aims to let any enterprise deliverits own infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) …(more)

Sacramento BeeIn December 2011, Cloudplace received the Red Herring Global 100 Award inLos Angeles, CA for their disruptive platform-as-a-service. Reader commentson Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee. Ifyou see an objectionable …(more)

Place …MarketWatch (press release)In addition, CloudNOW, a nonprofit group of women in cloud computing, willhost their first annual CloudNOW Awards during Cloud Connect. As thepremier technology event for cloud computing, featuring the latesttechnologies, strategies and innovations …(more)

Consultation …MarketWatch (press release)25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Blue Mountain Labs (www.bluemountainlabs.com ) announced today the launch of a program toprovide a free one-hour cloud computing phone consultation to those inenterprise IT that are seeking initial guidance on the …(more)

Investorplace.comWhile it’s unlikely that these services would be shut down, the episode hastaken some of the shine off of cloud computing just as IT departments havebegun to embrace the concept. The fear among legitimate file sharingwebsites and cloud computing …(more)

InformationWeekBy Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek Several states are using an online
balloting website based on Microsoft’s cloud-computing platform to allow USvoters living overseas to cast their votes via the Web in 2012 primaryelections.(more)

Network WorldA blog post from the Electronic Frontier Foundation makes the case that theUnited States is jeopardizing its position in the worldwide cloud-computingmarket by failing to provide the kinds of privacy assurances demanded byinternational laws.(more)

GigaOm25, 2012, 10:05am PT No Comments In what is probably not a shocker, newresearch shows that more companies are turning to SaaS-based businessintelligence over traditional on-premises BI. Business intelligence, oranalytics software from such companies …(more)

Result of a poll in the Software as a Service ( SaaS) LinkedIn group to askexerts their opinions about which category would see the most growth in2012.(more)

Redmondmag.comThere’s also an older Microsoft white paper, dated February 2011, thatrecommends the reference architecture for the “Hyper-V Cloud Fast TrackProgram” …(more)

eWeek From Lucas Carlson, CEO of AppFog: In the coming year as the OpenStackcommunity grows and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) matures,platform-as-a-service (PaaS) companies will begin offering IaaS options totheir customers as single infrastructure …(more)

Falling …MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jan 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — New Relic, Inc.,the SaaS-based cloud application performance management provider,introduced a new white paper today that details how factors like cloudcomputing, the explosion of mobile …(more)

TelecompaperLast October, Optus’ and SingTel’s enter prise cloud services werecertified under VMware’s single cloud platfrom called vCloud DatacentreServices.(more)

TalkinCloud (blog)by Joe Panettieri on When VMware announced strong Q4 results earlier today,the terms cloud computing, cloud infrastructure and cloud era weresprinkled all over VMware’s earning statement. Talkin’ Cloud doesn’t knowhow much of VMware’s revenues …(more)

Business InsiderCertainly, the business world at large is interested in the benefits of thecloud, but enterprises have been very slow to adopt a key element of cloudcomputing: platform-as-a-service or PaaS. So what? For the business worldto fully embrace the cloud, …(more)

Were also excited to have our very own VMware Knowledge Experts ChrisColotti and Massimo Re Ferre cohosting thiscloudtalk As our resident vCloudexperts …(more)

RegisterYou might think that the launch of the ESXi 5.0 hypervisor, the vSphere 5.0management stack, plus vCloud extensions for cloud management, which allcame …(more)

with …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leadingcloud provider of people management solutions for global businesses,announced today that it is commemorating 10 years of deliveringSoftware-as-a-Service for people management …(more)

TechnoratiCloud computing a boon for business? Well, of course. Those businesseswhich have benefited greatly from the cloud would, by now, consider such aquestion, sophomoric, after having increased their profit margins andtightened their work force.(more)

ComputerworldBy Dallon Christensen CFOworld - My post last week discussed the importance
of long-term benefits related to productivity and cost when implementingcloud computing technologies. CFOs and their IT directors must understandthe importance of hard costs, …(more)

Correct answers available: 1. Hi, Will built-in multi-tenancy be supportedby DynamoDB? If so, any approximate release date. Thanks in advance.Permlink …(more)

Reseller NewsMcKenty didn’t mince words when describing his young company’s new product,which it is touting as the industry’s first private cloud operating systembased on the OpenStack framework. “The thing that I want to make sure iscrystal clear is that Piston …(more)

During some vCloud Director testing with David Hill and Duncan Epping, weran into a snag whereby we could not seem to reset the vShield Edge Device.Now …(more)

Portfolio, Bluelock’s vCloud portal and decision support tool just learneda new skill: Cost Projection! Bluelock already excels in providingpredictable costs in the …(more)

eWeekCloud9, maker of the Cloud9 IDE developer-as-a-service platform, haslaunched a series of new initiatives to help push Node.js into themainstream. With the Node Summit for Node.js developers approaching, Cloud9IDE announced a series of moves that …(more)

IT-Director.comScribe, with the SPARK Solution Developer Program, is targetingsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, channel partners, systemsintegrators, VARS, and other business technology consultants. This meansthat while enterprise IT departments are gearing …(more)

and …Virtual-Strategy MagazineSAN JOSE, CA and DAVOS-KLOSTERS, SWITZERLAND — (Marketwire) — 01/24/12 –Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, will beparticipating in the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, whichwill focus on The Great …(more)

Daily MarketsWebQA, a global leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) CRM tools forcustomer service, today announced John C. Snyder as Vice President ofProduct Management and Dave C. Bernhard as Vice President of Technology.These management additions will continue …(more)

with …MarketWatch (press release)CALABASAS, Calif., Jan 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Realizing a 65 percentimprovement in efficiency managing tickets and suites during the first yearof using SpotlightTMS, a software as a service (SaaS) application formanaging corporate suite and …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SafeNet’s Fully Trusted Authentication Solutions allow organizations toprotect identities and transactions across an evolving landscape, includingconsumer mobile devices and SaaS-based applications. “We believe thatGartner’s report recognizes our …(more)

By Apurva Mehta
Multi-tenancy can deliver considerable scalability and cost benefits to anySaaS application. But implementing a multi-tenant architecture is a seriousundertaking.(more)

for …MarketWatch (press release)It is the first commercially available mobile app platform-as-a-servicethat allows developers to use the same JavaScript skills to build a mobileapp client and powerful backend functionality that leverages thenon-blocking, event-driven I/O …(more)

The following diagram extends the SOA Abstraction to the level of a SaaSservice model so that business processes go beyond a single enterpriseacross …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)KILLINGWORTH, Conn., Jan 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Softletter, theleading source of business insights and data analysis for softwaredevelopers and publishers, announced today that its groundbreaking SaaSUniversity Conference will be held February …(more)

Implementation …MarketWatch (press release)MANCHESTER, NH, Jan 24, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Scribe, the leaderin CRM data integration solutions, announced the launch of the Scribe SPARKSolution Developer Program for SaaS providers, channel partners, systemsintegrators, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”By using the pre-packaged iApp, Noodles has automated a relatively complexbusiness process spanning multiple SaaS and legacy systems, all withoutneeding to deploy any software or hire a team of developers.” MuleSoft isHiring MuleSoft is looking for …(more)

ReutersPowerful and accessible new SaaS-based technology, content and services onshow at Stand 121, Olympia 2, London, 25-26 January 2012 London, 24January, 2012 - Lumesse, Europe’s largest independent talent managementsoftware vendor, will unveil Lumesse …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The operators of the system, 211 LA County, selected inContact/quotes/zigman/112982/quotes/nls/saas SAAS +1.43% , the leading provider ofcloud-based call center software and call center agent optimization tools,to power its 24/7/365 contact center.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The latest release of the SaaS-based solution further enhancesLogicMonitor’s built-in monitoring, historical trending, proactivealerting, and reporting on critical infrastructure, including networkinggear, servers, applications, databases, storage, …(more)

Grails, Multi Tenancy, and Hibernate 4. Hi, Hibernate 4 has been released awhile ago and there’s already an upgrade request …(more)

2012 …MarketWatch (press release)The 2012 Winner and Preferred Product awards are presented to vendors in 14different categories of products, ranging from desktop and storagevirtualization to application virtualization and cloud computing solutions.The Wyse Z90 was recognized as …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”This new practice will take cloud computing foundation assets and thoughtleadership in cloud architecture to market. Clients will see benefits interms of strategy around governance, design, delivery, training andcertification of their staff.(more)

Channel InsiderFollowing this introduction of LabTech Cloud, the company plans to roll outmore cloud computing-compatible technologies and services to help reducepartners’ operational costs and increase profitability. With LabTech Cloud,IT service providers …(more)

and …MarketWatch (press release)The two-day event will feature 17 sessions on a wide variety of keycompliance topics including Cloud Computing, Collaboration Trends withBusiness Partners, and leveraging Microsoft SharePoint 2010 as a CompliancePlatform. Featured speakers at QUMAS …(more)

TheStreet.com(TheStreet) — Storage maker EMC(EMC) posted record fourth-quarter revenueand profit, powered by a push in cloud computing. It was the latesttechnology company to report strong results. EMC, which reported itsresults in the wake of strong numbers …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a newmarket research report is available in its catalogue: TechNavio’s analystsforecast the Global Security Software as a Service market to grow at a CAGRof 28.4 percent over the …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)LOS ANGELES, Jan 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — DotComGuy’s “MSP” Tech-Supportsoftware as a service that reduces computer/employee downtime, cuts costlycomputer repair bills and changes the way people manage their IT supportfor their Home and Business …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)AUSTIN, Texas, Jan 24, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — Shango(R), anindustry leading Integration-as-a-Service platform provider, todayannounced that it has signed a 5-year agreement with IIS Group that willsimplify service orchestration across …(more)

Management …MarketWatch (press release)MADISON, Wis., Jan 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Widen Enterprises, aMadison, Wisconsin-based digital asset management software and premediaservices company, has brought a dozen new names into its fast-growing listof Software-as-a-Service DAM customer …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Serenic NOL is a Software as a Service (SaaS) version of Serenic’saward-winning Navigator financial management system. The cloud-basedsubscription model leverages Internet streaming functionality with accessto Serenic’s financial management software …(more)

International Business TimesBy IBTimes Staff Reporter: Subscribe to IBTimes’s RSS feed Cloud computing,
a way to store information and access software programs from far-away datafarms is transforming computers from a product-based to a service-basedindustry.(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)At Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, Akamai SVP Willie M. Tejada discussed whatAkamai is doing to solve the challenges you face in the Cloud computing hasgained momentum and is increasingly being embraced by enterprises of allsizes for application delivery …(more)

Business Wire (press release)(BUSINESS WIRE)–Softletter, the leading source of business insights anddata analysis for software developers and publishers, announced today thatits groundbreaking SaaS University Conference will be held February 28-29with optional workshops on …(more)

PlatformMarketWatch (press release)OULU, Finland & SARATOGA, Calif., Jan 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Codenomicon, the leading vendor of proactive security testing solutions,today announces the release of Fuzz-o-Matic cloud-based software securityTesting-as-a-Service (TaaS) platform …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”MaaS360’s reputation for excellence has been earned at leading companiesaround the globe, trusting more than one million endpoints to theplatform.” Fiberlink is the recognized leader in software-as-a-service(SaaS) solutions for secure enterprise …(more)

Global Security Software as a Service Market 2010-2014. … TechNavio’sanalysts forecast the Global Security Software as a Service market to growat a CAGR …(more)

eWeek18, features two open-source cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) projects,two others tailored to the needs of game developers and a toolkit to helpsocial media application developers build Web apps. The Black Duck Software2011 Open Source Rookie of …(more)

thestockmastersMastery loves the cloud stocks, we talked them up last month in CloudComputing Stock Picks for 2012 (VMW, EMC). Both of those stocks are lookinggreat today and we take notice. VMware Inc (VMW) shares are up 7.8% todayand trading just under $93.(more)

Barron’s (blog)By Murray Coleman Last year after the debut of an ETF focused on cloud
computing companies, some analysts wondered if such a fund was something ofa reach. Given the short history of the First Trust ISE Cloud Computing ETF(SKYY), which launched in …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SMITHTOWN, NY, Jan 24, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — ITpreneurs, theleading provider of competence development solutions for IT best practices,is now the first company in the world to offer cloud computing trainingmaterials for the CompTIA Cloud …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Remember InterDigital? That’s the Pennsylvania patent-licensing companythat hired Evercore Partners and Barclays Capital last summer to sell itspatents, raising punters hopes that Google would buy it to console itselffor losing the $4.5 billion …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)The semiconductor giant is spending $125 million cash on the product lineand certain unidentified assets and expects to hire a “significant” numberof QLogic people to enhance its networking portfolio, provide a scalableHPC fabric technology, …(more)

Hello,. I have a vcloud managing a vc with a cluster of 2 hosts (forexample). both hosts are prepared in the providerVdc. trying to import a vminto a vapp inside …(more)

The StratoGen vCloud platform is built upon VMware vCloud Director 1.5.This video is a supplement to the vCloud director 1.5 user manual whichprovides …(more)

A video showing PowerCLI 5.0.1 and vCloud Director Basic UsageIn the recentrelease of PowerCLI 5.0.1 we introduced a new PowerShell snapin whichallows …(more)

Today the company added OpenStack, Linux KVM and Citrix XenServer, plus anew graphical management console. Stackato also supports Amazon EC2 and …(more)

Kitsap SunRICHARD THORNTON, JEWEL BOX THEATRE / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The cast of “TheFourth Wall” at the Jewel Box Theatre includes (from left) Jim Alexander asRoger, Shawna Fancher as Julia, Kathy Currie as Peggy and Fred Saas asFloyd.(more)

Changing the Rules In 1999 Marc Benioff started salesforce.com in a rentedapartment with a few good developers and a goal of revolutionizing an.(more)

Secure multi tenancy is a requirement for private cloud architectures.Learn how I/O isolation delivers secure multi tenancy to make sharedresources …(more)

InfoWorldThis white paper separates fact from fiction, reality from myth, and, indoing so, will aid senior IT executives as they make decisions around cloudcomputing. more In recent years, cloud computing has been as visible as anytopic in IT. …(more)

IT JungleThe change tucks LotusLive snuggly into the IBM SmartCloud, a complete lineof hosted infrastructure, apps, and services, including software as aservice (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as aservice (IaaS), that IBM launched …(more)

Economic TimesNow, cloud computing offers another option for storing information online.There are a number of services on the Internet that you can use to uploadyour data and access it later, either by downloading it or viewing andediting it online. …(more)

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DonorCommunity, Inc., developers of an innovative cloud computing softwareplatform for nonprofit organizations and Planned Growth, a consulting firmspecializing in optimizing marketing and sales organizations and processes,announced today the formation … DonorCommunity, Inc. is a cloudcomputing, Software as a Service firm that helps nonprofit organizationscultivate donors, forge closer relationships with stakeholders, engagetheir communities and raise funds year-round.(more)

By GetApp
Result of a poll in the Software as a Service ( SaaS) LinkedIn group to askexerts their opinions about which category would see the most growth in2012.(more)

Dr. Dobb’sThe company has set out to create a mobile app Platform-as-a-Service(PaaS), which allows developers to use JavaScript skills to build a mobileapp client, alongside backend functionality that leverages the event-drivenI/O architecture of the Node.js …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)PaaS-Enabled Agility: IT leaders that try to select a platform-as-a-service(PaaS) architecture based on what they think will “win” or view’as-a-service’ platforms as only cost-saving measures may not be seeing thetotal picture. …(more)

Dr. Dobb’sBy Adrian Bridgwater, January 22, 2012 The Jelastic Java server hosting
platform for developers continues to expand. On the back of a refinedPlatform as a Service (PaaS) function at the end of last year, Jelastic nowsupports Java Virtual …(more)

Fibre2fashion.comEpicor Software Corporation announced Love Culture has selected the EpicorRetail Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. With nearly 60 stores in 26states, LA-based Love Culture, founded in 2007 by Jai Rhee and Bennet Koo,is poised to become a major …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)FINCAD provides software and services supporting the valuation, reportingand risk management of derivatives and fixed income portfolios to more than4000 clients around the world. FINCAD Analytics can be accessed as aSoftware-as-a-Service, …(more)

On the 22nd of February starting from 18:00 Arturo Suarez from Stackops.comwill be doing a discussion on our next FLOSSTalk about OpenStack, the free…(more)

ITWeb (blog)By Nadine Arendse OS33, the feature-rich IT as a service delivery platform,
last week announced integration with Google Apps for Business, TheSacramento Bee reports. The highly anticipated integration enablesbusinesses to easily deliver, …(more)

DirectionsMag.comAs data itself comes full circle, driven by the big and open data trends aswell as by the striving for value creation from these torrents of data, weare seeing the re-ignition of interest in data as a service from globalsoftware brands from within …(more)

SystemsPR Web (press release)Honda Motor Europe announced today it is adopting CERTPOINT Systems’software-as-a-service (SaaS) learning platform. The implementation willinitially cover 26000 users in over 20 European countries and in multiplelanguages. The cloud-based learning …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)SeeTrak(R) is now available as a one-stop global asset tracking, security,environmental monitoring and cloud based SaaS service for supply chains andcold chains. Aankhen will provide tracking hardware and software integratedto simplify the …(more)

The LawyerAt the head of the Commercial Court sits Mrs Justice Gloster, though, whohas been making use of cloud computing technology to help manage themammoth Berezovsky v Abramovich litigation. Traditionally the courts handedthe technology mandate to Merrill …(more)

The first OpenStack-based cloud operating system came out Wednesday. …which makes sense since Piston’s founders were instrumental in OpenStack,which …(more)

PR Web (press release)The company previously operated multiple self-managed data centers tosupport its software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering. In review of hardwarerefresh expenses and opportunities to leverage virtualization, the companyspent two years analyzing and …(more)

Techworld.comBy Colin Neagle | Network World US | Published: 10:24, 23 January 2012
Piston Cloud Computing recently released the first private cloud operatingsystem based on OpenStack, the open source infrastructure-as-a-serviceframework that was first designed …(more)

GigaOmMultitenancy allows a cloud infrastructure to run many applications onshared … an open-source mindview with enterprise-class multi-tenancy andsupport.(more)

The Australian… when SingTel and Optus’s respective enterprise cloud offerings werecertified under VMware’s single cloud platform known as vCloud DatacentreServices.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Taleo’s SaaS platform, which is easy to implement, update and maintainaround the globe, and which will save FRHI the cost of adding to its own ITinfrastructure. — Taleo’s social recruiting capabilities will help meetfuture growth needs by sourcing …(more)

Times of India”It is available as a SaaS (software-as-a-service) model and is designed tohelp enable enterprise customers transform their HR processes,”city-headquartered Wipro said in a statement. “Leveraging its strongrelationship with Oracle and co-development …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)In that role, he developed the product direction, strategy and roadmap forTaleo’s SMB SaaS Talent Management Platform Suite. Prior to that, Nanneyheld product management leadership positions with Navis LLC and Oracle.”Kevin’s track record of success …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)… via COMTEX) — MyBuys, the leader in cross-channel personalization forretailers, today announced it has entered into a marketing and technologypartnership with Kalio, Inc., one of the leading Software as a Servicee-commerce platform providers.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)2011 was also a banner year for innovation at MuleSoft, with the debut ofiON, the world’s first integration platform as a service (iPaaS), as wellas major enhancements for its flagship Mule ESB. — MuleSoft achievedrecord-breaking growth, …(more)

CRNArrow Electronics’ Enterprise Computing Solutions group launched its cloudcomputing services initiative in the summer under the Arrow Fusion brandwith data center monitoring and management, Security-as-a-Service,Software-as-a-Service, …(more)

InformationWeekWith the addition of TouchTest, technology that records and plays backtouch-based interaction on iOS and Android devices, SOASTA’s softwareenables developers and publishers to perform automated assessments ofmobile app performance.(more)

CRNBy Scott Campbell, CRN Solution providers aren’t the only ones seeking to
capitalize on cloud computing. Distributors are making their mark in thecloud as well, investing heavily in their own cloud programs and tools withone goal in mind: staying …(more)

Medium …PR Web (press release)Business Web Hosting plans conducted a survey of over 500 businesses tofind out if small and medium-sized businesses are adapting to cloudcomputing technology. The results showed how many of the respondents areusing cloud computing, and for how long …(more)

Continued …MarketWatch (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jan 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Joyent, a globalprovider of cloud computing software and services, today announced it hascompleted an $85 million funding round, with European group WeatherInvestment II providing the …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)As part of the agreement, OpenText’s newly formed Business ProcessSolutions (BPS) Group will be delivering a set of process management andcase management solutions on the Windows Azure cloud computing platform.OpenText was among the first enterprise …(more)

The GuardianNelson has been heavily involved in the government’s cloud computing plansover the last year. A spokesman for the Cabinet Office told GuardianGovernment Computing that this will continue as G-Cloud remains part of thegovernment’s ongoing ICT …(more)

CloudTweaks NewsIn a move set to make waves for VMWare, Piston Cloud Computing Inc.came outwith their Piston Enterprise OS, the first OpenStack-based OS in theindustry. Announced on Wednesday (18 January 2012), the new OS which is tobe called pentOS is set to offer …(more)

with …MarketWatch (press release)… a leading cloud provider of people management solutions for globalbusinesses, announced today that it is commemorating 10 years of deliveringSoftware-as-a-Service for people management with an updated brand messageand a new look and feel.(more)

GrowthTechCrunch… services to some of the most innovative companies in the world, such asLinkedIn, Gilt Groupe and Kabam. Joyent offerings also includePlatform-as-a-Service based on Node.js, the open source server-sideJavaScript development environment that has.(more)

CRNBy Scott Campbell, CRN Tech Data has launched the StreamOne Solutions
Store, a Web-based platform to sell, provision and bill software licensesand Software-as-a-Service orders to customers. The StreamOne SolutionsStore includes all the SKUs, …(more)

New Infrastructure as a Service federation platform. Posted on 23 January2012. Bookmark and Share. 6fusion released its next generation UC6Infrastructure …(more)

SaaS/Cloud …MarketWatch (press release)By offering both SaaS and on-premise options, we are able to best meet the
needs of our partners and prospective partners,” said Matt Nachtrab, CEO,LabTech Software. “Our partners constantly enlighten us to evolving usecases around managed services, …(more)

Human …MarketWatch (press release)It is available as a SaaS model and is designed to help enable enterprisecustomers transform their HR processes. Leveraging its strong relationshipwith Oracle and co-development experience on Oracle Fusion Applications,Wipro SprintHR helps …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The Makana Motivator SaaS sales compensation platform is a self-servesolution that automates incentive planning with built-in best practiceadvice, utilizes modeling to accurately predict the cost of incentives,delivers graphical charts that clearly …(more)

Get-OrgVdc The specified Href ‘https://vcloud/api/query?typeadminOrgVdc&format=idrecords&filter=isSystemVdc==false;(name==my VDC)&pageSize=128′ is …(more)

I’m currently analyzing the best approach to enable Multi-tenancy withinSM. Here’s what I understand up to now: 1) Enable the Multi-Company withinSM 2) …(more)

Will builtin multitenancy be supported by DynamoDB If so any approximaterelease date. Thanks in advance. Permlink, Replies 0 | Pages 1 …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Research In Motion late Sunday named Thorsten Heins, 54, one of itsco-COOs, president and chief executive, replacing co-CEOs Mike Lazaridisand Jim Balsillie in the hopes the move reverses the company’s dramaticnosedive and calms irate investors …(more)

ComputerworldBy Colin Neagle Network World - Having just released its new cloud
operating system, Piston Cloud Computing finds itself in a contentiousposition — and company co-founder Josh McKenty says that is exactly wherethe company wants to be.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) suggests PaaS asa component of the Federal Cloud Computing Reference Architecture, but onemajor challenge exists: Most buyers do not understand what PaaS is, why itis important and how it …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)However the advent of Cloud Computing and Service Models like SaaS(Software As A Service) made the business process vendors as well asenterprises to think beyond a single enterprise but to multiple enterprisesor take a global view.(more)

DABCC.comOverburdened, under manned, and sinking in the pile of helpdesk calls,management projects, backups, or any of the other twenty jobs you may havecan leave no time for other important tasks. If this sounds like you,you’re not the only one.(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)NetDimensions’ new offering available as secure SaaS and on-premise.NetDimensions (London Stock Exchange AIM: NETD), a global provider ofperformance, knowledge and learning management systems, will showcase thenew NetDimensions Talent Suite at …(more)

Information ManagementCentral to this is the small but growing trend of cooperative arrangementsbetween state governments and their related agencies and communities toleverage a shared private cloud for SaaS, IaaS, storage and on-demandsecurity.(more)

Easily build applications and web forms in the cloud that are reachablefrom a mobile device using AT&T Platform as a Service. Use built-in reportswizard to…(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)Critically this is described as the foundation for their SaaS strategy too,and ultimately defines a new category of Delivery Model, a ‘Hybrid SaaS’scenario. Typically SaaS is entirely remotely hosted, but as the Governmentof Canada stipulates, …(more)

Sunday Times.lkDialog Enterprise, the corporate solutions arm of Dialog Axiata PLC isoffering Sri Lankan enterprises, solutions on a SaaS (Software as aService) platform, which it says can bring considerable cost savings toorganizations that otherwise have to use …(more)

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Seeking AlphaRed Hat’s technologies support multiple application areas, includingsoftware as a service, cloud deployments, edge-of-network applications,information technology infrastructure (applications such as database, ERPand large web servers), …(more)

The Motley Fool - Efficient app delivery with a cloud focus makes F5 standout in a crowded networking market.(more)

Private …DABCC.comISVs are building out their cloud strategy by selling software fordeployment to on premises or cloud customer sites, selling subscriptionsthrough their own hosted solution, or by using Platform as a Serviceoffering of Windows Azure, or even hybrid …(more)

CFOworldMy post last week discussed the importance of long-term benefits related toproductivity and cost when implementing cloud computing technologies. CFOsand their IT directors must understand the importance of hard costs, butthey should not forget their …(more)

ITProPortalCyber security firm, McAfee provided a patch for a bug present in its SaaSTotal Protection software. This flaw allows spammers to convert protectedsystems to spam relays. SaaS Total Protection suite is a cloud basedsolution that is designed …(more)