Daily Cloud Feed – Mar 25, 2011
This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.
- Cloud Computing – Evolution Not Revolution | SOA World Magazine
- A ‘Cloud Computing’ Dividend Delight | eWallstreeter
- Growth and Efficiency through Cloud Computing, with Intel’s Jason …
- OpenStack architect calls for calm after criticism
- Saba Software’s CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
- Multitenancy in Practice for Cloud Service Providers
- SAManage Expands Executive Team, Launches European Operation
- OpenStack’s (long) march toward an open foundation
- SaaS Aggregation Platform – NEC Australia
- QAD to launch QAD Enterprise Applications
- FCCI Contractor Warns Of Cloud Pitfalls
- University of Cambridge to host cloud computing le…
- Security certificates and RPM installation in vCloud Director …
- Senior Technical Program Manager Vcloud Application Services Job …
- Oracle Gets Juice From Software-As-A-Service – Great Speculations …
- Dell with Microsoft and Stellaris Health Network to Provide
- Cloud and Managed Hosting Provider Voxel Announces Completion of a $5.5 …
- Citrix vet brings cloud computing firm Exoprise out of stealth mode
- HP betting huge on virtualization and simplifying Cloud computing for CIOs
- Cloud VARs Must Add ISV Flavor To Taste ‘Channel 2.0′
- Cloud Computing: Google Finds Open Source Has Its Limits, Rations Android
- Cloud Computing: Big Shots Start New Cloud Standards Body
- Cloud Platforms Give Telcos a Service Lift, Heavy Reading Finds
- Atlanta’s Toomah/HireIQ about to close funding for automated hiring help
- Voxel raises $5.5 for hybrid cloud hosting
- PowerReviews Selected by AlwaysOn as OnDemand Top 100 Winner; Hires SaaS …
- ServiceSource shares jump in IPO
- Bullhorn Signs Venquis, the Business Transformation Recruiter
- Planet MySQL – Archives – Multi-tenancy Drizzle
- Microsoft study shows slow but steady SMB cloud adoption
- SunGard Opens Cloud Services To Channel
- OpenStack Now Supports VMware vSphere – ReadWriteCloud
“Cloud Computing will become more entrenched in reality as it continues tocost- effectively solve real-world problems and as it enables new revenueopportunities,” stated Andy Land, Vice President of Marketing at UnboundID,…(more)
By Barron’s This Week Magazine
With a 5% dividend yield, Digital Realty Trust offers the security ofincome and the sexiness of a fast-growing technology.(more)
Growth and Efficiency through Cloud Computing, with Intel’s Jason Waxman |The Web Host Industry Review – Web Hosting News.(more)
The HRick Clark, the OpenStack architect who recently moved to Cisco afterworking on OpenStack at RackSpace, has called for calm after he criticisedthe process by which the governance of the OpenStack project was changed.The original posting called for …(more)
Seeking AlphaThese are a fourfold increase in the number of new SaaS transactions ofover $50000 and our annual contract value for new SaaS bookings increased351% on a year-over-year basis. Our SaaS revenues are also being positivelyimpacted. …(more)
Ashish Gujarathi just posted a blog that I think is pivotal for the hostingindustry, “Designing a multi-tenant XenApp deployment.” Why is itimportant?(more)
PR Web (press release)SAManage, a leading provider of SaaS IT management software, todayannounced that Hans van Stek has been appointed as General Manager, EMEA.Also joining SAManage is Nir Tzur, who will serve as VP of Engineering. Thenewly appointed executives will …(more)
InfoWorld (blog)Specifically, the OpenStack project is being asked to accelerate itstransition into a foundation-led project — maybe too soon. The OpenStackopen source project aims to deliver “a massively scalable cloud operatingsystem.” OpenStack was launched …(more)
SaaS is increasingly becoming the preferred method for delivery of businessapplications to end-users.(more)
istockAnalyst.com (press release)QAD On Demand is QAD’s cloud ERP offering, delivering full strength ERP inSoftware as a Service (SaaS) model. “QAD views China as a key growthmarket,” noted Daniel Lender, CFO of QAD. “We are excited to announcegeneral availability of QAD Enterprise …(more)
InformationWeekProcurement and implementation, not the technology, will complicategovernment cloud deployment according to a Federal Cloud ComputingInitiative contractor. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek Federalagency IT managers should think carefully …(more)
Experian QAS Data Quality News (UK)Two public lectures on the topic of cloud computing on hosted systems areto be held at the University of Cambridge next month. The events are beinghosted by the Faculty of Philosophy in association with Microsoft ResearchCambridge and will address a …(more)
Xmarks site page for techtarget searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/Security-certificates-and-RPM-installation-in-vCloud-Director with topics, reviews,…(more)
Free Resources Job Vacancy and Career, Lowongan Kerja Listings SeniorTechnical Program Manager Vcloud Application Services Job jobs in UnitedStates, …(more)
Oracle and SAP have traditionally concentrated their efforts on developingon- premises software, and are not considered big software-as-a-service(SaaS) …(more)
Software-as-a …TMC NetThe solution is delivered by Dell (News – Alert) as a hosted onlineservice, that combines Microsoft Amalga, an enterprise health intelligenceplatform, with Dell’s cloud infrastructure and expertise in informatics,analytics and consulting. …(more)
PR Newswire (press release)”With the leading-edge technology platform Voxel has built, we’re excitedto work with management and provide the growth capital Voxel needs.” DHCapital, Voxel’s New York-based investment banking partner, advised thecompany on the capital placement …(more)
Mass High TechBy Galen Moore A former Citrix Systems Inc. executive is behind a startup,
backed by a Cambridge venture capital firm, that made its public debut thisweek, coming out of two years of stealthily developing analytics softwarefor helping companies move …(more)
Express ComputerCloud computing and virtualization is his answer to them. Traditionaldistributed computing models require individual management for hundreds orthousands of desktops across the enterprise. The support burden furtherincreases with the size of the …(more)
CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN Cloud computing changes the game for VARs and
solution providers, and to gain an edge in the increasingly competitivecloud channel, solution providers are adopting some of the traits inherentto ISVs, heralding a tectonic shift …(more)
SYS-CON Media (press release)Contrary to its supposed open source belief system, Google is rationingHoneycomb, the tablet-optimized version of Android, ostensibly to keep itout of the hands of people who might customize it. Supposedly the widgetryisn’t ready to be messed with. …(more)
SYS-CON Media (press release)It’s a matter of newfangled centralized cloud computing versus old-linedecentralized network design, the paper said. It separates packet switchingmechanisms from control functions. SDN comes out of six years of researchat Stanford and Berkeley. …(more)
PR Newswire (press release)The arrival of robust off-the-shelf products means telcos no longer need tobuild their own cloud platforms, which could mean the end of Infrastructureas a Service (IaaS) offerings, Chappell says. “IaaS is becoming a commodityservice, and it may even …(more)
TechJournal SouthATLANTA – Toomah, rebranding as HireIQ Solutions, which sellssoftware-as-a-service that helps large call centers and other clients slashhiring costs with automated candidate interviewing, is about to close a newfunding round in a matter of days from …(more)
VatorNewsThe new funds will help Voxel secure its footprint in theInfrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) industry. Founded in 1999 as a Linuxhosting business, Voxel now offers a suite of on-demand hosting services,including a hybrid cloud hosting service that …(more)
Business Wire (press release)The OnDemand 100 recognizes emerging Internet companies disrupting theestablished enterprise and pioneering cloud computing and Software as aService (SaaS) technologies and solutions. PowerReviews was selected forthe OnDemand Top 100 by the AlwaysOn …(more)
MarketWatchThe IPO follows another successful debut a week ago by business softwarecompany Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD) , which offerssoftware-as-a-service to enable customers to train employees. Cornerstone’sstock was down 4% Friday to $18.23, …(more)
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Delivered through Software as a Service (SaaS), Bullhorn is backed by themost compressive roster of cloud-based partner solutions and continues tomeet the evolving business and recruitment needs of thousands of firmsworldwide, including some of the …(more)
(edit) drizzle, mysql, CATALOG, hacking, hosting, multitenancy, … Istarted hacking on Drizzle was that the multi-tenancy options for MySQLjust weren’t …(more)
V3.co.ukNot surprisingly, the survey found that small companies that have alreadyadopted cloud services are using it for email, collaboration, accountingand payroll, applications that are most readily amenable tosoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery. …(more)
CRNThe move to launch a cloud computing channel play comes just after Wayne,Penn.-based SunGard Availability Services, the service provider businesswithin SunGard, launched its SunGard Enterprise Cloud Services, a cloudcomputing services offering that …(more)
By Alex Williams
The talk about OpenStack’s openness should not cloud out what is reallyhappening. And that’s the fact that there is a whole lot of innovationcoming from …(more)