This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.

• SaaS Provider Oco Unveils Customer, Sales Analytics

Intelligent EnterpriseOco’s latest SaaS offering can grab actual revenue and cost from anenterprise resource planning system, forecast pipeline revenue from acustomer …(more)

• SAAS Test Management: Economical Way To Use Testing Solutions by …

SAAS Test Management: Economical Way To Use Testing Solutions SAAS is anabbreviation for Software as a Service. It is a software licensing modelwhich allows the user to use an application on demand. The application mayeither be downloaded by … 4) Since SAAS is a multitenancy platform, itoffers vendors to provide comprehensive and indefinite scalability andcustomisation capability. 5) SAAS solutions offer seamless integration andcollaboration amongst complementary …(more)

• Ingres CEO’s Advice about Enterprise Software Makes No Sense …

By webadmin@itbusinessedge.com
Isn’t open source software licensed? No, sorry, wait a minute. Hisalternative is not open source, it’s software-as-a-service (SaaS). So whichis it? And don’t IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sybase and SAP all offer both opensource terms and …(more)

• iTWire – Unisys floats its cloud ambitions

… iTWire could be achieved in 6-8 weeks if needed. Services initiallyavailable from the Unisys cloud include infrastructure as a service,platform as a service, disaster recovery as a service and a range ofsoftware as a service. …(more)

• Paypal X and the 2 Million Dollar Launch Party.

By Arjen Schat
Paypal wants to push e-commerce to new heights by providing an easy to use,all purpose, money transaction platform. To give a perspective of themassive opportunity they have. Retail is the corner stone of today’se-commerce. … As a service you also have the option to implement your ownmicro fee for p2p transactions that involve your service, which opens upwhole new revenue streams for social finance startups that offer usefulservices that solve common headaches …(more)

• Cloud computing, virtualization proponents getting antsy

San Francisco Chronicle(11-06) 09:59 PST — While many organizations have only begun down thecloud computing and virtualization roads in the past few years, some in theindustry …(more)

• Telecom company moves headquarters to Haverhill: Homisco to add a dozen jobs

TMC NetHomisco is a global provider of software solutions, system integration andSoftware as a Service (SaaS) for markets that include education, financial,…(more)

• InformationWeek Analytics Research: Federated Search

InformationWeekThe first step is to ensure you have a good map of all your data silos:file shares, core database, e-mail, even software as a service and cloudapps. …(more)

• U.S. CIO Kundra bets on SOA, cloud computing, agile, data-based …

US CIO Vivek Kundra, appearing Friday as the keynote speaker at theUniversity of Maryland’s CIO Forum, touched on a number of topics affectingboth public- and private-sector CIOs.(more)

• Thoughts on cloud computing | Blade Watch

IT Pro It will take five to 10 years for cloud computing to becomemainstream, but it is likely enterprises will always stay in hybridenvironments using.(more)

• Every cloud needs a net – Data Center Networks

By kenovak@cisco.com
Naturally every cloud customer wants its own servers and network servicesto be logically isolated from others, consistent with the multi-tenantnature of cloud computing. A customer’s decisions about access security,load management, …(more)

• CIO Priorities: MindTree | Sramana Mitra on Strategy

By narayananraman
Sudhir’s take on cloud computing and SaaS was particularly interesting. Acommon theme across all the organizations (see CIO Priorities: Accenture,and CIO Priorities: Deloitte Consulting) is the focus on collaborativetechnologies, …(more)

• Eucalyptus’ Cloud Platform Hits First Update | Virtualization Journal

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)

This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.

• A Guide To Cisco’s Shopping Basket

ForbesCisco’s 2007 acquisition of software-as-a-service firm Webex puts it incompetition with Microsoft ( MSFT – news – people ) and IBM ( IBM – news -people …(more)

• The top 10 reasons why Nehalem is ideal for the cloud

ZDNetOne of the most exciting uses of this new platform will be as a keybuilding block in cloud computing infrastructure. Whether you’ve boughtinto the hype of …(more)

• Japan’s Kokubo, Australia’s Bright Win in Saas-Fee Halfpipe

First TracksSaas-Fee, Switzerland – The Canadian curse continued, and the Americanriders could only muster a 12th place result as the LG FIS Snowboard WorldCup …(more)

• Google Apps: ISV Partner Program Coming? | The VAR Guy

By Joe Panettieri
As Google continues to build the Google Apps Reseller partner program, thesearch giant is considering another bold SaaS (software as a service) move.Specifically, Google has started brainstorming about a possible partnerprogram for …(more)

• THQ: Emerging online markets are a focus // News

“Our strategy is to migrate established THQ brands into emerging onlinemarkets and to build an online gaming platform capable of supporting ourstrategy of providing software as a service globally,” he said during acall to investors …(more)

• Aide-de-camp TV Instrumentalist Software | Kieran Clarke

Vassal TV Gambler software When video receiver earliest became a householdfiller it also became the convergent bring up in the direction of thewhole. … With Internet satellite small screen, it is in this dayreasonable to watch movies from the whole men without and restrictions as aservice to high-priced content. Whether you like the latest hits or theclassics, whatever keyboard of movies you like, there is every somethingshowing on Internet helper television. …(more)

• RV Service: A View From The Other Side

By Lug_Nut
I had a friend that got laid off from a knitting co. that went to work fora large auto dealer as a service writer. I asked him how he could do thatbecause he had NO knowlage of cars. His reply, just put down what thecustomer says is … As a former service manager, body shop manager,technician, and now a software engineer, I have to agree with thestatements that many service advisors fail to ask the correct questions toget technicians pointed to the real problem. …(more)

• Satellite TV Player Software | Forester

Satellite TV Especially bettor software When tube opening became ahousehold element it also became the focal tip on the intact family.Turning on the telly. … With Internet dependant video receiver, it is inthis day possible to pay attention to movies from the entire men withoutand restrictions as a service to high-priced content. Whether you like thelatest hits or the classics, whatever specimen of movies you like, there isever after something showing on Internet …(more)

• The Streeb-Greebling Diaries: Should Microsoft make a Linux distro?

By Bob Mottram
One of Eric Raymond’s observations, which I think has a lot of truth in it,is that users implicitly recognise that software should to be treated as aservice, because once it’s announced that a given piece of software will nolonger be …(more)

• Cloud Computing Excitement – Infrastructure Diaries -

By markjgrindle
HP Blogs, and links to other HP online communities.(more)

Microsoft Raises Cloud Computing Concerns | Cpu ReviewsBy admin0
Microsoft, during the International Conference of Data Protection andPrivacy in Madrid, released a whitepaper outlining privacy concernsassociated with cloud computing. Shifting to software being hosted onlineas services in the …(more)

• Apps.gov adds PHASE 2 applications to SaaS offerings

EDL ConsultingBusiness software developer PHASE 2 announced Thursday that its SaaSapplications are now available on Apps.gov, an online store for governmentagencies. …(more)

• Stonebranch launches SOA solutions for SaaS and cloud

EDL Consulting”Many of our customers are enhancing their infrastructures through the useof SaaS offerings and other cloud capabilities which require reusableservices …(more)

• VCSonline Reports VPMi SaaS Project Management Software Jumped 30 Percent

in …PR.com (press release)VCSonline reports revenue from SaaS version of VPMi project managementsoftware has grown 30 percent in 2009 on the heals of the new VPMi version4.5 for …(more)

• Microsoft sees Taiwan as key cloud computing development center

DigitimesIt appears that Microsoft is using this same business model to promote itscloud computing initiatives. Microsoft has announced that it is cooperatingwith …(more)

• The Next Big Thing in SaaS and The Cloud: Costs linked to business outcome?

ZDNet UKThe statement Laurent made during his 15 minutes presentation that made mesit up was his assertion that Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendors, …(more)

• SaaS Silos Create New IT Management Challenges – The Connected Web

By support@ebizq.net
Listen to my conversation with Scott Bils, founder and chief marketingofficer of Conformity, a newly launched company that helps enterprisescontrol and manage SaaS and cloud applications. In this podcast, discoverthe management …(more)

• inContact Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

GuruFocus.cominContact Inc. operates as a hosted software as a service company offeringa range of hosted contact handling and performance management softwareservices …(more)

• Bright seals Games place

The AgeAUSTRALIAN snowboarder Torah Bright has qualified for February’s WinterOlympics in Vancouver after winning a World Cup halfpipe event in Saas Fee,…(more)

• Thoughts on Software Development ArcCast Software as a Service in …

ARCastTV Special Michael Stiefel on Software as a Service in the Cloud …series of problems that are independent of a particular software platform Ifocus …(more)

• ePlus Achieves Cisco Master Managed Services Certification

CNNMoney.com (press release)”Organizations are under significant pressure to reduce costs whileimproving the delivery of technology as a service to their business,” saidMartin …(more)

• Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Navy CIO Discusses Cloud Computing

By kevin.jackson@dataline.com (Kevin L. Jackson)
During this week’s Federal Executive Forum taping, Navy CIO Robert Careydiscussed his views on cloud computing. Stating that the NGEN and CANES(Navy Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services) programs willboth leverage …(more)

• Navy CIO Sees Future in Cloud Computing : Information Security …

By anthonymfreed@gmail.com (Information Security…
By Kevin L. Jackson, Vice President at Dataline During this week’s Federal
Executive Forum taping, Navy CIO Robert Carey discussed his views on cloudcomputing. Stating that the NGEN and CANES (Navy Consolidated AfloatNetworks and …(more)

• How Cloud Computing is Driving the Next Wave of Productivity | The …

By Lew Moorman
Tech enthusiasts, executives and investors are always looking for the nextbig, disruptive technology, and they appear to have found it in cloudcomputing. The movement of IT hardware and software out of offices andfactories and onto …(more)

• Will Microsoft become the General Motors of software?

CNNMoney.comCloud computing, in which software and other applications are housed in acentral location and delivered over networks to end users, could lead to ashift …(more)

• Thomson Partners with SIMtone to Provide Operators with Seamless Mobile

Home …WELT ONLINEThomson is undertaking development of solutions that use SIMtone’sUniversal Cloud Computing Platform to offer operators and service providerswith a broad …(more)

• CTI Group Attends Cisco Collaboration Partner Summit With IVT …

istockAnalyst.com (press release) – Salem,OR,USASmartRecord’s(R) active recording technology, multi tenancy and deviceagnostic playback capabilities are the characteristics that makeSmartRecord(R) an …(more)

• The race for the Australian cloud

Ovum – London,England,UKMelbourne IT is one of the first off the block with a genuine pay-as-you-goinfrastructure service, recently launching its beta vCloud Express servicebased …(more)

• NI Technology Identifies Investment Opportunities in Cloud Computing

CNNMoney.com (press release)To take advantage of this offer, please visit the following link: — Howdoes “cloud computing,” now the domain of companies like Google, have itsroots in …(more)

• Software-as-a-service products ‘can easily be enhanced’

Maintenance is the area where software-as-a-service products really standout, an expert has said.(more)

• ArcticEvening Stockholm On November 18th

By Miikka Kukkosuo
Amiando is the worldwide software-as-a-service platform for eventmanagement and ticketing. Thei platform serves over 70.000 events worldwidewith innovative products like amiando Eventsites, amiando ViralTickets,amiando EasyEntry or …(more)

• VatorNews – IBM introduces cloud platform for developers

By Ronny Kerr
With compute and storage as a service environments, IBM hopes to create acomplete and unified platform for development in the cloud. Included in theplatform is a set of services called IBM Rational Software DeliveryServices for Cloud …(more)

• PC World Philippines :: News and Trends :: IP Converge partners …

By Luis
Convoy FMS is a Web-based, user-friendly GPS fleet management systemdeveloped by Lazer Technology Solutions that uses Google Maps as aplatform. Convoy FMS delivers detailed information on a vehicle’sactivities to a laptop or Web-enabled … IPC is also one of thePhilippines’ leading business solutions and services providers, promotingSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS). Geodata Systems Technologies, Inc. is aninformation technology company focused on Geographic Information …(more)

• Microsoft’s weak cloud privacy position

CNET Newsby Dave Rosenberg Microsoft released on Thursday a new position paper,”Privacy in the Cloud Computing Era: A Microsoft Perspective,” thatincludes …(more)

• Major players form cloud coalition, challenge traditional hardware vendors

SearchCloudComputing.comApparently directed at providing assistance to the country’s electronicfirms in developing cloud computing products and services, its valueremains to be …(more)

• saas Project Management Service Integrates Zoho Docs

CMSWireElementool offers a range of saas-based project management tools, from timeand issue tracking to help desk and development file sharing. …(more)

• IBM Woos Developers With Cloud Offerings

Channel InsiderDevelopers and partners can log on to this public cloud to accesscustomizable virtual machines along with compute- and storage-as-a-serviceresources. …(more)

• JDA and i2 Technologies: The Wedding is Back On!

Logistics ViewpointsUnder the leadership of CEO Jack Wilson, i2 went back to being a softwarecompany, with a renewed focus on developing innovative software solutions….(more)

• Investment Opportunities in Cloud Computing | Cloud Computing Journal

Liz is Associate Online Editor at Ulitzer.com, where she covers news ontechnologies including Cloud Computing, Virtualization, AJAX, Rich InternetApplications, SOA, and WOA. You can forward your press releases by email…(more)

• The Sky is Not Falling! Cloud Computing Explained

By Gary Woodill
There are many forms of cloud computing. My colleague, the always lucidJanet Clarey, explains cloud computing and solutions based on this model ina lengthy post on her blog. She includes definitions, diagrams andexamples, …(more)

• Microsoft wants cloud computing research centre in Taiwan …

The plan will spearhead software giant, Microsoft’s push into the region’sbudding cloud computing industry and also help local electronics firmsdevelop devices and services related to “cloud computing”. The centre willbe established …(more)

• Computerworld Philippines :: Education Networks Today’s News …

By JM Tuazon
FRAMINGHAM – Is cloud computing inevitable? Maybe, but IT still has a lotof questions to ask before floating away on its promises, according toMelissa Woo, director of cyberinfrastructure and network and operationsservices at the …(more)

• Alila Cha-Am – [pushpullbar]2

By saas
saas is on a distinguished road. Becoming one with nature The constructionof Alila Cha-Am took three years to complete and was inaugurated inFebruary 2008. Its conceptual design fully embodies the architect’scontradictory approach to …(more)

• The state of the industry

SC Magazine USI see cloud computing significantly changing the security industry. The ITsecurity professional’s role will migrate from day-to-day operations tomore of a …(more)

• Hosted Solutions attracting cloud computing customers

News & ObserverData center company Hosted Solutions’ new cloud computing service isattracting business from new and existing customers such as a regionaldepartment store …(more)

• ibm’s ‘enterprise Facebook’ is a hit

NetworkWorld.comIBM Corp. has embarked on an 18-city tour across North America to promoteLotus and lotuslive, a suite of software-as-a-service (saas) versions ofthe Lotus …(more)