- Talking, Turn-by-Turn Driving Directions Come to the iPhone
Technologizer - Daly City,CA,USADevices of that sort already exist, and TomTom plans to sell one as anoption for its software. AT&T being AT&T, it’s selling Navigator as aservice, …(more)
- Categorizing the SaaS Vendors
ZDNet Blogs - USAIntroducing capabilities like multi-tenancy are just too hard for them toaccommodate. Additionally, they spent too much money on their SOAmarketectures …(more)
- Zoho Bypasses Microsoft Office With SharePoint Integration
Microsoft Certified Professional - USAbased software-as-a-service provider Zoho. Zoho’s solution providesOffice-like applications via the Internet cloud, with applicationprogramming interface …(more)
- ‘Cloud computing help reduce costs’
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,IndiaCloud computing is less pure technology and more about how companies canharness a powerful technology to cut costs and lift efficiency. …(more)
- Oracle’s Next Conquest: The Cloud
Motley Fool - USAHe just wasn’t interested in software-as-a-service or cloud computing atthe time. Oracle’s business was fine without it. What’s changed? Money. …(more)
- Global Multi-tenant Service Provider Clouds
Ulitzer.com - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA… leveraging the elasticity and multi-tenancy that a cloud infrastructureoffers. We’ll be hearing more about the notion of a Virtual PrivateInter-Cloud. …(more)
- Mobile, cloud computing technologies collide
EDL Consulting - Northbrook,IL,USAOne company that specializes in the increasingly popular cloud computingspace is recognizing and adopting another hot tech area - mobile devicesand …(more)
- MindXchange Joins Consonus Partner Program to Provide Secure Email …
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USAFounded in 2009, MindXchange is a national provider of on-demand Softwareas a Service (SaaS), hybrid and on-premise messaging and collaborationsolutions. …(more)
- Joyent - Yes Virginia, There Is A Hybrid Cloud #cloudcomputing …
By John Treadway
Smart - this is their Javascript-based platform-as-a-service (PaaS)offering from Joyent’s acquisition of Reasonably Smart (where James andBryan hail from). The value of Smart to Joyent is as a feature of theirstack, …(more)
- Oracle’s Ellison Rethinks Clouds as Economy Tumbles
By Feeds
The Journal quotes comments made on Oracle’s earnings call yesterday, whenEllison was asked by analysts if the software company would embrace cloudcomputing. First off, software as a service isn’t cloud computing, butperhaps I’m …(more)
- Oracle profit beats analyst expectations | SevenPillers
By arun
Oracle has reported quarterly earnings above expectations as thenumber-three software maker’s profit margin hit a record, thanks to robustgrowth in its maintenance business, sending shares up 2.7 percent. Thecompany run by billionaire Larry Ellison also … Although Ellison onlybriefly described the offering in the company’s earnings conference call,his comments suggest that Oracle will soon have the widest range ofprograms delivered over the web as a service. …(more)
- Bank of the West Increases Document Management and Storage …
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USATreeno Software, a proven leader in enterprise content management (ECM),today announced that Bank of the West, San Francisco, has increasedemployee …(more)
- Odojo Launches Social Networking Backup Service For Public Companies
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA… the Odojo Archiving Service requires no customer IT departmentinvolvement and operates as a Software as a Service (SaaS) browser basedapplication. …(more)
- IT managers ’should not believe the cloud computing hype’
ashdowngroup.com - London,UKIT managers should assess how cloud computing can meet specific needsrather than just believing the hype about the technology, according to anew report. …(more)
- ‘Cloud computing help reduce costs’
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India… Dr Mukherjee has given enthusiasts a rare peek into the cerebral realmof cloud computing in his new book, Business Information Systems. …(more)
- PEER 1 Launches CloudXcelerator(TM) Program
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,CanadaSaaSGrid provides out of the box multitenancy, the application billingsystem, provisioning system, full application lifecycle management systemand much …(more)
- Can SaaS help during hurricane season?
EDL Consulting - Northbrook,IL,USASaaS providers offer a range of hosted data storage and backup plans forbusinesses of all sizes. Some customers say that the pricing optionsavailable on …(more)
- PEER 1 Launches CloudXcelerator(TM) Program
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USAApprenda, the creators of SaaSGrid, a powerful Cloud Application Server forrapidly building and commercializing Software as a Service (SaaS)applications, …(more)
- SuccessFactors Vice President of Asia-Pacific Engineering to …
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USAThe SuccessFactors SaaS presentation, is hot off the heels from the groundbreaking SuccessFactors SaaS win in Germany earlier this month. …(more)
- Simplifying the Term ‘Cloud Computing’
Datamation - Darien,CT,USAI wondered whether the foggy image it invokes would backfire and set backthe rapid growth of web-based, on-demand services such asSoftware-as-a-Service …(more)
- Platform Computing Announces Private Cloud Management Software
Securities Industry News (subscription) - New York,NY,USASeizing on the buzz around cloud computing, Ontario-based PlatformComputing Inc. has announced a new software product for managing privatecloud …(more)
- Possibilities for CPA Firm Leaders: IS CLOUD HOSTING, OR SaaS …
By Rita Keller
IS CLOUD HOSTING, OR SaaS RIGHT FOR YOUR FIRM? I’m hearing it everywhere Igo and I’m reading about it in almost all CPA publications. I’m alsoresearching and investigating it, personally, for my own knowledge andunderstanding and to …(more)
- SpeedTax Named to CPA Magazine’s 2009 Top 50 Practitioner Products
MarketWatch - USAThe timing is excellent for a high-caliber, end-to-end SaaS sales taxservice like SpeedTax.” “As a long-time, avid reader of CPA Magazine, I wasthoroughly …(more)
- PEER 1 Launches CloudXcelerator Program
Web Host Industry Review - USAThe application includes out of the box multitenancy, the applicationbilling system, provisioning system, and a full application lifecyclemanagement …(more)
- objectsonclouds: New Open Source Project for Cloud Computing
International Business Times (press release) - USAThe restful-based Web Services API is built-in for fully connected cloudcomputing with both the platform-native desktop clients and AJAX/webclients. …(more)
- LotusLive Connections Unveiled, Wins Award at Enterprise 2.0 …
CMSWire - San Francisco,CA,USALotusLive Connections was voted The Enterprise 2.0 Cloud ComputingTechnology Buyers’ Choice Award at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference beatingout EMC, …(more)
- PEER 1 Launches CloudXcelerator(TM) Program, Apprenda joins PEER 1 …
By admin
Apprenda, the creators of SaaSGrid, a powerful Cloud Application Server forrapidly building and commercializing Software as a Service (SaaS)applications, joins PEER 1 as its first CloudXcelerator partner. …(more)
- Digital Walkabout: Never say “never”
By charltonb
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is rethinking his earlier disdain for software asa service and all things cloud, according to a report today in The WallStreet Journal. Maybe a dismal economy and a drop in Oracle sales areforcing him to …(more)
- Michael Sampson: Currents: News Updates (June 25, 2009)
By Michael Sampson
nGenera Collaborative Enterprise Platform … nGenera releases version 3.0of its collaboration platform, which come with strategy and implementationservices. “The nGenera Collaboration Platform 3.0, a fully-featuredcloud-based platform that … “LotusLive Connections is the newest additionto the LotusLive Software-as-a-Service application suite that IBM debutedat its Lotusphere conference in January. That line already includesLotusLive Engage, a collection of online …(more)
- Allscripts to Announce Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results …
By Barry
… that new order intake for its clinical solutions during the threemonths ended May 31, 2009, was approximately $103 million ($27 million ofwhich, or 26%, will be delivered as Software as a Service), which comparesto $82 million . …(more)
- links for 2009-06-25 | burningCat
By Rick
At the Enterprise 2.0 conference today in Boston, IBM Corp. announcedLotusLive Connections, adding the Lotus Connections layer of socialnetworking tools to its LotusLive software-as-a-service offering. … Whatis an application platform? Why is it important? And how should we thinkabout application platforms in a world of cloud computing? In this session,David Chappell looks at all of these topics, providing a general model forboth on-premises and cloud platforms. …(more)
- Community Multitenancy from ISV point of view General Development …
My question is how is the multitenancy achieved among multiple customers ofthe ISV from data protection applicationworkflow rules customization anduser …(more)
- CODA and Corefino Partner on Breakthrough Cloud Computing …
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USAThe new three-part accounting service, called Corefino 2go, combines theCODA 2go accounting package, built on the Force.com cloud computingplatform, …(more)
- Heartland Launches SaaS for Career College Management
Campus Technology - Chatsworth,CA,USABy Dian Schaffhauser Heartland Payment Systems has launched a new service
that handles financial, admissions, and education management, as well asfinancial …(more)
- Structure 09: Web Apps Pick and Choose the Best of the Cloud
GigaOm - San Francisco,CA,USAThen Lindenbaum can harness multitenancy to continuously learn and …Architect with multitenancy in mind so customers feel their service iscustomized. …(more)
- IBM introduces package of cloud-computing services
Business Mirror - PhilippinesIBM and rivals, including Amazon.com Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc., havetouted cloud computing as a way for businesses to save money as they fightoff the …(more)
- Cloud computing for SMEs? Don’t make laugh…
ZDNet UK - UKStorage in the cloud. Has a nice cosy feel to it doesn’t it? And it couldsave you money, they say. But is it real? If you’re a small business, …(more)
- IBM Claims Privacy Breakthrough for Cloud, Data
InternetNews.com - New York,NY,USAThat could be big news for cloud computing, for antispam solutions, and forhealth care providers, according to an IBM (NYSE: IBM) statement — if itworks. …(more)
- SPS Commerce Named To Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 For …
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USASaaS solutions like SPSCommerce.net are helping the retail supply chain toeliminate costs while improving their connections and visibility withtrading …(more)
- Gartner identifies ideal attributes of cloud computing
eChannelLine - North York,Ontario,CanadaBy Chris Talbot Cloud computing is moving into mainstream adoption, and
Gartner has identified its five attributes, which can be used to see howstrongly a …(more)
- LucidEra BI Provider inetsoft Offers Free Migration Services to …
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USAinetsoft has been providing on-premise business intelligence software since1996 and launched its saas BI service for salesforce.com customers in 2008….(more)
- HP Introduces Cloud Consulting Services for Enterprise IT …
ebizQ - New Rochelle,NY,USA… HP Application Security Center, HP Performance Center and HP BusinessAvailability Center, and is delivered to customers via HP Software as aService. …(more)
- Cloud Is Internet’s Next Generation, HP Executive Says
PC World - USACloud computing will allow people to bring technology to bear in the realactivities that drive business and personal life, which are collaborationand …(more)
- SaaS, Not Shopping, Is Focus of Symantec’s New CEO
PC World - USAAnd Salem sees software-as-a-service (SaaS) playing a much larger role inthe next few years as the company builds on its US$700 million acquisitionof …(more)