August 2006 Archives

Does the releaseA Tuesday, August 29,A ofA "Google Apps for your Domain" sound the death-knell for Redmond's world domination? That is the question sweeping the industry now that the owner of the world's most-used search engine has released a set... Read More..

Induslogic Inc. is a leading global product development services company and a partner to many emerging software leaders helping them bring great products to market in less time and at less cost. OpSource, the SaaS experts, is solely focused on... Read More..

The SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association) has announced Jeff Kaplan, founder of THINKstrategies, is among the founding members of its SaaS Executive Council. Founding members also include OpSource, IBM, Navisite, WebEx Communications, Keychain Logic, salesforce.com and Intacct. For more... Read More..

Pioneering vendors of SaaS have made their point in defending their model against suppliers of traditional on-premise software, but what will the consequences be? Traditional software vendors, such as SAP, IBM, Oracle and Microsoft are beginning to see the wisdom... Read More..

Amazon offering now Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. Amazon: we can commission one, hundreds or even thousands... Read More..

The Software as a ServiceA Conference (SaaScon) is the only independent business to business event forA business andA IT professionals seeking to dramatically lower capital expenses, produce recurring revenue and streamline product delivery and support through the Software as a... Read More..

Genius.com, Incorporated,A creator of SalesGenius, is the leading on-demand provider of instant customer insight for sales and marketing professionals. SalesGenius instantly delivers individual web visit data directly to those who are responsible for customer engagement: front-line sales and marketing professionals... Read More..

The Axentis Early Access Program Further Demonstrates Benefits of Software-as-a-Service Model by Saving Global 2000 Customers IT Resources and Expenses.A A A Axentis, the leading provider of on-demand governance, risk and compliance (GRC) management solutions, today announced the availability of... Read More..

In less than a decade, the next generation of ASP has arrived. This time, though, it's called Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and government has started noticing. Economic development agencies in Ohio and Virginia, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Social Security... Read More..

I attended a technology industry conference not too long ago and watched a group of executives from software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors patting each other on the back and taking pot shots at their on-premise rivals. More here...... Read More..

Software as a Service (SaaS) is gaining traction in a number of enterprise application areas and making quick believers out of previous skeptics, according to AberdeenGroup. An Aberdeen study of 631 companies conducted from March to July 2006 verifies that... Read More..

via ebizQ:This week we're staying in the Software-as-a-Solution space to focus on Jamcracker, a seminal survivor founded seven years ago as an .asp provider. Last month, Jamcracker released version 2.0 of their Jamcracker Service Delivery Network. JSDN enables solution providers... Read More..

Internet News: The latest MSDN Solution community site from Microsoft is for architects and designers interested in software-as-a-service (SaaS)A development issues. The community site is a little light on content at the moment but will expand with more articles on... Read More..

Via E-Commerce Times : More companies are viewing the Software as a Service model as a viable delivery option for functions beyond CRM -- the area in which it has probably developed the greatest traction -- according to a new... Read More..

ViaA PRNewswire: Software as a Service (SaaS) is gaining traction in a number of enterprise application areas and making quick believers out of previous skeptics, according to new Aberdeen research. Also known as on-demand or hosted applications, SaaS is changing... Read More..

ebizQ First Look Podcast: Today First Look takes a foray into the Saas, or Software-as-a-Service Market, to look at Unleash Inc.as project management software that could revolutionize how people at institutions, municipalities and corporations engage in enterprise planning. More here... Read More..

Computer World: Sybase is regaining ground in the database market. Propelled by last summer's launch of Version 15 of Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), Sybase's database license revenue for the second quarter grew 22 percent over the prior year -- the... Read More..

Via ebizQ.net WebApps, Inc.,A a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), with a major push in Time and Labor Management, has begun to expand its product offerings outside the Human Resources field. This expansion is driven by the flexibility in software architecture.... Read More..

Logicworks, a SAS 70 Type II certified managed hosting provider based in New York, is hosting a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) seminar on Thursday, August 17, 8:00 to 11:00 AM, for the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP).A Held at Microsoft... Read More..

Via ComputerWorld: Don Dodge has a great post on his blog about the economics of SaaS based on a Mass Technology Leadership Council session this past spring. He points out that the startup costs for a SaaS companjy are nearly... Read More..

Via ComputerWorld:Symantec Asia Pacific vice president David Sykes has confirmed Symantec will move to offering software on a subscription based service with new enterprise "buying" plans expected to be ironed out within the next 12 months. The vendor will use... Read More..