Via cbronline.com: Software-as-a-Service is tipped to be one of the biggest trends to hit the technology sector in 2007, but its rise is being met with mixed emotions in the IT services community.

On the one hand, co-location companies, managed services providers, systems integrators, and consultants all sense an opportunity to help the independent software vendors build the data center and hosting infrastructure they need to deliver their applications through a web-based services model, as well as advize them on their pricing, billing, and go-to-market strategies.

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At Ajaxworld Expo ThinkFreeas CEO, previewed a new version of Write, the companyas version of Microsoft Word. ThinkFree Write will feature a new, high performance, advanced Ajax-based aQuick Edita feature that succeeds where other Ajax-driven online word processors breakdown.

The company initially integrated Quick Edit into its applications last year in response to customer feedback suggesting a preference to operate in one of two modes: either to make some simple changes/additions and to interact with a rich formatted document offering most of the functions available in Microsoft Office when needed.

The first version of aQuick Edita Write met the initial needs of users while maintaining a high level of Microsoft Office compatbility. The other version was packaged as aPower Edita and developed with Java in order to deliver on formatting and functionality, which is capable of more complex operations and performance over AJAX counterparts. The Java version looks and works like Microsoft Office.

The new aQuick Edita mode of write goes far beyond the other Ajax capabilities currently on the market. The new Ajax architecture will be available in April and can handle files that contain hundreds of pages at any file size.

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Softscape, today announced the latest version of its flagship Softscape Apexac Human Capital Management (HCM) platform. This release expands Softscapeas integrated human resources system with advanced talent management functions, manager effectiveness content, a compelling new user experience, and additional customer and user configuration capabilities. Now organizations of all sizes can choose a flexible HCM Software as a Service (SaaS) offering with complete configuration control of their business processes to ensure employees and managers are more successful on the job.More here

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Opsource today announced Optimal On-Demand 2.0, which introduces a revolutionary shift in the way software-as-a-service (SaaS) and Web companies develop and deploy applications. Optimal On-Demand eliminates the need for these companies to invest in the infrastructure and services necessary to deliver their solutions. Now, with today's announcement, Optimal On-Demand further eliminates the need to invest time and resources in building non-core functionality into SaaS and Web applications. Companies can now focus their efforts on building the best possible solutions while utilizing a growing list of mission-critical but non-strategic application components provided by OpSource and its partners. The first of these components, also announced today, include Optimal
Insight, Optimal Billing and Optimal Research. Essentially, OpSource has re-invented SaaS delivery.

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer concluded the company's Convergence 2007 conference on Wednesday with a demo of the upcoming Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live service, the first release of the company's Dynamics software as a service.

The Microsoft Dynamics Live CRM, code-named Titan, uses the same multitenant code base to deliver both on-premise software and software as a service (SaaS) (define) deployments. Multitenancy also allows the application to serve multiple customers at the same time, in different configurations for each customer, while protecting individual customers' data from unauthorized access.

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Cisco and WebEx today announced a definitive agreement for Cisco to acquire WebEx. WebEx is a market leader in on-demand collaboration applications, and its network-based solution for delivering business-to-business collaboration extends Cisco's vision for Unified Communications, particularly within the Small to Medium Business (SMB) segment. More here.

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GravityZoo announces the Beta1 release of the GravityZoo Framework. This represents a major step in the convergence of Software as a Service (SaaS), SOA and Web 2.0. GravityZooas newly developed technology allows for the delivery of all applications as a service at anytime anyplace and across anydevice in a distributed networked computing environment. Click hereA for more information.

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Via Column2 :I had the chance last week for a chat with Ken Rudin and Alex Moissis of LucidEra, and a preview of theirA SaaS business intelligence offering aimed at the SMB marketplace that is being released in general availability today. Rudin, LucidEra's CEO, was previously with Salesforce.com, Oracle and Siebel CRM OnDemand, so you have to assume that he knows something about both BI and SaaS; Moissis, VP of Marketing, had a long run at Business ObjectsA in product marketing and product strategy.

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