Via Datamation: While more industries are taking to the software-as-a-service model, experts warn that offloading your applications does not mean offloading responsibility. aItas important to understand that even if you go with a hosted service, you still have to manage the quality of that application,a says Irwin Lazar, analyst with Nemertes Research.In the SaaS model, applications are hosted by providers over the Internet and companies are charged for usage rather than ownership. Lazar says the benefit of this approach is that IT groups do not have to spend limited budgets to buy and operate complex infrastructure. More here

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Axentis, providers of the industryas most comprehensive and widely deployed governance, risk and compliance (GRC) management solution, announced today that Robert Hoyt, CEO, will share his Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) insight during the Bank of Americaas Private Software Company Panel Day on June 26. Invited to participate on a panel debating related technologies, he will discuss how the SaaS model can drastically improve an organizationas efficiencies by ensuring continuity across the enterprise, as well as with vendors and customers.

Mr. Hoyt draws on more than 15 years of enterprise software experience coupled with his steady contribution to establishing Axentisas SaaS-based business model. Today, the companyas flexible and reliable approach to GRC management is the chosen solution by more than 775,000 users faced with increasing regulatory requirements.A A More here

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Via Techworld: Business Objects is to offer its entire range of products via on-demand subscriptions, according to a company executive. In the coming months, the maker of business intelligence software plans to put its complete product line online, including its EPM (enterprise performance management) offering, said senior vice president and Chief Marketing Officer Marge Breya. The company will continue selling its traditionally licensed products as well. SaaS (software as a service) products are becoming increasingly popular among customers who seek quick and easy deployments, cost savings and greater flexibility to serve an increasingly mobile workforce, according to Breya. At a user event in Berlin, Business Objects announced the beta test of its new Information OnDemand offering, which makes external market information available to users of the company's business analytics software More here

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SuccessFactors, the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced that Glynn Capital Management has rolled out SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management Suite to all 10 of its company employees.

While most SaaS vendors are solely focused on large deployments to massive enterprises, the Glynn Capital announcement demonstrates the value that SuccessFactorsa on-demand software delivers to companies of all sizes across dozens of industries and underscores SuccessFactorsa commitment to offering small businesses the same valuable software support and enterprise level functionality as large enterprises such as SuccessFactors customers Wachovia, Kimberly-Clark and MasterCard Worldwide. The announcement comes on the heels of SuccessFactorsa April 18th announcement of one of the largest enterprise SaaS deployments ever made public a an 85,000-seat deployment at Wachovia, the fourth-largest bank holding company in the U.S. More here

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