General: May 2006 Archives

Via SDExec: Jim Nasmith, the CIO of a Fortune 500 company, called a meeting with his VP of Procurement, Steve Hightower, regarding purchasing a new software package. The software vendor had given them several purchasing options labeled "Software as a... Read More..

Via Yahoo/Infoword Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff unveiled plans to transform his company into the iTunes of the business application world and laid the groundwork for AppExchange OEM Edition, the companyas newest service. Using his companyas first-ever Appforce conference, Benioff spoke... Read More..

From David Linthicum's Channel: I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who is looking to connect their existing enterprise accounting system to an ERP service provider, an SaaS. They are using a consulting organization who told... Read More..

Via Computer World Vedior North America isn't just dabbling with software delivered as a service. It's betting the farm on the model. The $US1 billion company is in the process of implementing Bullhorn's hosted staffing and recruiting software across its... Read More..

USinternetworking, Inc., (USi) Founded in 1998 , USi is the most experienced enterprise Application Service Provider (ASP) on the market, specializing in managed enterprise and eBusiness solutions and on-demand services for Fortune 1000 companies. USi delivers application outsourcing, remote management,... Read More..

Via Enterprise Systems : At its annual customer confab this week, Informatica Corp. announced an ambitious foray into software-as-a-service (SaaS) data integration, touting a a�strategic partnershipa� with salesforce.com, upcoming connectivity into salesforce.com CRM applications, and by early next year, a... Read More..

Via CRN : In a merger ofA CRM software-as-a-service players , RightNow Technologies said Monday that it is buying Salesnet. Both RightNow, of Bozeman, Mont. and Salesnet offer CRM and SFA solutions on a pay-as-you-go service model. The buy brings... Read More..

In the March issue of Redmond Channel Partner, Rich Freeman's cover story took a comprehensive look at Software as a Service. The gist was that Microsoft is moving rapidly toward this new Internet-based delivery model, and, as a partner, you... Read More..

"Outsourcing" is a word loved by some and hated by others. Frustration is understandable, as many manufacturing roles, call center services, and openings in almost every industry have been shifted to other specialist organizations inside and outside the country. But... Read More..

Via ITWales.com Software giant Microsoft is to focus on providing more software-as-a-service (SaaS) for firms, chief executive Steve Ballmer has said. He reiterated the firm's drive to place SaaS at the focus of its commercial software business, using its Windows... Read More..

SaaS is one of those buzzwords that have changed over the years. First, we called them application service providers (ASP), then just service providers, and now software as a service (SaaS). I think there is an unwritten rule that you... Read More..

Managing business processes should be easy; so why are so many organisations not in control? We all know it is just a matter of: Defining the processes related to a particular task (account opening, expense claiming, order processing...) When a... Read More..

Extract from SaaS Players Jostle For Position SaaS in The Enterprise And it's value that more enterprise-level companies are recognizing.Jeff Kaplan, principal analyst with THINKStrategies, based in Boston, said that SaaS vendors are winning contracts with "large brand-name companies." "SaaS... Read More..

KnowWare(TM), the first and only business management solution that gives companies all they need to know -- anytime, anywhere -- today announced at the World Congress of Information Technology (WCIT) the growth of two Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and data... Read More..

Although it gained little industry attention, Microsoft demonstrated its chutzpah on May 1 by unveiling a platform and set of "tools and best practices" to enable other independent software vendors (ISVs) and hosting companies to jump onto the SaaS bandwagon.... Read More..