General: August 2006 Archives

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..

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..

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..