http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/ SaaS Week discusses market trends and roundups of Software as a Service (SaaS) industry news, along with social networking, collaboration, and other neat enterprise Web 2.0 technologies. SaaS Week also offers Q&As with interesting Web 2.0 and SaaS vendors. en Copyright 2008 Mon, 12 May 2008 04:13:56 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In an IT Business Edge blog, Ann All talks about the challenges SAP is facing in developing its long planned SaaS offering Business ByDesign. In the article, Alll speculates that the reason behind SAP's delays with Business ByDesign are that... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/05/is_sap_having_trouble_scaling/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/05/is_sap_having_trouble_scaling/ Mon, 12 May 2008 04:13:56 -0500 It's Monday but I'm sure the biggest news this week is likely to be Microsoft's abandonment of its bid to buy Yahoo, a move widely believed to have been an attempt by Microsoft to enter new Web and Enterprise 2.0... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/05/microsoft_abandons_bid_to_buy/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/05/microsoft_abandons_bid_to_buy/ Mon, 05 May 2008 16:04:18 -0500 When companies are developing SaaS applications, billing is a very important consideration but sometimes ends up as an afterthought, says Ed Sullivan, CEO of Aria Systems. Ed joined me for a talk about things to keep in mind on the... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/the_dos_and_donts_of_saas_bill/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/the_dos_and_donts_of_saas_bill/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:26:06 -0500 Once thought to be the realm of SMBs, SaaS is increasingly becoming more prevalent in the enterprise. CIO Australia has a good article about this today that profiles the rise of SaaS in larger companies. The article quotes Capgemini's head... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/larger_companies_choosing_saas/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/larger_companies_choosing_saas/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:45:50 -0500 The news of the day is Microsoft's launch of its Live Mesh synchronization offering, a key part of its Software Plus Services initiative. The IT media is abuzz with stories about Live Mesh and what it brings to the field.... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/all_about_microsoft_live_mesh/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/all_about_microsoft_live_mesh/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:44:06 -0500 Intelligent Enterprise has posted a review of Microsoft's SQL Server Data Services. Rajan Chandras calls the offering a late but promising entry into the field for the mid-market, predicting that the offering might help businesses attempting to enter cloud computing... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/microsofts_databaseasaservice/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/microsofts_databaseasaservice/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:31:19 -0500 An article by Glenn Derene at Popular Mechanics questions whether social networking sites might ultimately "kill" search. In the article, Derene refers to a venture capitalist who has predicted that Web 2.0 will ultimately be the main way that people... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/could_social_networking_replac/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/could_social_networking_replac/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:35:54 -0500 Matthew Broersma at TechWorld has written an interesting article about potential security vulnerabilities in Google Apps, particularly in Google Spreadsheets. According to work done by researcher Billy Rios, a security flaw (now fixed) was present in Google Spreadsheets that left... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/google_apps_vulnerable_to_sess/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/google_apps_vulnerable_to_sess/ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:38:30 -0500 The differentiation between true SaaS and hosted traditional software has been the subject of much debate, and recently I was joined by Paul Giurata of Catalyst Resources for an interesting discussion about the matter, plus tips that companies can keep... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/podcast_the_right_and_wrong_wa/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/podcast_the_right_and_wrong_wa/ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:53:14 -0500 The big news of the day has been the expansion of a partnership between Salesforce.com and Google, in which Salesforce will offer Google Apps on its cloud computing infrastructure, integrating the functionality with Salesforce's CRM services. Some industry analysts are... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/what_people_are_saying_about_s/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/what_people_are_saying_about_s/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:19:34 -0500 With the recent big announcement of the preview of Google App Engine, a further addition to the cloud computing field that is sure to make an impact of some sort, a minor scandal has erupted today in the media: A... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/google_accused_of_pirating_hud/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/google_accused_of_pirating_hud/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:51:01 -0500 The big SaaS and Web 2.0 news of the day seems to be the Google App Engine. In a press release yesterday, Google announced a preview release of the app engine, a tool that allows developers to deploy code on... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/the_skinny_on_googles_app_engi/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/the_skinny_on_googles_app_engi/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:03:16 -0500 Various SaaS vendors have been predicting that SaaS adoption would increase in harsher economic times. According to a new IDC report, that seems to be becoming reality in Europe. The researchers found that 37% of IT leaders planned to invest... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/european_businesses_adopting_s/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/european_businesses_adopting_s/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0500 An advertising firm called Modernista! is getting a lot of attention for its new so-called website. The firm apparently dismantled its own website in favor of a floating menu bar that superimposes its logo and a small clickable menu over... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/the_hoopla_over_the_modernista/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/the_hoopla_over_the_modernista/ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:48:40 -0500 I read an interesting comment in CNET today that gave me a flashback to the early days of my life as a technology editor back in the throes of the late 1990s dotcom boom. I remember watching the headlines with... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/does_web_20_need_a_reality_che/ http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/04/does_web_20_need_a_reality_che/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:16:04 -0500