<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest News from SaaS DEVELOPER&apos;S JOURNAL</title><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/</link><description>Latest News from SaaS DEVELOPER&apos;S JOURNAL</description><copyright>Copyright 2008 SYS-CON Media Inc.</copyright><generator>SaaS DEVELOPER&apos;S JOURNAL</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:53:00 EST</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest News from SaaS DEVELOPER&apos;S JOURNAL</title><url></url><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>MokaFive Bolsters Management Team to Meet Demand for Desktop Virtualization Solution</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/557308.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/557308.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/557308_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[MokaFive expanded its management team with new executive appointments. John Whaley, a co-founder of the company, has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer while former Cisco/IronPort executive, Ravi Khatod, joins the company as Vice President of Sales. In addition, MokaFive rounded out its advisory board with the addition of Dale Fuller, a seasoned technology veteran with a strong background in operations and information security.]]></description></item><item><title>SYS-CON Attracts Top Influencers, Thought Leaders, and Enterprise IT Practitioners</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/555555.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/555555.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/555555_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[What do - in no particular order - Microsoft's GM of Virtualization, VMware's CTO, the Founders of JBoss, XenSource and VirtualLogix, the former and current CEOs of Sun, the Presidents of WaveMaker and Embotics, the CTO of Adobe, the executive leader of DataDirect Technologies and the Technology Director of Parallels all have in common? They are just a tiny handful of the tens of dozens of top industry executives and practitioners featured in the world-class online and offline coverage by SYS-CON Media & Events of the fast-moving, interlocking worlds of i-Technology and Enterprise IT. With experts on i-Technology (Internet technologies) and Enterprise IT such as this, there's no shortage of daily examples, but just to give a taster here's...]]></description></item><item><title>Virtualization and Security: Are We Missing the Wood for the Trees?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/558038.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/558038.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 05:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/558038_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Most discussions I've seen around security and virtualization center around subtle threats to the hypervisor layer, and whether its possible to jump from one virtual machine to another. Then there are the circular discussions about whether it's provably more secure to perform AV and intrusion inspection from inside the virtual machine, or have the host perform all the functions.]]></description></item><item><title>Sun CEO: &quot;Sun Continues to Lead the Open Source Innovation Revolution&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/557960.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/557960.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 05:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/557960_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA['The world is moving to open source innovation, and Sun continues to lead that revolution,' said Jonathan Schwartz yesterday, as Sun reported yesterday its Q3 fiscal 2008 results. 'We continue to invest in the future created by open alternatives to proprietary technologies, best exemplified by the acquisition of MySQL,' Schwartz added.]]></description></item><item><title>HCL Technologies Introduces New Breed SaaS Service Delivery Platform</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/555173.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/555173.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/555173_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[HCL Technologies announced the launch of its new SaaS Service Delivery Platform (SDP) AGORA. Service disruption and Web 2.0 have resulted in a sudden outburst of participation by the user and developer communities. This, along with increasing collaboration between independent service providers, communications service providers, application service providers and content service providers have resulted in the service value chain becoming larger.]]></description></item><item><title>EquaTerra&apos;s Governance Workplace Now Available as SaaS Solution</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/555145.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/555145.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/555145_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[EquaTerra announced that its Governance WorkPlace tool, which automates the management of multiple service providers and enables informed decision-making in support of back-office processes in both shared services and outsourced environments, is now available as a hosted, Software as a Service (SaaS) solution.]]></description></item><item><title>Sun Launches Solaris On Demand Program to Enable ISVs to Convert Existing Applications to SaaS Model</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/552303.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/552303.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/552303_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems announced Solaris On Demand, its software as a service (SaaS) program for the independent software vendor (ISV) community. This program provides ISVs with the technology, hosted infrastructure and services needed to offer their software as a service. It is targeted at ISVs with a traditional, on-premise license model who want to offer their existing application on-demand without having to use a multi-tenancy application architecture. To provide the hosting services, Sun is working with several partners such as NaviSite for U.S.-based and European Union companies, AT&T's USi for U.S.-based companies and NTT Europe Online for European Union companies. With the Solaris On Demand program, ISVs can create offerings that meet the application availability, security, scalability and cost requirements of their own customers.]]></description></item><item><title>Zoho Drives SaaS Adoption in China with Baihui Partnership</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/551734.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/551734.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/551734_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Zoho announced it has partnered with Baihui to re-brand and distribute Zoho's online collaborative productivity and business applications to users in China. Baihui's parent company, PC Stars, is one of the largest software online distributors in China with more than 2,400 software resellers across China and more than 1,000 system Integrators.]]></description></item><item><title>Parallels and AXIGEN Announce New Integrated Mail Server Solution for SaaS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/548010.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/548010.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/548010_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[AXIGEN and Parallels announced the launch of a strategic technological partnership, in which the companies will offer an integrated AXIGEN Mail Server and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers solution for Service Providers offering virtualized hosting environments. The new AXIGEN-Parallels Virtuozzo Containers integration presents a high-end, flexible solution that enables Service Providers the ability to offer customized mail server solutions for customers via a SaaS model.]]></description></item><item><title>Gemalto Card Management SaaS is Available for VARs to Resell</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/537719.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/537719.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/537719_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Gemalto and Alternative Technology are allowing small and medium enterprises to achieve the high levels of security in network access and identity management. Alternative Technology will now be offering Gemalto's new on-demand Device Administration Service (DAS) through its network of 3,000 resellers in the United States and Canada. Developed and hosted by Gemalto and supported by Alternative Technology, the subscription-based DAS is a comprehensive online service for issuing and administering authentication devices. Following the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, DAS eliminates the need to purchase a server or software.]]></description></item><item><title>Morph Labs Virtualizes SaaS Infrastructure with Morph AppSpace Subscriptions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/534720.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/534720.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/534720_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Morph Labs announced the availability of a virtual application infrastructure subscription. The service will allow independent software vendors (ISVs) and entrepreneurs to simplify the deployment, delivery, and management of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications while reducing upfront investment costs and speeding time to market.]]></description></item><item><title>Parallels Announces Certification Program for Service Providers Offering SaaS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/529441.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/529441.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/529441_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Parallels announced it is offering service providers an Application Packaging Standard (APS) Certification Service, which is administered by the independent firm Tier 1 Research. The certification recognizes SaaS (software as a service) application providers with either an APS Gold or APS Silver Certification, which designate that service providers offering APS-compliant applications have the highest quality service.]]></description></item><item><title>Akamai Shares Insight Into Global SaaS Transactions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/529404.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/529404.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/529404_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Akamai announced a global increase in the amount of end-user geographies it is serving on behalf of its SaaS clientele. Akamai-accelerated SaaS transactions have grown ten-fold over the past two years, delivering optimized performance and availability of its customers' SaaS offerings to geographically-dispersed users residing in nearly 150 countries.]]></description></item><item><title>Microsoft Broadens its SaaS Push</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/514492.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/514492.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/514492_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Microsoft, if nothing else, has become a problem for Yahoo's $350 million Zimbra acquisition and Google's rudimentary Sites contribution to the advance of software-as-a-service announced last week by throwing open the more sophisticated Exchange Online and SharePoint Online to any business anywhere that wants to use the software as a service.]]></description></item><item><title>SaaS-Based Web Content Management Suppliers on the Rise</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/511141.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/511141.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/511141_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[CMS Watch released research finding that Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) web content management vendors are on the rise in North America. This conclusion stems from the most recent release of The Web CMS Report 2008, in which CMS Watch interviews web content management customers around the globe to evaluate 40 solutions in the marketplace.]]></description></item><item><title>Microsoft Broadens its SaaS Push</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/510976.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/510976.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/510976_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Microsoft, if nothing else, became a problem today for Yahoo's $350 million Zimbra acquisition and Google's rudimentary Sites contribution to the advance of software-as-a-service announced last week by throwing open the more sophisticated Exchange Online and SharePoint Online to any business anywhere that wants to use the software as a service.]]></description></item><item><title>OpSource Accelerates AVOLENT&apos;s Transition from Enterprise Software to SaaS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/509428.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/509428.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/509428_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[OpSource announced that AVOLENT has selected OpSource On-Demand to deliver its new software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. As a provider of enterprise software, AVOLENT was able to accelerate its transition to SaaS with OpSource, enabling B2B and B2C companies of any size to begin moving to paperless billing and settlement.]]></description></item><item><title>Hosted Application Delivery for Sever Virtualization Firm Parallels, Reaches 100 SaaS Applications</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/506352.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/506352.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/506352_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Server virtualization firm, Parallels' offerings, have reached over 100 applications, certified according to the Application Packaging Standard (APS), in a packaging format designed to facilitate hosted application delivery by independent software vendors (ISVs). APS-certified applications can be plugged into hosting platforms that conform to the standard. According to a recent survey of 400 service providers worldwide by Parallels, more than 70 percent plan to offer SaaS applications this year, nearly double the number that currently offer SaaS.]]></description></item><item><title>Beyond SaaS: Bungee Labs Introduces Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503667.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503667.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503667_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Bungee Labs yesterday released a new version of the Bungee Connect web application development and hosting platform and opened its Public Beta program to all developers. Bungee also released WideLens, a comprehensive reference application for Bungee Connect, solving real-world calendar integration woes between Microsoft Exchange, Salesforce.com, Google Calendar and other data sources.]]></description></item><item><title>Parallels Reaches 100 Applications for SaaS Online Catalogue</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/504395.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/504395.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/504395_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Service providers that use Parallels virtualization and automation software now have access to more than 100 applications certified according to the Application Packaging Standard (APS). End-user customers will benefit from a greater variety of software-as- a-service (SaaS) solutions, which can be delivered by service providers with minimal cost and effort.]]></description></item><item><title>Symantec Launches Two SaaS Offerings</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503614.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503614.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503614_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Symantec announced it is delivering on its vision of easy-to-use, software as a service offerings for small and mid-sized businesses with the general availability of two Symantec Protection Network services. Symantec Online Backup provides customers with secure, reliable, online backup and recovery capabilities based on Symantec's data protection technology, at a cost-effective price point. Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec is integrated with Backup Exec 12, the industry standard in Windows data protection, creating a hybrid software as a service solution. Backup Exec customers can now immediately protect their critical data both onsite and offsite, for a total disaster recovery solution.]]></description></item><item><title>Vovici Corporation Chooses SAVVIS for Global SaaS Business Expansion</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503455.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503455.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503455_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[SAVVIS announced a multi-million dollar agreement with Vovici Corporation, the leading provider of Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM). Under terms of the three year agreement, Vovici will relocate and consolidate their U.S. based IT infrastructure into a single SAVVIS data center located near Washington, D.C. Vovici will then expand globally by deploying their software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model, using SAVVIS' managed IT infrastructure in data centers in the UK with future plans for expansion to Singapore.]]></description></item><item><title>Boomi On Demand SaaS Integration Deployed by MDS Pharma Services</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503411.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503411.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/503411_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Boomi announced that MDS Pharma Services has implemented Boomi On DemandSM to integrate its Salesforce CRM application with its legacy on-premise Oracle applications. Boomi's revolutionary software-as-a-service (SaaS) integration application allows MDS Pharma Services to achieve operational efficiencies through more accurate data and reporting.]]></description></item><item><title>Dell&apos;s Incestuous SaaS Acquisition</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/502713.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/502713.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/502713_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Dell, still a relative stranger to acquisitions, is buying MessageOne, Adam Dell's enterprise-class, on-demand e-mail services business, a company in which his brother Michael, Dell's founder, had a piece. The going price is $155 million cash. It's earmarked for Dell's SaaS portfolio and provides continuity, archiving and disaster recovery.]]></description></item><item><title>Parallels&apos;s SaaS Development Kit: SaaS Applications Using Parallels Virtualization and Automation Solutions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/500979.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/500979.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/500979_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Parallels and Smart Online announced the Parallels SaaS Development Kit, a suite of software development tools that will help independent software vendors (ISVs) to package software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications for the more than 10,000 service providers worldwide that use Parallels solutions.]]></description></item><item><title>Revionics Turns to Boomi On Demand for SaaS Integration for Its Retail Customers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/492702.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/492702.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/492702_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Boomi announced that Revionics is using Boomi On DemandSM  for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) integration with Revionics' retail customers. Revionics is the leading provider of price optimization technology services for the retail market.  By using Boomi On Demand, Revionics is now able to centrally manage the collection and integration of all its customers' data through the Web without the burden of installing and maintaining software packages or hardware appliances at store locations.]]></description></item><item><title>EMC Forms Business Unit for New SaaS Offerings</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/490021.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/490021.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/490021_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA['Our strategy is focused on bringing new software-as-a-service offerings to market, powered by EMC,' said Tom Heiser, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EMC's new Software-as-a-Service Business Unit, as EMC this week today unveiled its SaaS strategy and the release of MozyEnterprise for online backup of desktops, laptops and remote Windows servers.]]></description></item><item><title>Boomi Releases Fully On-Demand SaaS Integration Service, Fundamentally Changing Integration Industry</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/488090.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/488090.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/488090_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Boomi launched an on-demand integration service with the general availability of Boomi On Demand(SM). After a highly successful beta customer program that included over 100 organizations ranging from small businesses to some of the largest companies in the world, Boomi On Demand is now available to the general market.]]></description></item><item><title>Webroot E-Mail Security SaaS Delivers Perimeter Protection for SMB Market</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/486050.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/486050.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/486050_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Webroot E-mail Security SaaS is the result of Webroot's November 2007 merger with Email Systems, an SaaS security provider in the UK. Email Systems, now Webroot, protects more than 1,500 businesses and 2.5 million e-mail boxes worldwide with this e-mail management, protection, and compliance solution.]]></description></item><item><title>Another Great Rich Internet Application: Buzzword - Online Wordprocessing</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/484630.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/484630.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/484630_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Okay there are thousands of rich internet applications (RIAs) out there that I could write about but I'm trying to be very selective in order to provide a good sampling of different uses of RIAs and their advantages. Being pretty is one thing, but being incredibly functional is what makes RIAs exciting.    For example, check out http://www.buzzword.com. You can sign up in about 45 seconds and start creating documents that can be saved as Microsoft Word format, RTF or XML (Microsoft Word 2003).]]></description></item><item><title>What Makes a Great Technology Innovation?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/475174.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/475174.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/475174_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[I received several very positive comments about my interview on innovation with Bjarne Stroustrup. People really like it. I re-read the interview, and I wanted to ask Bjarne two more questions: What is in your opinion the influence that a 'location' (country/region) plays with respect to the possibility to be a successful innovator? and What would you recommend to make a 'location' attractive for innovation?]]></description></item><item><title>AppStream SaaS Team Announces ISV Quickstart Program</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/473751.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/473751.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/473751_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[AppStream, Inc. announced the launch of its ISV Quickstart Program.  AppStream's streaming technology provides a transition for ISV's to get to market, allowing time for end-goals to be strategized while immediately earning new revenues and many SaaS business benefits from existing desktop products.  There is no re-engineering of the ISV?s product, and the solution can be used to package the product for streaming, uploading to a server, and allowing the applications to be delivered for sale, subscription, rent, or try-before-you-buy.]]></description></item><item><title>Arnold Schwarzenegger Chooses Google SaaS Over Microsoft Exchange</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/468743.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/468743.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/468743_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Google e-mail, messaging and calendars would run $4.17 per user a month, with no initial set-up fees. A hosted Microsoft Exchange environment would cost $8.58 per user a month besides a $17.65-a-head set-up fee but Microsoft includes Blackberry support, managed collaboration services and IM services. The next step would be to pilot some of the solutions.]]></description></item><item><title>A Match Made in Heaven: SaaS and OSS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/471498.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/471498.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/471498_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The two most powerful forces shaping enterprise software today are software as a service (SaaS) and open source software (OSS). Previously separate, they are now converging into a powerful 'SaaS + OSS' model destined to become the dominant business model for enterprise software. Using case studies, the session will review how vendors can use this model to scale rapidly, use capital efficiently, and acquire customers for a low marginal cost. The presentation will also address how the model delivers unprecedented value to end-customers through lower total cost of ownership, higher quality, faster deployments, improved support, enhanced collaboration, and greater transparency.]]></description></item><item><title>SaaS Provider QED Connect Partners With Kaspersky Lab</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/466957.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/466957.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/466957_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider QED Connect today announced a reseller partnership with Kaspersky Lab, a leading provider of Internet threat management solutions that protect against viruses, spyware, hackers and spam. QED Connect has joined Kaspersky's channel partner program and will offer its full line of award-winning network security products and solutions in the U.S. The partnership provides customers with premium antivirus and anti-malware protection to complement QED's flagship Omni Manager, a SaaS that offers visibility, management and control of activity on all computers, laptops and wireless devices.]]></description></item><item><title>Dell Buys SaaS House</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/464556.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/464556.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/464556_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Dell is going to buy privately held Everdream Corporation, a nine-year-old ISV that does agent-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for remote-service management or at least it will 'when all the closing conditions are met,' it said. Terms were not disclosed. Everdream is based in Fremont, California, with a second facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. The planned acquisition is part of Dell's newfangled ideas of simplifying IT. It said Everdream's capabilities complement those of Dell's recent Silverback Technologies acquisition, further enabling end-to-end remote management of customers' IT environments. With Everdream, Dell can extend remote management of critical IT assets from servers, storage and printers to desktops, notebooks and other end-user devices globally.]]></description></item><item><title>Capgemini Brings SaaS Innovation of Google Apps to Desktop Solutions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/426972.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/426972.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/426972_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Capitalizing on the growth in SaaS solutions, Capgemini has announced services that support the adoption of Google Apps Premier Edition by large-scale enterprises. Partnering with Google enables Capgemini extends its portfolio of desktop solutions, enabling it to support more client employees, regardless of their locations, platforms and roles.]]></description></item><item><title>Java SaaS Enablement Service from WebAppCabaret</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/419666.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/419666.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/419666_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Private JVM Java Hosting provider, WebAppCabaret, has announced a number of new Java Hosting plans. The company is moving beyond the traditional Private JVM Java Hosting to offer additional value-added services. One of their new services is their one-of-a-kind Java SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) Enablement service that helps SaaS providers automate their operations, thus saving time and money.]]></description></item><item><title>OpSource to Accelerate SaaS Delivery Model</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/410677.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/410677.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/410677_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[OpSource, the SaaS delivery experts and Scio Consulting, a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS)-related software development and consulting services, announced that the two firms have formed a partnership designed to accelerate the adoption of the on-demand delivery model by software companies. Many software and web companies that wish to enter the growing SaaS market lack the resources and/or knowledge necessary to develop, let alone deliver on-demand products and services. Under the terms of this non-exclusive agreement, Scio will provide the software development and consulting necessary to create on-demand products for companies and OpSource will deliver and manage those applications.]]></description></item><item><title>Open Source Linux-Based SaaS Takes Another Twist with Zonbu</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/405253.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/405253.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/405253_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[A start-up called Zonbu started peddling a small router-size Gentoo Linux-based consumer PC pre-loaded with a swat of free or open source applications and games, stuff like the OpenOffice suite, the Firefox web browser, Skype's VoIP and the Acrobat Reader. Users can't install any applications on the thing - well, there's no drive - but besides what Zobu provides - which pretty much covers all the bases - they can use other people's web-based applications. What we're talking about here is Evolution e-mail and calendaring; Pidgin instant messaging; a couple of P2P clients that support BitTorrent, eDonkey and eMule protocols; the Banshee music library; Mplayer media player; F-Spit photo organizer; Scribus desktop publishing; GimpShop image workshop; Nvu web page editor as well as a dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, notepad, Gnu personal finance manager and Zip extractor.]]></description></item><item><title>Zoho Puts SaaS Apps on Facebook</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/405223.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/405223.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/405223_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Zoho, one of those off-brand online office applications wannabes that dreams of putting Microsoft out of business and heading off Google, has put some of its free widgetry on Facebook, the social networking site, via a Facebook-embedded widget, a move that might prove to be quite clever. Facebook users with Zoho accounts can use Zoho's word processor, spreadsheet and presentation code - Write, Sheet and Show - and share documents but - whoops - there's no link back to Facebook and sharing isn't exactly slick.]]></description></item><item><title>Etelos SaaS Offers Web 2.0 Services Vision</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/363104.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/363104.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 12:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/363104_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA['Apps on a Plane delivers what others are promising and then some,' Etelos President and CEO Danny Kolke said. 'This isn't just one Application that is built to synchronize. The true power of Apps on a Plane is that it enables any Web-based Application to perform without a live Internet connection.' The ability of a user to synchronize data is controllable by an easy-to-use interface. The administrator can create maps that determine the data that employees are able to synchronize. This keeps multiple users from updating the same data and also keeps sensitive information secure.]]></description></item><item><title>SaaS Becomes &apos;Software Plus Services&apos; in Microsoft&apos;s Mouth</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/374441.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/374441.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 22:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/374441_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Bill Gates' replacement Ray Ozzie on whose shoulders the company's future rests, the guy who has to dig Microsoft out of the Internet hole it finds itself it and at all costs salvage the client, started this week to try to redefine SaaS, software-as-a-service, as 'software and a service,' a combination of desktop software and web-based widgetry, the company's latest shot at the Internet. 'Even SaaS providers have found the need to expand offerings to include an offline edition,' he said. 'SaaS 1 meant the web; SaaS 2 has come to embrace the unique value of the client.']]></description></item><item><title>Lumen Software Launches Commercial Open Source SaaS Portal</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/357751.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/357751.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/357751_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Lumen Software, a leading provider of commercial open source Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and portal solutions, today announced its flagship platform, Lumenation, and the Lumenation Software Development Kit (SDK), are available immediately for free download.  The products give PHP and AJAX developers a way to rapidly build, deploy, manage, and sell SaaS applications.]]></description></item><item><title>Hot Banana&apos;s SaaS Web CMS Enables Versa Systems to Relaunch Web Site in Less Than Six Weeks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/343132.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/343132.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/343132_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Hot Banana Software, Inc., a provider of Web content management for marketing, has announced that its Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted offering enabled Versa Management Systems, Inc., to relaunch its Web site in less than six weeks.]]></description></item><item><title>Servoy Continues Leading SaaS Tool Market</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/340117.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/340117.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/340117_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Servoy BV, a leading provider of development and deployment tools for SaaS vendors and a 'silver sponsor' of the upcoming AJAXWorld Conference & Expo, announced the Servoy 3.1 release of its flagship product with enhanced Software as a Service (SaaS) functionality; as well as adding MultiDeveloper capability and enhanced Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance.  Servoy already offers SOX compliance on a deployment level. With the release of Servoy 3.1, Servoy introduces more advanced group development capabilities and tracking systems at the development level -- making it seamless for CIOs and CTOs to comply with SOX requirements for software change tracking.]]></description></item><item><title>SaaS Update: Microsoft Launches SaaS Architecture Center</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/334381.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/334381.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/334381_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has today made SaaS architectural guidance available through a sample application, aimed at illustrating the key architectural principles behind SaaS. The application is an implementation of the guidance that the Microsoft Architecture Team has been publishing over the past year into a reference application and accompanying source code.]]></description></item><item><title>AJAX and Next-Generation SaaS Business Models</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/308371.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/308371.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/308371_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Gordon Ritter will present a unique session at the upcoming AJAXWorld Conference & Expo on AJAX and Next-Generation SaaS Business Models. Emerging technologies often begin as small but essential components to help solve or leapfrog particular aspects of customer pain. It is often not feasible or timely for a small group of entrepreneurs to construct the entire solution from top to bottom relative to a customer need or pain.]]></description></item><item><title>Israeli SaaS Start-up Closes Down So Founders Can Go Work for Google</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/303034.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/303034.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/303034_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Money-starved Israeli start-up iROWS, a browser-based spreadsheet that kicked off in January, is going to shut down on December 31 because Google has sucked up its two founders to beef up the internally developed Spreadsheets widgetry that Google is using to frighten Microsoft.]]></description></item><item><title>Israeli SaaS Start-up Closes Down So Founders Can Go Work for Google</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://saas.sys-con.com/read/302980.htm</guid><link>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/302980.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://saas.sys-con.com/read/302980_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Money-starved Israeli start-up iROWS, a browser-based spreadsheet that kicked off in January, is going to shut down on December 31 because Google has sucked up its two founders to beef up the internally developed Spreadsheets widgetry that Google is using to frighten Microsoft.]]></description></item></channel></rss>