Archive for June, 2008

SaaS-ish Identity Management

Monday, June 30th, 2008

By Matt Flynn(Matt Flynn)I'd rather see an IdM service company try to move to the SaaS model rather t= han a SaaS provider try to create an IdM offering. But the complexity, repea= tability, and value of IdM seem to make it ripe for a service-based delivery= model. ... ...

ProServe Delivers SaaS-based Online Backup with Parallels …

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Parallels announced that ProServe has selected Parallels Virtuozzo Container= s 4.0 to deliver a cost-efficient and scalable Online Backup solution via a = Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers provides = the ... (more)

Cloud Computing - I Want To Have My Cake and Eat It Too

Monday, June 30th, 2008

It is easy to dismiss Don Dodge's piece today asking 'Do You Really Want Your Data in the Cloud?' as a Microsoft guy defending their turf. He uses some recent uptime problems at Amazon, Twitter, Disqus and Typepad to show that keeping ... (more)

Nirvanix CEO To Present at SYS-CON’s “Cloud Computing Expo …

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Patrick Harr, CEO of Nirvanix, will be giving a session at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Expo' (November 20-21, 2008) - a brand new adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San ... (more)

Shared Storage Service Could Be Key to Cloud Computing …

Monday, June 30th, 2008

That's what makes a new cloud computing service from a company called Etelos intriguing. The Etelos Server is essentially a shared virtual network drive that people can access as service. So rather than delivering an application as a ... (more)

From Virtualization to Cloud Computing: Q-layer Launches …

Monday, June 30th, 2008

By Robin WautersQ-layer, enabler of cloud computing through Virtual Private Data Centers ( VPDC), today announced the Q-layer Delegation Manager, a solution that turns virtual server environments into a cloud computing platform. ... (more)

Summertime Thoughts=85..

Monday, June 30th, 2008

By sduplessieThis initiative is built around that concept =96 how do you prove multi-tena= ncy infrastructure outside of your control is doing what it is supposed to b= e doing? Even in internal/intranet based cloud initiatives, you should still= be ... (more)

Protecting Your Data No Matter What Happens: Disaster, Growth, or …

Monday, June 30th, 2008

CTR - Los Angeles,CA,USA One choice would be pure Software as a Service based on this, in which your backups are automatically transmitted over-the-wire to a remote data center. ... (more)

Innovation without permission

Monday, June 30th, 2008

By futhermetBelow, I cut and paste some excerpts from some interesting articles and sources on Software as a Service (SAAS) like Google Sites and the effects it is having on the software industry and the traditional role of IT in the corporation. ... (more)

Yahoo CTO: The ReOrg Is All About Moving Past The Microsoft Deal

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Washington Post - United States Yahoo is also standardizing Yahoo's internal cloud computing platform across its different properties into one consistent set of technologies. ... (more)

SaaS collaboration tool goes open source

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand By Ulrika Hedquist Auckland | Tuesday, 1 July, 2008 This article, on aproject to sequence the cocoa genome, attracted my immediate attention. ... (more)

$34m VC round for Spanish SaaS venture

Monday, June 30th, 2008

ZDNet - USA One of the largest rounds of VC funding for a SaaS venture this year was closed earlier this month by Barcelona-based NTRglobal, one of Europe=92s biggest ... (more)

Kill The Data Center

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Forbes - NY,USA This software-as-a-service (SaaS) approach allows CIOs to cut the time spent running in-house applications and focus their time on managing information ... (more)

RightScale Delivers Critical Cloud Computing and MySQL Database …

Monday, June 30th, 2008

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA =93We share similar goals with RightScale =96 to help shape cloud computing to solve challenging business problems by delivering scalable, open solutions based ... (more)

Q-layer Introduces the Agile Data Center for Cloud Computing

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK Q-layer is establishing itself as an innovator in creating agile data centers for cloud computing." "PINS is partnering with Q-layer in order to bring a ... (more)

Morph AppSpace Extends Cloud-Based Platform as a Service to …

Monday, June 30th, 2008

CEBU, Philippines----Morph Labs, the leading provider of Platform as a Service that leverages virtual infrastructure and open source technologies, has added capabilities to allow Java and Grails applications to be deployed, ... (more)

Software As A Service - Is It For You?

Monday, June 30th, 2008

By rgeorgesLink: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for Litigation Support. I received a very nice email from Jack Newton at Clio, who advised me that the objectionable provisions of the Terms of Service Agreement only protected the API from unsavory ... (more)

Staying profitable in the face of cloud computing, SaaS

Monday, June 30th, 2008

By Alex Zaltsman, ContributorCloud computing and SaaS will most definitely change the marketplace VARs op= erate in; you can't afford to ignore the signs. Learn what strategies you ca= n put in place now to avoid obsolescence. WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and... (more)

DreamFactory: Cloud-opportunistic SaaS That Won=92t Lock You In - GigaOm

Monday, June 30th, 2008

By Rich ClientDreamFactory: Cloud-opportunistic SaaS That Won=92t Lock You In GigaOm, CA -= 35 minutes ago Relying on a rich client that runs as a browser plug-in, Dre= amFactory=92s application only needs the cloud for storage. It can use Sales= force, ... Rich Clients (more)

Google, Salesforce Grow Hosted-Apps Marketplace

Monday, June 30th, 2008

NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA Francis emphasized that he hopes thousands of companies take advantage of their platform-as-a-service model and, moreover, that they are thrilled to allow ... (more)