Boomi Secures $4 Million
in First Institutional
Round of Financing By SaaS News Desk Boomi announced it has
raised $4 million in its
first institutional round
of financing. The
investment will be used
to accelerate Boomi's
go-to-market strategy and
further secure the
company's high standing
position as a provider of
cloud-based data and
applicatio... Jul. 2, 2008 02:30 PM Reads: 476 |
Boomi Teams with Taleo to
Accelerate SaaS
Integration for On-Demand
Talent Management
Solution By SaaS News Desk Boomi announced that it
has teamed with Taleo to
lower the cost and
increase the
software-as-a-service
(SaaS) integration
options for Taleo
Business Edition
customers. With the
on-demand recruiting
solution for small to
medium-sized businesses
(SMBs), Taleo Busi... Jun. 30, 2008 12:15 PM Reads: 999 |
Zuora and Boomi Partner
to Deliver Integrated
SaaS Billing On Demand By SaaS News Desk Boomi announced that it
has partnered with Zuora
to enable
Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) integration for
Zuora's on-demand billing
application with
financial and customer
relationship management
(CRM) applications. Zuora
is embedding the Boomi On
Demand offering to... Jun. 19, 2008 10:00 AM Reads: 965 Replies: 1 |
Boomi and StrikeIron
Partner to Accelerate
SaaS Adoption By SaaS News Desk Boomi and StrikeIron
announced a partnership
focused on driving
Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) adoption by
enabling seamless
integration of
StrikeIron's Marketplace
Web services into Boomi
On Demand. Boomi users
can now integrate the
full spectrum of business
inte... May. 27, 2008 02:45 PM Reads: 1,268 |
Absolute Performance and
Parallels Partner in SaaS By SaaS News Desk Absolute Performance
announced it is expanding
the partnership with
virtualization and
hosting automation
company Parallels to
better enable managed
services and hosting
providers to achieve a
strategic foothold in the
expanding SaaS and On
Demand marketplace. The... May. 21, 2008 02:00 PM Reads: 1,099 |
Network Solutions and
Open-Xchange Partner By SaaS News Desk Small business owners
looking for an affordable
alternative to the
Microsoft Exchange e-mail
platform can look forward
to a hosted,
cost-effective and
feature-rich e-mail and
collaboration service,
from Network Solutions
and Open-Xchange.
Open-Xchange and Network ... May. 19, 2008 04:00 PM Reads: 1,453 |
Bluewolf Announces
Insurance and Banking
Industry SaaS Solutions By SaaS News Desk Bluewolf announced the
availability of new
insurance and banking
industry
Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) solutions built on
the Force.com platform.
Bluewolf has implemented
and developed more than
1,000 SaaS solutions for
organizations worldwide,
including the Royal... May. 8, 2008 03:45 PM Reads: 1,792 |
Boot Barn Selects Epicor
Retail SaaS Solution By SaaS News Desk Epicor announced Boot
Barn has selected the
Epicor Retail Software as
a Service (SaaS) solution
to streamline its retail
operations and support
its long-term growth
plans. Boot Barn was one
of four Retail SaaS deals
Epicor signed during the
first quarter of 2008. To... May. 5, 2008 02:30 PM Reads: 1,232 |
EquaTerra's Governance
Workplace Now Available
as SaaS Solution By SaaS News Desk 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... Apr. 29, 2008 04:00 PM Reads: 1,235 |
HCL Technologies
Introduces New Breed SaaS
Service Delivery Platform By SaaS News Desk 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... Apr. 29, 2008 04:00 PM Reads: 1,963 |
Sun Launches Solaris On
Demand Program to Enable
ISVs to Convert Existing
Applications to SaaS
Model By SaaS News Desk 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
ser... Apr. 25, 2008 02:45 PM Reads: 1,921 |
Zoho Drives SaaS Adoption
in China with Baihui
Partnership By SaaS News Desk 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 th... Apr. 24, 2008 02:45 PM Reads: 841 |
Parallels and AXIGEN
Announce New Integrated
Mail Server Solution for
SaaS By SaaS News Desk 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 ... Apr. 21, 2008 01:45 PM Reads: 1,341 |
Gemalto Card Management
SaaS is Available for
VARs to Resell By SaaS News Desk 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)... Apr. 8, 2008 02:15 PM Reads: 2,019 |
Morph Labs Virtualizes
SaaS Infrastructure with
Morph AppSpace
Subscriptions By SaaS News Desk 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) applicatio... Apr. 3, 2008 03:15 PM Reads: 1,387 |
Parallels Automation
Software Adds Support for
Google Message Filtering By SaaS News Desk Service providers that
use Parallels Automation
software can now easily
deliver real-time spam
and virus filtering,
attack blocking, and
e-mail traffic monitoring
using a Google Apps
security and compliance
package. Parallels
Automation is integrated
with the Goog... Apr. 2, 2008 02:30 PM Reads: 1,303 |
Akamai Shares Insight
Into Global SaaS
Transactions By SaaS News Desk 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
custo... Mar. 28, 2008 03:00 PM Reads: 1,520 |
Parallels Announces
Certification Program for
Service Providers
Offering SaaS By SaaS News Desk 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 ... Mar. 28, 2008 03:00 PM Reads: 1,130 |
SaaS-Based Web Content
Management Suppliers on
the Rise By SaaS News Desk 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 manageme... Mar. 4, 2008 11:30 AM Reads: 1,362 |
OpSource Accelerates
AVOLENT's Transition from
Enterprise Software to
SaaS By SaaS News Desk 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 ... Feb. 29, 2008 03:30 PM Reads: 1,773 |
Hosted Application
Delivery for Sever
Virtualization Firm
Parallels, Reaches 100
SaaS Applications By SaaS News Desk 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). ... Feb. 25, 2008 03:15 PM Reads: 76,109 |
Beyond SaaS: Bungee Labs
Introduces
Platform-as-a-Service
(PaaS) By SaaS News Desk  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, solvi... Feb. 20, 2008 02:00 PM Reads: 3,480 |
Parallels Reaches 100
Applications for SaaS
Online Catalogue By SaaS News Desk 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-serv... Feb. 20, 2008 12:15 PM Reads: 1,048 |
Symantec Launches Two
SaaS Offerings By SaaS News Desk 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, r... Feb. 19, 2008 12:30 PM Reads: 1,507 |
Vovici Corporation
Chooses SAVVIS for Global
SaaS Business Expansion By SaaS News Desk 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 ... Feb. 19, 2008 10:00 AM Reads: 1,030 |
Boomi On Demand SaaS
Integration Deployed by
MDS Pharma Services By SaaS News Desk 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 Se... Feb. 19, 2008 09:45 AM Reads: 973 |
Dell's Incestuous SaaS
Acquisition By SaaS News Desk  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
... Feb. 19, 2008 09:30 AM Reads: 2,039 |
Parallels's SaaS
Development Kit: SaaS
Applications Using
Parallels Virtualization
and Automation Solutions By SaaS News Desk 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
worl... Feb. 13, 2008 01:30 PM Reads: 1,917 |
Revionics Turns to Boomi
On Demand for SaaS
Integration for Its
Retail Customers By SaaS News Desk 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, ... Jan. 29, 2008 02:45 PM Reads: 1,617 |
EMC Forms Business Unit
for New SaaS Offerings By SaaS News Desk '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 ... Jan. 24, 2008 03:30 AM Reads: 2,610 |
OpSource To Sponsor AJAX
World Conference & Expo By SaaS News Desk OpSource delivers Rich
Internet Applications and
a unique Rich Web
Technology as a service
for on-demand companies,
with hundreds of
applications, millions of
users and billions of
transactions supported
daily. OpSource
On-Demand, the leading
platform for Web
ap... Jan. 23, 2008 09:45 AM Reads: 7,351 |
Boomi Releases Fully
On-Demand SaaS
Integration Service,
Fundamentally Changing
Integration Industry By SaaS News Desk 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, ... Jan. 21, 2008 10:15 AM Reads: 1,519 |
Webroot E-Mail Security
SaaS Delivers Perimeter
Protection for SMB Market By SaaS News Desk 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... Jan. 15, 2008 02:45 PM Reads: 1,893 |
AppStream SaaS Team
Announces ISV Quickstart
Program By SaaS News Desk 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 bene... Dec. 18, 2007 04:15 PM Reads: 2,960 |
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Chooses Google SaaS Over
Microsoft Exchange By SaaS News Desk 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 co... Dec. 14, 2007 02:45 PM Reads: 4,982 Replies: 1 |
A Match Made in Heaven:
SaaS and OSS By SaaS News Desk 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 enter... Dec. 13, 2007 10:30 AM Reads: 4,554 |
SaaS Provider QED Connect
Partners With Kaspersky
Lab By SaaS News Desk  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 chan... Nov. 28, 2007 10:00 AM Reads: 2,756 |
Dell Buys SaaS House By SaaS News Desk 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
discl... Nov. 21, 2007 06:00 PM Reads: 4,232 |
Capgemini Brings SaaS
Innovation of Google Apps
to Desktop Solutions By SaaS News Desk 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
... Sep. 10, 2007 09:45 PM Reads: 6,785 |
Java SaaS Enablement
Service from
WebAppCabaret By SaaS News Desk 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 ... Aug. 22, 2007 03:00 PM Reads: 9,013 Replies: 1 |
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