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Sage to step into the on-demand ring: News started leaking late last week that Sage, the UK's largest software company, will release an on-demand accounting application called SageLive aimed at the SMB market. Details are sketchy beyond a blog post by competitor KashFlow but it seems the company is finally getting serious about the on-demand space after...; Tags: Accounting, On-demand, U.K., Details, Sage 50, Cloud Computing, Smb/Sme, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP): With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...; Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Is on-demand slowly killing traditional broadcasting?: I'm not a big TV watcher to be honest. In the UK, we have the "licence fee" which you need to pay the government before you even connect the telly to the wall. If you don't, you can bet your arse you'll have armed police storming the windows to your...; Tags: On-demand, Broadcasting, Cloud Computing, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-11-26
Cloud definitions and economics: Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-11-25
News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...; Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober; Blog posts 2008-11-25

AppAsure: Good stuff but is it virtualization?: Naj Husain, CEO, and Dan Soschin, Director of Marketing, both of AppAssure, brought me up to speed on Replay VRA, a tool that protects messaging-based environments that include BlackBerry Enterprise Server as well as Microsoft's Exchange, SQL Server and SharePoint. While Reply VRA appears to work in virtualized environments and...; Tags: Environment, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-11-25
Text analytics helps find what you're searching for: As search becomes more and more of a commodity, many people are beginning to ask “what’s next” for the enterprise search industry. The answer may lie with the fast-evolving area of text analytics, says Lexalytics' Jeff Catlin. Commentary--Enterprise search is still growing, evolving and improving....; Tags: Enterprise Search, Financial Planning, Cloud Computing, Finance, search, analytics, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet; News items 2008-11-24
Enterprises can leverage cloud models and manage transition risks using service governance, says HP: Cloud and on-premises compute grids exploit breakthroughs in technology architecture and the confluence of new business models, this is clear. In times when every dollar counts more than ever, the enticements to experiment with cloud models is powerful. At the same time, there is very little margin for error. Adopting...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Business, Service, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-11-24
Clickability offers enhanced Web content management through SaaS media service cloud: I look forward to the day when cloud models start to properly analyze the audience, gain meta data inference on their needs and wants, and provide the information relevance that joins need to solution. At that inception point lies a whole new business model -- better than advertising, less costly...; Tags: Web, Software-as-a-service, Web Content Management, Clickability Inc., Clickability Media Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Content Management, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-11-24
SAP: Pushing against the economy: SAP's Co-CEO, Leo Apotheker, hosted a panel discussion this past Friday afternoon, exploring reasons to maintain IT investment during difficult economic times. by Michael Krigsman; Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Leo, Software-as-a-service Threat, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Roi/Tco, Tools & Techniques, Smb/Sme, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-11-24
IBM launches cloud computing services: IBM on Monday unveiled a series of cloud computing services including business consulting to determine return on investment, design and implementation and security architecture. Big Blue noted that its services will focus on public, private and hybrid cloud computing set-ups. While the move is...; Tags: Security, IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-24
Google adds contact syncing for your Blackberry: A piece of news that somehow didn't get a lot of attention is that the Google Sync utility for Blackberry now does contacts too. This is a huge leap forward for Google Apps -- users now have the ability to do true two-way syncing with their Blackberry for mail,...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-11-23
Gmail exploit lets attackers forward your email to them: Philipp Lenssen spotted a post by Brandon at GeekCondition that explains the general idea behind an attack that can be used to set up filters in your Gmail account without your knowledge. It's important to be aware of these kind of things so you can better protect yourself. ...; Tags: Google Gmail, Attacker, E-mail, Cookie, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-11-23
When to spend cash in a SaaS business: Revealed: the magic formula that helped enterprise web analytics provider Omniture sustain rocketing growth, dwarf its competitors and become the second-largest listed pureplay SaaS provider in the US by Phil Wainewright; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Omniture Inc., Magic Number, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, GAAP, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Financial Accounting, Finance, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-11-22
SAP's Apotheker: 'Happy John Wookey joined us'; Business hasn't gotten worse: SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker said Friday that John Wookey, a former Oracle executive, is "a great software man" who will help the enterprise software giant push its software as a service meets on-premise applications strategy. Separately, Apotheker noted that business hasn't gotten worse from the outlook the company gave on...; Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Financial Services, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-21
iPhone vs. Android development: Day 5: Today is the last day of a 5-day course on iPhone programming class led by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I've been taking notes on how development for the iPhone compares to development for Android. By the way, BNR also offers Android courses if you're interested....; Tags: Program, Apple iPhone, Web Service, Android, iPhone API, Settings App, Android Preference, Cloud Computing, Web Services, XML, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-11-21
Leading Virtualization Performance and Energy Efficiency in a Multi-processor Server. Product Brief for Intel® Xeon® processor7400 series.: Fewer servers. More performance. With the architecture that's specifically built for virtualization, the Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series gives you more than 40% better performance and up to 38% better virtualization performance than previous generations —within the same power envelope. Intel Xeon processor 7400 series helps provide your...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, Performance, Multiprocessor, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Performance Management, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage, Semiconductors, Components; White papers 2008-11-21
We Got GMail Themes!: Oh Joyous day! COLOR!!!!! Click on the photo to enlarge. Just a few hours ago, Google rolled out its Themes feature to my personal GMail account. I have to say, this is a really cool addition -- while GMail's spartan look...; Tags: Google Gmail, Theme, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-11-20
Amazon CTO: Cloud infrastructure keeps companies focused on innovation: On the night of the historic U.S. presidential election, news outlets across the country streamed live video of the news coverage on their Web sites. Obviously, the Web traffic that night, compared to others, was exponentially greater. But it's not as if news organizations went out and spent boatloads of...; Tags: Innovation, Amazon.com Inc., Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-11-20
Official Gmail Themes are beautiful: Google just rolled out a new feature in Gmail -- Themes. This has been talked about for quite some time, and you can tell they have been working hard on it. The themes available to be installed on your account are truly beautiful, and I'm positive this have...; Tags: Google Gmail, Theme, Official Gmail Theme, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-11-19