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- Robots mimic razor clams
- MIT researchers have developed a robot inspired by the razor clam. According to the engineers, this RoboClam could lead to a 'smart' anchor that burrows through the ocean floor to reposition itself and could even reverse. These small robots, which have the size of a cigarette lighter, could be used...
- Tags: Clam, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Razor Clam, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Zoho launches CloudSQL; Plays anti-lock-in card
- Zoho on Tuesday launched CloudSQL, a middleware layer that gives developers access to Zoho Applications data via a SQL database call. With the move, Zoho is playing an anti-lock-in card. One of the biggest worries about software as a service is that your data--and your business--can be...
- Tags: Card, Monitor, Data, SQL, CloudSQL, Zoho Applications, Databases, Software As A Service (SaaS), Programming Languages, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Images: Photographic marvels in a petri dish
- Nikon's photomicroscopy contest puts the focus on the fungus, nanotubes, and other microscopic wonders. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Nikon Corp., Nanotube, Marvel, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-11-28
- A fully customizable home robot
- Imagine a completely customizable robot with selectable software options. Buy one component, and it will take care of your lawn. Buy another one and it will clean your toilets. With a third one, it will pick up UPS or FedEx deliveries on your porch. If you are taking some vacation,...
- Tags: Lawn, AgBot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- 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
- 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
- Watching the nanoworld in 4-D
- Caltech researchers have developed a new technique named 4-D electron microscopy to capture images of atoms in real time. They claim that their 4-D microscope will revolutionize the way we look at the nanoworld. Caltech adds that Ahmed Zewail, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and his colleagues,...
- Tags: Atom, Electron, California Institute Of Technology, 4-D, Document Management, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Nanotechnology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing, Management, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro' Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Forrester, SaaS and market uptake in IT management
- Competition in the Changing IT Management Space Yesterday I discussed CA's move into SaaS-based IT Management. Today, a Forrester Research shared with me a new report their firm also released yesterday (How Big Is SaaS In IT Management Software? by Peter O'Neill) on the predicted...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Solution, IT Administration, Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., Markets, Software As A Service (SaaS), Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Can free tech keep docs in practice?
- Half the nation's primary care doctors plan to quit within three years even though four-fifths of them realize we have a shortage. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Paperwork, Insurance, E-health, Financial Planning, Software As A Service (SaaS), Government, Healthcare, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Emerging Technologies
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Central Desktop launches Enterprise SaaS suite
- When it comes to online collaboration, Central Desktop has been serving small and medium-sized businesses for some time with the tools they need to manage versions of files, emails related to a project and calendaring tools designed to keep team members in sync. Now, as rocky economic...
- Tags: Desktop, Software-as-a-service, Client-server, Tool, Productivity, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- A Mimecast Datasheet - Unified Email Management
- Removing the risks and complexities of business email management with a single Software-as-a-Service SaaS solution
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Mimecast, Software As A Service (SaaS), E-mail, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications
- White papers 2008-11-18
- SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats up
- More SaaS movement from a major software vendor CA yesterday announced the availability of two software as a service SaaS solutions. One is targeted for the IT management space while the other is oriented around governance. CA is taking its on-premise enterprise...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Solution, Information Technology, On-demand, Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, GRC, Virtualization Technology, PPM Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Can SaaS save Etelos?
- Etolos, which survived the dot-bomb as an enterprise Web application distributor outfit, hopes to survive the latest recession by moving to SaaS. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Speak into your iPhone for fast Google search results
- Google continues its efforts to optimize the mobile experience on the iPhone with their new speech recognition search application that will lets iPhone users ask questions verbally and receive back Google search results. This new search functionality will also take advantage of the iPhone location-based technology and sometimes give you...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Search, Speech Recognition, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Back up your online data. Now.
- The dark side of the cloud is bankruptcy. If your cloud provider fails, do you have any back-up copies of your data, and do you have a recovery plan in place? Be ready for those unthinkable, black-swan events that the credit crunch has made more likely. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Data, Litigation, Business Operations, Phil Wainewright, Provider, Image, Software As A Service (SaaS), Storage, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- NetSuite and HP
- Will you NetSuite take this partner from HP into prospects..... I took a call Monday from representatives of NetSuite and HP. The two firms had just announced a partnership and were kind enough to brief me. Unfortunately, I had to do the call at a boarding gate...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., NetSuite Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales Strategy, Smb/Sme, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- JobBlogs: Facebook for business
- I've been a little busy over the last few weeks, but it hasn't all been drinking and partying. I've been looking into JobBlogs, which has a highly innovative SaaS appliance, which blends together customer relation management and project management, with social media within business as a main selling point, into...
- Tags: Facebook, Software-as-a-service, File Server, Workspace, File Servers, Software As A Service (SaaS), Team Management, Cloud Computing, Blogging, Storage Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Management, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
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