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- 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
- 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
- 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
- NetSuite snags HP partnership, expands channel
- NetSuite now has a big brother to expand its footprint: Hewlett-Packard. In a partnership announced Tuesday statement, NetSuite and HP said they will partner to offer software as a service applications to small and midsized businesses. In a nutshell, NetSuite will tap into HP's 15,000 value-added resellers....
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Hewlett-Packard Co., Partnership, NetSuite Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Email Archiving: On-Premise vs. SaaS whitepaper
- Email archiving can be implemented by subscribing to an "in-the-cloud" hosted service - commonly called Software-as-a-Service SaaS - or by licensing software and installing it on-premise. But which approach is better? This Ferris Research white paper explains the main differences so IT executives can decide which approach is best for...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, E-mail Archiving, Mimecast, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, E-mail, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications
- White papers 2008-11-10
- Funding software from add-on services
- Launched last week in beta in the US, smartrecruiters.com is a SaaS applicant tracking software service for SMBs that's offered free of charge. It will be monetized from complementary services sold alongside the software. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Software, Tools & Techniques, Software As A Service (SaaS), Smb/Sme, Management, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright, Revenue, Service, Small And Medium Business
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Software as a service: It should be the best of times, but it isn't
- It's a big week for the software as a service industry: Salesforce.com is establishing itself as a leading cloud computing provider, NetSuite is planning to take on SAP head on and Success Factors is upping its outlook. But underneath the surface there are more than a few questions marks lurking....
- Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., NetSuite Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Dell at Dreamforce: Brave the economy or prepare for the rebound?
- Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of Dell Inc., made an interesting observation during a brief appearance on the main stage at the Dreamforce conference. Today's headlines tell us that, around the globe, things are slowing down – the economy, IT spending, investments in new technology and so on. But...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Dreamforce, Sales Force Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), Corporate Communications, Sales, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- NetSuite Q3 earnings announced - SaaS still growing
- NetSuite makes big Q3 year over year improvement in revenue NetSuite today announced its Q3 financials. The big headline was the increase in Q3 revenues. Year over year comparison shows a 44% increase to over $40 million. That alone tells me that SaaS is still getting a...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., OpenAir Inc., Earnings, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- Explaining the buzzwords which students will need to know
- In this day and age of expanding technologies, futuristic ideology and plain crazy industries, there are certain key buzzwords being thrown around the place left, right and centre. Before I started writing on Enterprise Alley, I didn't have a clue what half of these things were. If I'm honest, it...
- Tags: Buzzword, Software-as-a-service, Enterprise 2.0, Software+Services, Software As A Service (SaaS), Internet, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- Dreamforce: Taking SaaS and the cloud in new (and old) directions
- Since its inception, salesforce.com has been pushing the limits of what companies can do with the Internet. Initially, the Web seemed like a good place for businesses to be able to store, track and share customer information. Later, it became a platform for specialty applications written by developers who could...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Web, Software-as-a-service, Sales Force, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- SAP, Oracle, SaaS - The changing ERP market
- The times they are a changing This InformationWeek article is a must read for any ERP buyer, seller or market watcher. SAP Global Operations CEO Bill McDermott confirms some details about SAP and the hosting for its Business ByDesign product line. He also has some choice words...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-01
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