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Should You Buy Software as a Service?
It's hard to be a savvy software buyer. There are dozens of solutions available, each with a different mix of tools, a different price tag, license agreement and support package. There's another way to go beside the traditional licensing model: software as a service SaaS. Instead of buying software to...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Software As A Service (SaaS), Software-as-a-service, Software, Emerging Technologies, Management, Andrew Hines
Blog posts 2007-05-08
Some Quick Tips For Small Businesses In This Financial Crisis
Make sure you to take the right professional advice for each type of issue you are tackling. Your accountant can be your best friend, so consider allowing him electronic access to your books and records. If you're not already doing so, use software as a service offerings from companies like...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Financial, Financial Crisis, American Express Co., Small Business, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies
White papers 2008-10-10
Telcos Urged to Join Google Rather Than Fighting It
How far does Google's reach extend? Far enough that telecom companies might consider giving up the battle right now and preemptively forming partnerships with the search giant, a recent Gartner Research report suggests. As Gartner sees it, Google poses a threat to telecom providers -- not...
Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Software As A Service (SaaS), E-mail Providers, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Networking, Andrea Orr
Blog posts 2008-11-18
SAP May Have Business Suite 7, But It's Still MIA With SaaS
SAP last week rolled the drums for its introduction of "Business Suite 7," the first major upgrade of its flagship corporate-operations support software in almost three years. But the company has failed to come up with a convincing plan for surviving a determined push by more modern and flexible rivals...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-02-11
Is VMware The New Salesforce.com?
Salesforce.com is more than simply the market leader for software-as-a-service SaaS. While others notably NetSuite came to market sooner, Salesforce.com was the first company to successfully sell the idea of hosting software in its own data centers and delivering it as a service via the Internet on any kind of...
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, VMware Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-02-27
Informatica: The Hunter And The Hunted
On the heels of Informatica's acquisition of Applimation, I asked Adam Wilson, Informatica's vice president of product management and marketing, what he's learned about the art of integrating technology from newly acquired companies. Informatica describes itself as a vendor of "enterprise data integration software," which in essence...
Tags: Acquisition, Informatica, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Software As A Service (SaaS), Middleware, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-03-03
Salesforce.com: Mobile Not For Everybody
Salesforce.com introduced mobile versions of its software today in the hopes of upselling customers to more expensive versions of its offering. The so-called 'mobile lite' application supports Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and iPhone units and is free to some customers -- but not all, despite the company's claim that it's bringing...
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Mobile, Customer, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Force Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), Marketing, Sales, Emerging Technologies, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-04-07
Coda: How To Build A Cloud Company
Software vendors are coming under increasing pressure to offer customers software hosted in the cloud as an alternative to the software license agreements that have characterized the software industry for more than twenty years. Once confined to the ghetto of small-bore applications that...
Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Roche Holding AG, Customer, SAP AG, Coda, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-05-01
HP, BMC Hearing Footsteps In Strategic Area
HP, BMC, and other legacy software vendors are in danger of losing a strategic foothold in enterprise IT departments to insurgent Service-now.com, which could eventually lead to overall account losses. Service-now.com sells software used by IT departments to support corporate networks. Its application is a scaled-down version...
Tags: BMC Software Inc., Software-as-a-service, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Customer, Service-now.com, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, It Management, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, It service Management, Management, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-05-07
Facebook Suspicious Of The Cloud
Facebook, one of the fastest-growing cloud companies around, keeps personal information on millions of users in the cloud, but isn't very keen on the cloud when it comes to its own IT management data. While in San Diego at the Service-now.com user conference, I ran into a...
Tags: Facebook, Information Technology, Service-now.com, Software As A Service (SaaS), Strategy, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Management, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-05-10
Cloud Computing Also Hit by IT-Spending Cutbacks
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., IT-spending, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Larry Dignan
Blog posts 2008-11-05
Workday Lands Big Flextronics Deal
Flextronics will install Workday’s on-demand human capital management software for 200,000 employees. According to InformationWeek, Workday beat out SAP and Oracle for Flextronics business in what Mary Hayes Weier described as tipping point deal for SaaS. Workday also won a 26,000 employee deal with Chiquita. ...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Workday, Flextronics International Ltd., Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Capital, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan
Blog posts 2008-05-14
Live Webcast: Get Control over SaaS Application Access
Software-as-a-Service applications like Google Apps, Salesforce and others offer powerful capabilities at reasonable costs. But relying on web applications can introduce new problems that put your business at risk. Businesses lack visibility into and control over access to applications holding business data. Employees struggle to manage dozens of applications...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Password, Microsoft Access, Webcast, TriCipher, Web Application, Cloud Computing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies
Webcasts 2009-11-17
Taleo Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first quarter comes from the line of Tom Ernst with Deutsche Bank. Please proceed. Tom Ernst – Deutsche Bank Good afternoon. Thanks for taking my question. Mike Gregoire Hey, Tom. Tom Ernst – Deutsche Bank Mike, I think you made a strong case for...
Tags: Taleo Corp., Deutsche Bank AG, Environment, Call Transcript, Earnings, Bottom Line, Sales Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-11-24
SaaS company Aria Systems raises USD10m
Aria Systems, a SaaS billing and CRM solutions provider, has raised USD10m in Series B funding led by Venrock. Aria Systems's initial investors Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Dave Labuda also participated in the round. The company intends to use this funding to accelerate the development of its subscription...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Billing, Aria Systems Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Aria Systems, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Venrock Associates, Marie Laigneau
Articles 2008-12-10
Web app delivery firm OpSource raises USD10m
Web applications delivery firm OpSource has raised USD10m in a Series E funding round led by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. Previous investors Velocity Venture Capital, Key Venture Partners and Artiman Ventures also participated in the round. ...
Tags: Web, Software-as-a-service, Billing, Analytics, Web Application, OpSource, Cloud Computing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Financial Planning, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Key Venture Partners, Velocity Venture Capital, editorial
Articles 2009-02-18
Infosys Technologies Ltd. F4Q09 (Qtr End 3/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you very much, sir. At this moment, I would like to hand over the proceedings to international moderator to conduct the Q&A for participants connected to international bridge. After this, we will have a question and answer session for participants at India bridge. Thank you. Now...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Europe, Call Transcript, U.K., Earnings, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Cloud Computing, It Services, Emerging Technologies, It Operations, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-04-17
Callidus Software Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator: Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Mark Murphy of Piper Jaffray. Please proceed. Mark Murphy - Piper Jaffray Thank you, Leslie. Just wondering if you have -- Is there any sense from your field organization of the spending environment being less worse or...
Tags: U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., Callidus Software Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Software As A Service (SaaS), Operational Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-04-30
McAfee buys cloud-based security firm
McAfee is acquiring cloud-based security software provider MX Logic for up to USD170m. The purchase consolidates McAfee's move into the Software-as-a-Service SaaS security market. Senior VP and general manager Marc Olesen claims the acquisition will provide McAfee with "the most comprehensive SaaS portfolio in the industry". ...
Tags: McAfee Inc., Security, Software-as-a-service, Web Security, MX Logic Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Editorial
Articles 2009-08-02
Microsoft Takes on the Cloud Crowd
Microsoft continues to grind ahead on its relentless and glacial drive to take over Yahoo, but less noticed in the business press is that it's also making headway on another front: on enterprise software as it moves into the cloud. In enterprise software, cloud computing has centered...
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Management, Sales, Software, Kevin Kelleher
Blog posts 2008-04-25
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