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		<title><![CDATA[Live Webcast: Get Control over SaaS Application Access]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1186723]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TechRepublic Resource Guide: Software as a Service (SaaS) for Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1170555]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Small and midsize businesses SMBs face the same challenges as larger companies when it comes to cutting costs and saving money in a difficult economy.  Many are now turning to software as a service SaaS which allows them to save money and provide better service by essentially renting as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Live Webcast: Saving Money with Software as a Service (SaaS)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1163339]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Small and midsize businesses SMBs face the same challenges as larger companies when it comes to cutting costs and saving money in a difficult economy.  All but the most critical capital expenditures are on hold and even the most common operating expenses are more closely scrutinized by SMB decision...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SAP, HP Forging Closer Ties]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10003634/sap-hp-forging-closer-ties/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Struggling enterprise software giant SAP is drawing closer to HP as it attempts to stave off the inevitable decline of its traditional business. The companies are going to announce an extension of their existing partnership in the fast-growing business analytics application space next week during SAP's user conference in Phoenix....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:05:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Salesforce, Cisco Lend Each Other A Hand]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10003612/salesforce-cisco-lend-each-other-a-hand/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Salesforce.com and Cisco struck up a partnership giving Salesforce access to Cisco telephony applications while giving Cisco a leg up into the smaller end of the market and a look into the working of the software-as-a-service business model. by Michael Hickins]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:24:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Handicapping Microsoft And Google's Online Collision]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Microsoft has given its partners a limited preview of its Office applications suite,Ã‚Â  the race to dominate the market for online productivity tools has officially begun.    On the face of it, despite its tardy entry to this race Microsoft has an enormous head start because...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:34:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Cloud Computing Is Slowing Cloud Adoption]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10003505/how-cloud-computing-is-slowing-cloud-adoption/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cloud computing fulfills one of the main functions of software-as-a-service aka SaaS, which is to allow customers to add applications without having to purchase, configure and maintain new hardware. by Michael Hickins]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:12:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Zuora Benefited From Recession]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10003363/how-zuora-benefited-from-recession/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting thing happened on the way to the business plan for Zuora, which sells software intended to help online service vendors bill their customers, and its CEO and co-founder Tien Tzuo. It was the recession.    I first met Tzuo last summer when he was shopping his...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:22:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greening of SaaS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1135117]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Are your energy costs going up? Are unbudgeted software and hardware costs hurting your bottom line? Consider switching to Software as a Service SaaS, and replace unexpected outlays with fixed, predictable expenses. SaaS reduces or eliminates costs related to installing, deploying and supporting standalone software. It can also free you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Case for Software-as-a-Service Analytics]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1122779]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Software-as-a-Service SaaS has many advantages over traditional "on-premise" enterprise software, causing companies increasingly to consider SaaS solutions. Compared to most Business Intelligence options, managers and business analysts are finding SaaS solutions to be less expensive and easier to deploy and use. Today's newest analytics technologies are available as SaaS offerings,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco Aims To Be Collaboration Switzerland]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002984/cisco-aims-to-be-collaboration-switzerland/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cisco knows it can't dominate the Web the way it did data centers for decades, but is articulating a vision that respects the heterogeneous aspect of the medium while satisfying the typically outsized ambitions of its leader, CEO John Chambers.    I learned during a long phone coversation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:27:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[McAfee buys cloud-based security firm]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2448-14061_23-327685.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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".         ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:01:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SAP Claims 'Security Breaches At Salesforce.com']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002776/sap-claims-security-breaches-at-salesforcecom/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Incredibly, SAP would still rather talk trash about software-as-a-service SaaS than bring its own innovative products to market.    During an interview on SAP TV (approximately 57 seconds into the video), SAP's CTO, Vishal Sikka, tried to portray SaaS as the "cheap" and unreliable bastard child of surviving...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:47:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chrome May Take Shine Off Schmidt's Apple]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002592/chrome-may-take-shine-off-schmidts-apple/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Google CEO Eric Schmidt admits that he might have to recuse himself from Apple's board, now that Google is introducing the Chrome operating system. Schmidt told reporters at Sun Valley, Idaho, where he's attending a technology conference, that he intends to discuss his board position "with the Apple people. At...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:59:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Top 6 Things To Consider When Choosing A PPM Solution]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1137845]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent article in a leading technology magazine, the demand for Project and Portfolio Management PPM solutions is rising in response to the weakened economy. Many businesses are choosing to implement PPM solutions in order to "Identify which IT projects are mission critical and to help them execute...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle Lying About SAP]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002335/oracle-lying-about-sap/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Oracle is putting out the word that it's gaining market share at the expense of SAP to distract attention from its declining revenues and profits, but the numbers put the lie to the spin. Oracle held its own in database and middleware revenues, where it doesn't compete with SAP, but...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:27:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Benefits Of Open Source ERP And CRM Solutions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1089799]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is already common knowledge that ERP software and other enterprise resource planning applications such as CRM software can deliver critical benefits to an organization. The demand for CRM solutions to stay competitive in the market by driving sales performance and customer satisfaction is at an all time high. With...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are Software As A Service Based ERP Solutions And SaaS Software More Secure?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1090611]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Software as a Service, or SaaS ERP applications are helping with the security issues related to the Cloud because of its delivery vehicle and the method in which it delivery the software application to the end user. The issue of security and technology is changing rapidly and the evolution of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Declares The End Of Software]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002035/microsoft-declares-the-end-of-software/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The irony of hearing Microsoft server and tools division president Bob Muglia hold forth on the benefits of software as a service SaaS yesterday was of a richness perhaps only Marc Benioff could fully appreciate.    When I sat down with the Salesforce CEO last year to talk...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:55:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SaaS Or Software As A Service ERP Applications Are A Viable Alternative To Oracle And SAP]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1090615]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the not so distant past, companies had limited options when it came to ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning, solutions. You had only a handful of vendors and products to choose from, namely SAP, Oracle and IBM and they really only catered to Fortune 100 companies with limited verticles, so if...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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