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Entries in Software as a Service (SaaS) (50)
SaaS: Is it really cloud computing?
October 8, 2008 By Derrick Harris (On-Demand Enterprise)
Here are some quick thoughts on a couple of yesterday's cloud computing announcements. What these show us are two distinct trends: (1) cloud computing is becoming increasingly viable; and (2) the word "cloud" to describe SaaS is creeping dangerously close to lethal levels.
SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years
August 29, 2008 By Victoria Ho (ZDNet Asia)
Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes, doesn't believe in software-as-a-service (SaaS).
In fact, the ERP (enterprise resource planning) software company's top executive has put a two-year expiry date on SaaS' head.
Piecing together Microsoft’s cloud-computing vision
August 20, 2008 By Mary-Jo Foley (ZDNet Blogs)
The term “cloud computing” has become almost meaningless — being used synonymously for everything from software-as-a-service (SaaS), to platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
But a new white paper, sponsored by Microsoft and written by the always entertaining consultant David Chappell, provides more clues about what the Softies are planning to unveil at this October’s Professional Developers Conference. For anyone looking to understand how and where Red Dog, Zurich, BizTalk Services and SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) all fit together, the 13-pager is worth a read.
Open source fuels growth of cloud computing, SaaS
July 30, 2008 By John Brodkin (Network World)
Open source software is critical to the growth of both software-as-a-service and cloud computing, and cloud-based computing in turn is making it easier for open source vendors to lower costs, the analyst firm Saugatuck says in a new research note.
Peering into Microsoft's cloud
July 29, 2008 By Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb)
On July 24th, Microsoft held their annual Financial Analyst Meeting, an event where many of Microsoft's top executives come together to talk about the company's progress and achievements. At this year's meeting, Microsoft Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie hinted at Microsoft's cloud initiatives, a part of their Software + Services (S+S) strategy. While Ozzie did not reveal either codenames or ship dates during his speech, there is still some information we can piece together to help determine what Microsoft's cloud will look like.
BusinessWeek: SaaS and open source are good for customers ... unfortunately
July 21, 2008 By Bernard Golden (CIO)
There's an (unintentionally) funny article in BusinessWeek online today, bewailing the tough business circumstances that SaaS (and open source) face.
Coke's largest bottler taps Microsoft for SaaS
July 21, 2008 By J. Nicholas Hoover (InformationWeek)
Coca-Cola Enterprises signs the largest deal yet for Microsoft's online collaboration and e-mail services.
Microsoft Live Mesh now open to all
July 21, 2008 TechWhack
If you have a Microsoft Live ID, you can now get connected to Microsoft’s Live Mesh service.
Live Mesh is technically a multi-OS file synchronization tool which can be used to store and access files from anywhere.
Identity management as a service
July 8, 2008 By George Hulme (Information Week)
Just before the long July 4 holiday weekend, I had a chance to speak with on-demand identity management start-up Symplified. This vendor is well capitalized and has veteran IdM leadership at its helm. It also wants to "revolutionize" the identity and assessment management (IdM) market. And it just might do so.
5 reasons Microsoft will get SaaS right
July 8, 2008 By Joe Panettieri (Seeking Alpha)
Is software-as-a-service (SaaS) killing Microsoft? Hardly. Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division, is expected to discuss SaaS during his July 8 keynote at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston. But even before Elop takes the stage, here are five reasons why Microsoft won’t lose the SaaS wars.