The rise of Web-based apps, virtualization, and a crop of powerful mobile devices have the traditional PC desktop on the run. Well, is it? If all the buzzwords about cloud computing, Web apps, software as a service (SaaS), the free desktop, and the rise of netbooks and tablet PCs, are to be believed, it may [...]
Archive | October, 2009
Has SaaS and Cloud Computing Killed The Desktop PC?
by admin on 31. Oct, 2009 in Cloud Computing, PC, SaaS
Get Your Online Private SaaS Repository – SaaSBuzz.com
by admin on 30. Oct, 2009 in Cloud Computing, SaaS, Uncategorized
Tool of the day Get all the commercial add-ons and stay up-to-date With Artifactory Online, not only do you receive the latest Artifactory version, but you also get for the lifetime of your subscription, commercial add-ons from the Artifactory Power Pack, such as combined searches, promotion, artifacts watching, metadata management, and more. You can always [...]
Traditional SaaS vs Cloud Enabled SaaS
by admin on 30. Oct, 2009 in Cloud Computing, SaaS
Inspired by Gilad’s great summary on the Cloud Programming model, I try to summarize the difference that I observe between the traditional SaaS model and the “cloud-enabled SaaS model”. Although cloud providers advocates zero effort is need to migrate existing applications into the cloud, it is my belief that this “strict-port” approach doesn’t fully exploit [...]
Is Cloud computing: Simply SaaS renamed?
by admin on 30. Oct, 2009 in Cloud Computing, SaaS
Industry leaders cite subtle differences between the technologies at SIAA OnDemand 2009 conference Is cloud computing just a renaming of SaaS (software as a service) in today’s buzzword-prone IT landscape? After all, both involve accessing applications over the Internet, with those applications generally residing on third-party servers. But industry executives cited subtle differences Thursday at [...]
Cisco buying Internet security provider ScanSafe for $183M
by admin on 28. Oct, 2009 in Cloud Computing, SaaS
Network equipment giant Cisco Systems is feeling good enough about the economy to rev up its acquisition engine, pledging to spend more than $6 billion in a single month on smaller companies. Cisco on Tuesday announced its third acquisition this month and its sixth acquisition so far this year. The company said it plans to [...]
Top 150 Cloud Computing Players – SaaSBuzz.com
by admin on 28. Oct, 2009 in Cloud Computing, HR, SaaS
The Top 150 Players in Cloud Computing — A robust ecosystem of solutions providers is emerging around cloud computing.Here, SYS-CON’s Cloud Computing Journal expands its popular list of most active players in the fast-emerging Cloud Ecosystem, from the ‘mere’ 100 we identified back in January of this year, to half as many again – testimony, [...]
Connecting Clouds: Box.net and Salesforce.com
by admin on 27. Oct, 2009 in Cloud Computing, SaaS
Since we launched an all-new, more business-focused Box this year, we have concentrated our efforts on making it easy for you to share content with anyone, from anywhere. Of course, a fair amount of that is on the product side, but another key component in realizing this vision are meaningful integrations with other business platforms. [...]
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