Companies must consider public or private cloud computing systems, among other factors. Ongoing cuts to IT budgets, pressures for IT to be more agile in responding to business opportunities and overall cost reductions are leading CIOs and CTOs around the globe to seriously consider cloud computing as a game changer for their companies. Chances are [...]
Archive | April, 2010
Cloud computing, ecommerce leaders Salesforce and Jigsaw to become one
Leading SaaS vendor Salesforce.com and cloud-based business directory Jigsaw.com recently announced that Salesforce has purchased Jigsaw for $142 million. The deal will be finalized in the second quarter of 2011 as both companies adhere to closing conditions of the agreement. Jigsaw’s business directory will essentially provide Salesforce.com’s customers with a built-in sales pipeline that will [...]
DataStation Cloud – Cloud Computing SaaS Innovation Management
DataStation Innovation Cloud is a complete SaaS for innovation management: capturing employee ideas, leading new products and services from successful idea to their market launch, combined with all great features of social networking, data sharing and productivity applications. Mobile access, smart search, flexible, secure and reliable infrastructure, together with one-day setup and quick start will [...]
Software Evaluation For SaaS or Cloud Computing
The article below looks at several aspects that should be considered when doing a cloud or SaaS software or services evaluation. These principles are best practices and are part of the overall selection methodology. Analyst Insight: SaaS and new enterprise software offerings have created a new dynamic for enterprise software selection as opposed to traditional [...]
Outsourcery: Cloud computing firm reports 350 per cent rise in enquiries from companies keen to cut costs
Although Britain is technically out of recession, the pain is still being felt by SME’s trying to survive in extremely tough economic conditions. Official figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that GDP has grown by just 0.2% between January and March. The precarious state of the economy shows that cost management is just [...]
Bye Bye Recession – Led by Cloud Computing, Software is Roaring Back
As readers of this blog know, hundreds of leading software, SaaS and cloud computing companies are happily and profitably using Intacct’s cloud-based financial management and accounting applications. In the fourth quarter of 2009, we started to notice our Software industry customers provisioning more users in large numbers and subscribing to more modules too – which [...]
Cloud Computing: Sharpen Your SAAS Smarts Before Committing to the Cloud
The cloud revolution has taken the software industry by storm, heralding wholesale changes in how applications are consumed and delivered. As with prior shifts in the software industry, cloud computing has created new opportunities and shaken up the positioning of market leaders. The industry is again seeing a new game changer with companies like Salesforce.com, [...]
Top Ten Reasons to Use SaaS – Cloud Computing Services
I’ve been talking about the benefits of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for so long it always amazes me when I have to go back to basics to help the uninitiated understand the fundamental benefits of today’s online, on-demand software solutions. So, here’s my quick list of the top ten reasons why business and IT decision-makers should start [...]
