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Identikey Server 3.1: Strong Authentication Solution for On-Demand Applications and SaaS

Software deployments are shifting from a traditional approach where programs are installed on individual computers towards a web model. With the increased performance, availability, and stability of the current Internet infrastructure, other software deployments have become possible, such as Hosted Applications. Better known as "SaaS" or "On-Demand", these applications reside...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, On-demand Application, VASCO, On-demand, Authentication, Data Security, Software Deployment, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Security, Emerging Technologies, Management

White papers 2009-04-29

Application Delivery Networks: The New Imperative for IT Visibility, Acceleration and Security

Your business depends on one thing: getting the right information to the right people at the right time. To gain a competitive advantage, improve customer service and access more business intelligence, you have to ensure fast and responsive application delivery to users wherever they are. At the same time, you...

Tags: Security, On-demand Application, Network, Information Technology, Business, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Strategy, Server Consolidation, Globalization, Management, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2008-09-19

Solution Provider Uses Virtualization to Cut Costs, Add Flexibility, Boost New Business

Florida-based AcXess is a Microsoft partner whose resilient on-demand application solutions provide a virtual platform to help customers increase business and avoid loss of revenue during emergency situations. For the past several years, many of the organization's customers have begun asking for more scalable, flexible, on-demand solutions. To meet those...

Tags: On-demand Application, On-demand, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Data Management, Storage

Case studies 2007-11-01

TechNet Webcast: Why Customers Are Virtualizing Their Applications and How You Can Make a Success of It (Level 300)

Virtualization has a profound impact across the IT environment. Enabling on-demand application delivery through application virtualization increases agility and makes the IT infrastructure more dynamic. This webcast shares recent best practices for large customers. It costs organizations a lot of money and effort to get their applications, upgrades, and patches...

Tags: Application, On-demand Application, Webcast, Microsoft TechNet, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

Webcasts 2007-10-23

Oracle SaaS Platform: Building On-Demand Applications

The adoption of Software as a Service SaaS or On-Demand presents several technical and business challenges for all players involved - Independent Software Vendors ISVs, hosting services providers and the customers. The technical challenges for SaaS providers include support for multi-tenancy, security, usability and service-level management. Oracle SaaS Platform consisting...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, On-demand Application, Oracle Corp., On-demand, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies

White papers 2007-06-01

Introduction to the Apex Platform

The Apex platform from salesforce.com is a service that lets companies create, customize, integrate, and share on-demand applications over the Internet - all without needing to purchase or install software. The service is composed of two main parts: the AppExchange directory, an online marketplace for sharing on-demand applications, and the...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., On-demand Application, Sales Force Management, Internet, Sales

White papers 2006-12-06

What makes on demand better

What is it that makes on-demand applications not just different, but better than conventional software? Last week, I wrote that it revolves around a focus on helping customers' businesses run better. But what does that mean in practice? Here are six distinct characteristics of on-demand applications that...

Tags: on-demand

Blog posts 2006-02-13

How to fund on-demand applications

There are three three main ways of funding on-demand applications. Advertising is by far the least effective of the three. It's probably a better option than selling perpetual licences for two bucks a time, but it will rarely produce enough income to fund operation and development of a service that...

Tags: on-demand

Blog posts 2005-11-16

How to get return BEFORE investment

One staple of my slide presentation when I used to address conferences about the application service provider concept back in 2000-2001 was the notion of rBi — return BEFORE investment — as opposed to simply return ON investment rOi at some unspecified point in the future. To me, this was...

Tags: on-demand application, rBi

Blog posts 2005-10-17

Delivering on the Service Proposition: What to Look for When Considering On-Demand Applications

If the ease and economics of Software-as-a-Service SaaS appeal to you, check out this informative white paper from SpringCM. It highlights best practices in SaaS operations and offers guidelines for evaluating providers based on these key criteria: Performance Reliability Availability Information Stewardship Scalability...

Tags: SpringCM, Software-as-a-service, On-demand Application, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies

White papers

Additional Resources

Does virtualization equal cloud computing?

I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...

Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

iSubtitle 1.5.3 (Mac)

Create soft subtitled movies for iPod (Touch, Classic, Nano), iPhone (2G, 3G, 3GS), Apple TV, iTunes or any QuickTime based player or application. The first and only application to take full advantage of Apple's soft subtitle technology. The subtitle tracks are resolution independent and rendered in real-time as you watch...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple QuickTime, Movie, Bitfield, 3G, Digital Music, Digital Media, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Jack OS X 0.84 (Mac)

Jack Tools is a Mac OS X implementation of the Jack Audio Connection Kit Jack. Jack is a low-latency audio server, written originally for the GNU/Linux operating system. It connects any number of different applications to a single hardware audio device; it also allows applications to send and receive audio...

Tags: Audio, Apple Macintosh, Plug-in, Defective Records Software, Jack Audio Connection Kit, Jack Audio Connection Kit Tools, Jack Audio Server Jack Audio Server, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Nikon ViewNX 1.5 (Mac)

ViewNX is a software application for viewing, rating, and organizing images. ViewNX offers the following 3 modes for viewing images. Thumbnail Grid mode for viewing image thumbnails. Image Viewer mode displayed a selected image at a larger size. Full screen mode displays an image...

Tags: Nikon Corp., Apple Macintosh, Image, ViewNX, Nikon Transfer

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Peernet File Conversion Center 4.0.005 (Windows)

File Conversion Center is a Microsoft Windows application that enables you to quickly and easily batch convert and/or print Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets, Web pages, PostScript files, and other popular file formats into image files or Adobe PDF documents. The File Conversion Center also converts files from one image type...

Tags: PEERNET, File Conversion Center Feature, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Best Buy adds $197 HP laptop to Black Friday lineup

I hate agreeing with linuxbut alas I must do it this time :( He's right, this is some cheap hardware. Intel celeron? Who uses that anymore? I guess its good for kids, but any power user will not want this laptop. I'm holding out for a...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Black Friday lineup, laptop computer, Intel Celeron, Best Buy Co. Inc., Black Friday, HP Laptop, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Chrome OS will rise or fall on the safety dance

It's not just about what Google's programmers do in terms of security that will drive Chrome OS. Google needs application developers to accept its security development framework as well. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Development Tools, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Review: Who needs a PND when you have CoPilot Live 8 on an HTC HD2?

Earlier this summer I posted on the release of CoPilot Live 8 for Google Android and loaded it up on my T-Mobile G1 to evaluate for a full review. A ton of new devices came shooting across my desk and I never had the chance to finish my review of...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., T-Mobile G1, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-24

MindNode Pro 1.4.3 (Mac)

MindNode Pro is an elegant and simple-to-use mindmapping application for the Macintosh. It was created with the user in mind and features a very clean interface for quickly creating visually appealing mind maps. MindNode Pro is based on the same code-base as MindNode and provides additional functionality that help to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Markus Mueller, MindNode Pro, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Image Gallery: CoPilot Live 8 on the HTC HD2

The HTC HD2 has a fabulous 4.3 inch high resolution display that takes up most of the device. Thus, loading up a GPS navigation application and testing it out makes perfect sense. CoPilot Live 8 was preloaded on the HD2 and with a reasonable cost of only $35 you can't...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Video, HTC HD2, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, screenshots, htc, gps, navigation, windows mobile, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-11-23