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		<title><![CDATA[A plethora of PaaS options]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=472]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[About that show of hands. I didn't expect my straw poll at last week's SaaS Summit would produce only two hesitant supporters for Salesforce.com's Force.com platform-as-a-service model out of a room full of two or three hundred ISVs. But this was a conference organized by specialist SaaS hoster OpSource, and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:55:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SaaS hoster OpSource buys billing partner]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=453]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Specialist SaaS hoster OpSource today has announced the acquisition of SaaS billing vendor LeCayla Technologies. OpSource has a number of partners that offer services to its customers, some of them integrated into its real-time service bus â€" including Aria Systems, another billing vendor â€" but this is the first time...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:06:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/aria+systems+inc..html"><![CDATA[Aria Systems Inc.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Guide to Provisioning, Billing and Nurturing Users of Web Applications and On-Demand Solutions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=324891]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A confluence of factors is driving customers to adopt a new generation of web-based, on-demand business applications. The emergence of these Sofware as a Service SaaS solutions is being driven by three primary forces:    Growing frustration among end-users and executives with the costs and complexities associated with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is SaaS the quick way to open source revenue?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1339]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For Software as a Service vendors, and customers, there is no difference between a proprietary and an open source license.SaaSÂ hosts like OpSource are looking for the same partnership with an open source vendor as they would with a proprietary one.They can support your sales effort, get you started in new...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:30:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SaaS is quick way to medical automation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=184]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Need to automate fast? Try Software as a Service Saas.With SaaS, you can take it one step at a time. You can bring in one application, or just serve a few desks.OpSource, which has been delivering SaaS to corporations for a few years now, is seeing enormous growth in health...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:55:35 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software+as+a+service+%2528saas%2529.html"><![CDATA[Software as a Service (SaaS)]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Up SaaS Operations]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317681]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Faced with intensifying competition, as well as a desire for more stable revenue streams, software companies are increasingly turning to the Software as a Service SaaS delivery model.    Software companies are facing the complex issues involved with building the service delivery capabilities necessary to support SaaS offerings....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Transforming Your Software Product Into a Service]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317682]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This white paper highlights many of the key issues associated with moving to the Software-as-a-Service SaaS model, including the potential need for fundamental changes to your business model, software architecture, and operational structure.  The paper explores these topics and more:    The differences between single- and multiple-instance...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Effectively Marketing Your SaaS Offering]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=352949]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Software as a Service SaaS and Web application delivery model presents significant new sales opportunities. Demand for SaaS applications are forecasted to grow over the next several years. In order to reach these potential customers, however, software vendors must develop and implement an effective marketing strategy now.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Enabling Software as a Service]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=352952]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A profound shift is occurring in the way that enterprise applications are purchased and delivered. The traditional model has many disadvantages for end users. Increasing dissatisfaction with the costs, complexities, and length of time that it takes to recognize value from their investments have pushed software buyers to demand alternative...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Opsource Optimizes Hosting Infrastructure on Demand With Oracle SaaS Platform]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=382751]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OpSource provides complete web operations infrastructure and services for serious SaaS and Web businesses, solving many issues like the need for substantial investment of time and money for Infrastructure deployment and management, the lengthy delays in time-to-revenue and operations obstacles, because web operations is not built into the software DNA....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SaaS infrastructure, as a service]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=303]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone still laboring under the misconception that SaaS is just a different delivery model for conventional software should spend a few minutes talking to Treb Ryan, CEO of SaaS infrastructure hosting provider OpSource. More than 200 ISV attendees at last weeks SaaS Summit, organized by OpSource, got a chance to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:14:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OpSource: On-Demand Services for Software-on-Demand]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=336231]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Santa Clara, Calif.-based OpSource offers ISVs Independent Software Vendors a premium multi-tenant hosting environment based on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system. Many of the software companies aiming for a share of the fast-growing, multi-billion-dollar Software-as-a-Service SaaS market are themselves beginning to realize the immense benefits of using hosted,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Intel backs SaaS hoster OpSource in $20m round]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=216]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Specialist on-demand hosting company OpSource announced a $20 million funding round this week, led by Intel Capital, the chipmaker's venture capital arm. OpSource provides hosting and service delivery management infrastructure to on-demand vendors and other ISVs who want to make their applications available as a service.   This is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:16:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discovering best practice in SaaS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11406-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=18414&messageID=357358&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Discovering best practice in SaaSGreat quote!"A company that's creating something new that couldn't be done before without this kind of application platform is going to be the one that has the most success."Mr. Wainewright has a knack for finding the one quote that can change my mind, or show me...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discovering best practice in SaaS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=126]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  The recipe for success in delivering applications as a service is still being written. One company that wants to stay at the leading edge of discovering those ingredients is OpSource, which specializes in hosting SaaS solutions for software vendors and on-demand startups. Its motivation is simple: the closer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:52:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Success-based SaaS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=425]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The failure to understand the operational challenges associated with Software as a Service SaaS helps to explain why the first wave of SaaS vendors crashed and burned a few years ago. Back then, such vendors called themselves application service providers  ASP. So what's different this time? I'm persuaded that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:11:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Software as a Service SaaS is predicted to be one of the fastest-growing trends in technology, and OpSource is banking on it. To help independent software vendors make a successful transition to SaaS, OpSource must provide not only a secure, scalable environment, but also support for a subscription-based revenue model....]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning to deliver Software-as-a-Service SaaS?  Click the "View this now" button to access these informative materials from OpSource:    A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Up SaaS Operations: Building a scalable, secure, and highly available SaaS infrastructure can be a daunting undertaking for a software company. This step-by-step...]]></description>
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