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- SaaS
- (Software-As-A-Service) Software that is rented rather than purchased. Instead of buying software and paying for periodic upgrades, SaaS is subscription based, and all upgrades are provided during the...
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- 1,788 entries compete for $5mil Android prize money
- 1,788 entries compete for $5mil Android prize moneyThe excitement is building!! Can't wait to see the best applicaitons. Stevehow does that go????Developers, Developers, Developers . . . . Too bad they don't want to write for Windows Booooooorrring Mobile.The most interesting entry is the one that ...... reflashes your phone,...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-04-20
- Would+a+Microsoft%2FYahoo%21+deal+mean+more+junk+and+OS+bloat%3F++Probably
- Would+a+Microsoft%2FYahoo%21+deal+mean+more+junk+and+OS+bloat%3F++ProbablySAAS is EvilYou know where I lay the blame for this? Google. They made SaaS incredibly sexy and this has resulted in all of the big players wanting to cash in. As a result, the future of computing is moving toward online services and advertising. Call...
- Tags: Operating systems, Google Inc., SAAS, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Pidgin, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- A pain in the -aaS
- A pain in the -aaSStarting to see pushback on SaaSI'm starting to see pushback on SaaS. People know what it means, but many prefer On-demand. A growing number even want to be called simply "web software". It's quite interesting.While those of us in the business all know...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Software as a Service (SaaS), Web services, aaS, SOA, Saas
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- Ellison spurns saas for easy ERP pickings
- Ellison spurns SaaS for easy ERP pickingsLarry's not dumb...Oracle wants nothing to do with Saas because it is a model that Larry fully understands. If he didn't he never would have put money with Evan and Zach. But to Larry's credit, he understood that Oracle DOESN'T understand Saas.For those who...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), ERP, Saas, Oracle Corp., software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- Images: Salesforce.com's Visualforce
- Salesforce.com is rolling out Force.com an on-demand platform. The biggest component is Visualforce, a service that allows customers to customize the user interface. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., On-demand, Larry Dignan, Salesforce.com, SAAS, user interface, ERP, CRM
- Image galleries 2007-09-13
- Podcast: AlwaysOn Summit, virtual worlds, green data centers and more...
- This week on the Dan & David Show I am on the Stanford University campus at the AlwaysOn Summit and David is in his headquarters outside of Boston. I give David some of the highlights from the conference, including the state of virtual worlds, social networking, green data centers and...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Utility computing, Telecommunications, Software Infrastructure, Social networking, Second Life, SaaS, Hardware Infrastructure, Green Tech, General, Facebook, Datacenter, Dan &, David Show
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Predicting the next phase of the Internet
- Will the Internet still be here in 20 years? Of course it will, but that was the question asked of Nick McKeown, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford; Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun; and Phil McKinney, vice president and CTO of the Personal Systems Group at...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Security, SaaS, Personal Technology, iPhone, General, Broadband
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Symantec CEO John Thompson on Microsoft, Google and Switzerland
- Symantec CEO John Thomspon drinks deeply from the Microsoft well. In fact, three-quarters of his company's $5.2 billion in revenue last year was derived from the Windows platform. But Symantec's relationship with Microsoft is complex and at times contentious. Thompson describes Microsoft as a partner, ally and competitor.On the competitor...
- Tags: Symantec, Storage, Software Infrastructure, Security, SaaS, IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- 'Desktop as a service' coming soon to a PC near you
- Desktop virtualization as a service has gotten a big boost with Desktone Inc.'s announcement today of $17 million in venture capital funds that will allow the company to finance global sales, marketing, and development. Desktone, a Chelmsford, Mass., startup offers what it says is the industry's first unified virtual desktop...
- Tags: Web Technology, Virtualization, Software Infrastructure, SOA, SaaS, Microsoft Live, Microsoft, management, ITIL, IT Management, IT Service Management, Internet, Enterprise 2.0, content delivery network, Akamai
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- TIBCO boosts SOA-RIA market with donation of Ajax messaging bus to OpenAjax Alliance
- TIBCO Software is easing the way for Ajax component interoperability with the donation this week of its core Ajax message bus technology to the OpenAjax Alliance OAA Hub project. TIBCO announced the donation today, at the same time as it released its PageBus, a related open source product. What's in...
- Tags: Web Services, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA architect, SOA, SaaS, Open Source, Internet, Enterprise 2.0, Developer Tools, Agile Development
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Podcast: SF power outage, Apple earnings, mashups and more...
- This week on the Dan & David Show we discuss Apple's quarterly earnings (which were released just before we recorded the show--270,000 iPhones sold in the two-day launch before the end of the quarter) and the power outage in San Francisco that took out ZDNet, Craigslist, Technorati, Yelp and other...
- Tags: Web Technology, SaaS, General, Enterprise 2.0, Disaster Recovery, Datacenter, Dan &, David Show, Apple, Business Continuity, Amazon, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- SOA adds broth to technology acronym soup
- SOA consultant Todd Biske, who did a great job on a panel I was honored to moderate earlier this week, has some good thoughts on the definitions and roles of IT categories and SOA.His blog posting on "acronym soup" is worth a read.And thanks to the other members of "The...
- Tags: Application Lifecycle Management, BI, business intelligence, SaaS, SOA, SOA architect, SOA Governance, Software Development, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- SOA will fold into general enterprise architecture, Linthicum tells Open Group crowd
- While enterprise architects EAs and services oriented architecture SOA architects are often at loggerheads today, the two will working hand in hand toward the same goals in a matter of a few years."In five years I don't think there will be SOA ... it's all going to fold back into...
- Tags: Virtualization, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, SOA, SaaS, ITIL, IT Service Management, IT Management, Enterprise 2.0, datacenters, Agile Development
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- A bumper crop of new mashup platforms
- While application developers tend to roll their eyes at the concept of end-user mashups, they remain one of the more promising new trends in software development this year. And while it's certainly true it's early days yet for mashups, the tools that enable them remaining rather limited, seems to...
- Tags: Wikis, Widgets, Web services, Web as Platform, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, Two-Way Web, The Long Tail, SOA, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SaaS, RSS, Right To Remix, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Products, Open APIs, Mashups, JSON, Governance, Global SOA, Gadgets, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Design Patterns, Customer Self-Service, Cost-effective scalability, Business Models, Ajax
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- Salesforce.com transitions to platform as a service
- Salesforce.com plans to make its Apex Code available in general release next month, completing its transition from an on demand CRM application platform to a more generalized on demand software development platform.In fact, with the forthcoming Summer ‘07 release, salesforce.com now describes itself as a the "world's platform-as-a-service," complete with...
- Tags: Web Technology, SaaS, Salesforce.com, Enterprise 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- IT enters its most fertile development era ever
- Information technology is now entering an unprecedented era of rapidly expanding development productivity. This is because of two unassailable facts: The number and types of people who can actively participate in software development are expanding, while -- at the same time -- we're seeing a rapid compression in the effort,...
- Tags: Web Technology, Web Services, Virtualization, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SaaS, Open Source, Microsoft Live, Microsoft, Internet, Google, Enterprise 2.0, Eclipse, Developer Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development, .NET
- Blog posts 2007-07-15
- NetBooks targeting small business with on demand suite
- In his bio, Ridgely Evers notes that he has been the CEO of four Internet-related companies and that he conceived, designed, led the development, and drove the launch of Intuit's QuickBooks small business accounting program. He is parlaying that experience into a new company, NetBooks, which is described as an...
- Tags: Web Technology, Salesforce.com, SaaS, NetSuite
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- NetSuite and Zimbra join the iPhone parade
- The iPhone is becoming the latest check-off item for developers of business applicaitons. NetSuite plans to launch SuitePhone, a version of its on demand, integrated business applications suite for the iPhone. With Safari on the iPhone, users can access their NetSuite dashboards and get up to date information, for...
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, SaaS, Web Technology
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- One week until Mashup Camp in the Valley: Discuss, hack, compete (great prizes), & party
- Only one week remains until the fourth Mashup Camp and Mashup University are set to start at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Over the last year and a half, Mashup Camp has grown to be the unofficial official social and technical gathering for everyone with an...
- Tags: ~ Events ~, Web Technology, Utility computing, Software Infrastructure, SaaS, Mashup University, Mashup Camp, IT Management, Innovation, General, Enterprise 2.0, eBay, Berlind, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- SOA and saas convergence points to new market demand for 'integration-as-a-service'
- Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: Cape Clear Software.Take SOA and SaaS to their natural maturation and adding more interoperability and integration into the online services mix becomes inevitable. When standardized services come from a variety of sources, then a variety of means to connect them makes more...
- Tags: Web Services, Virtualization, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA architect, SOA, SaaS, Podcasts, Internet, Enterprise 2.0, datacenters, convergence, Cape Clear, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
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