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1. Siemens Inks SaaS Deal with SuccessFactors

   [ Summary ] Topic: SaaS | Date Published: 06/08/2009

   Siemens AG signed a software-as-a-service deal with SuccessFactors to provide the service to 420,000 of its global employees. The contract is one of the biggest ever signed for SaaS. Siemens employees and managers will use the talent management SaaS for performance management, goals organization...

2. SAP Details Its SaaS Strategy

   [ Summary ] Topic: SaaS | Date Published: 06/10/2009

   SAP’s new head of on-demand software applications, John Wookey, is giving details on the company’s new SaaS strategy. SAP will provide customers with subscription-based function-specific software applications that plug into their on-site Business Suite systems. The company also plans to...

3. SaaS Model Losing Steam with Enterprise Search

   [ Summary ] Topic: Enterprise Search | Date Published: 12/06/2007

   A recent CMS Watch report says while the SaaS model is hot, attaching it to enterprise search is not. This blogger suggests price and the fact that SaaS might not be all things to all people as two possible reasons for the decline in interest.

4. Author Carr Anoints SaaS

   [ Summary ] Topic: SaaS | Date Published: 01/11/2008

   A new book entitled "The Big Switch -- Rewiring the World from Edison to Google," by Nicholas Carr predicts the software-as-a-service model will engulf the IT services market. Carr believes that with the savings it offers, SaaS will dominate organizations' IT. Butler Group analyst Rob Hailstone and...

5. Boomi Launches On-Demand Integration Service

   [ Summary ] Topic: Application Integration | Date Published: 01/17/2008

   Boomi has launched Boomi OnDemandSM. According to this release, it's the industry's first fully on-demand integration service. Boomi users can securely build, deploy and manage integrations using only a Web browser.

6. Economy Could Boost and Shakeup SaaS

   [ Summary ] Topic: SaaS | Date Published: 12/09/2008

   The current economic conditions and tightened budgets make organizations hesitant to commit to anything new, says this article. Despite that, experts believe that the economy will benefit software-as-a-service (SaaS). Those same experts agree that smaller SaaS vendors may struggle.

7. Enterprises Using Cloud Computing to Double by 2012

   [ Summary ] Topic: Cloud Computing | Date Published: 02/20/2009

   IDC market research group concluded that 4 percent of companies are already using cloud computing in some form, but by 2012, that number will increase to 9 percent. The actual amount of growth and IT spending on cloud computing applications will likely be more like 25 percent.

8. Oracle to Expand SaaS Offerings

   [ Summary ] Topic: Oracle | Date Published: 05/01/2009

   To compete against Salesforce.com, Oracle is reportedly increasing its SaaS offerings to include online CRM applications and human resources software. The company has briefed a few industry analysts about its SaaS expansion, but has not said when the products will be launched. However, the company...

9. SaaS Picks up Steam in Economic Downturn

   [ Summary ] Topic: SaaS | Date Published: 07/17/2009

   Gartner forecasts that Software-as-a-Service will increase by up to 30 percent by the year 2010. The recession has caused more companies to consider technologies such as SaaS to save money, which has been a boon to the technology. SaaS provides affordability with flexibility for its customers.

10. Google Apps Brings Unexpected Innovation to Capgemini

    [ Summary ] Topic: SaaS | Date Published: 11/28/2007

    According to this piece, Capgemini sought save money by being among the first to deploy the Google Apps enterprise software-as-a-service productivity package. Its users invented efficient ways to employ the software to communicate with each other.

11. Performance a Major Driver to SaaS Adoption

    [ Summary ] Topic: SaaS | Date Published: 11/29/2007

    While saving money is often cited as the key driver for adopting software-as-a-service, ensuring better performance often is as big a consideration, according to new research by the Yankee Group. Asked what the major drivers were for adopting SaaS, customers overall cited improved application...

12. Partners Will Have to Pony Up for SAP's Business ByDesign

    [ Summary ] Topic: SaaS | Date Published: 12/06/2007

    To sell its new Business ByDesign on-demand ERP suite to the mid-market, SAP envisions building what it considers the first working on-demand model for partners. The downside for partners: They've got to pony up about $250,000 annually to be part of SAP's partner channel.