Lixto Software Uses Cloud Computing for SaaS Delivery, Scalability.

Lixto Software (a web intelligence company) released the 5th version of Web Data Extraction Software Suite . It hopes to improve the scalability and processing power of the company’s SaaS.

FileBound and NSi Announce Strategic Partnership.

Marex Group Inc and Notable Solutions Inc (NSi) announced a strategic partnership for the integration of AutoStore, NSi's suite of products, with the FileBound software suite. The partnership will help FileBound in reducing expenses in capturing and managing documents safely, either SaaS based or premised based.

Datalytics SaaS Healthcare Solution Now Powered by Analyzer from Strategy Companion.

Strategy Companion Corp., which supplies Business Intelligence (BI) software for the SQL Server Platform has announced that Datalytics has incorporated one of their solutions into their health care management SaaS offering. The BI solution is called the Analyzer.  “I have clients who used to run large reports and then export the data into Excel. These were high-level executives spending 8-16 hours a week on reporting!” says Eric Odom, Co-Founder of Datalytics. “Now, with Analyzer, they create just the view they need, when they need it.”

Descartes Acquires European Customs Filer Dexx.

Dexx, which is a European customs filing and logistics messaging provider was acquired today by Descartes Systems Group. Due to this Descartes’ Global Logistics and Network now has over 4,000 connected members. "Descartes and Dexx share a common vision to automate customs compliance and other logistics processes, so we're confident that our customers will continue to receive excellent service. We're excited about joining the Descartes team and continuing to work on these important initiatives.” said, Johan Deckx, the President of Dexx.

2e2 closes Netstore buy-out.

2e2’s biggest acquisition till date, worth £57m, of security specialist NetStore was announced today. The buy-out will push the revenue to about £50m a year and would also add 200 staff members. It also hopes to enjoy a powerful SaaS offering. Graham Kingsmill, chief executive of Netstore, “This acquisition makes perfect sense for both Netstore and 2e2 customers.”

HP, Intel and Yahoo Ally for Cloud Computing.

A collaboration for a next-gen Open Source test bed to advance cloud-computing technologies, including Platform as a Service is being worked upon by HP, Intel and Yahoo. It will include a global multi datacenter, which would also cut down various financial and logistical barriers to multi-partner research. The project is known as The HP, Intel and Yahoo Cloud Computing Test Bed.

Service-now.com Pledges SaaS Data Security.

Service-now.com, which is the pioneer of On-Demand IT service management was certified by U.S. Department of Commerce with the United States-European Union (EU) Safe Harbor Framework. The Framework provides uninterrupted data transfers from the EU to US. "As a software-as-a-service vendor, our customers trust us to keep their IT service management running and their data safe," said Fred Luddy, Service-now.com CEO.

Pegasystems announces BPM Platform as a Service (PaaS).

A new BPM capability was launched by Pegasystems which it plans to a BPM PaaS. What makes Pegasystems different from other SaaS offerings is the capability for end-to-end BPM development and execution and not just simple modeling. “We believe that there are more immediate and practical uses of cloud-enabled technologies than hosted SaaS, and using them to encourage BPM adoption and re-use within an extended enterprise makes sense,” commented Daryl Plummer, Managing VP and Gartner Fellow at the industry analyst firm Gartner.

Attention to all AS/400 (iSeries) Users - LIBERATION is at Hand.

A new line of LIBERATION services was launched by Impart Solutions, a SaaS vendor from Chicago. They hope to provide systems and functionality at a very low cost and with only a minimum requirement for in-house technical support. Impart Solutions will provide operational support including help desk support, security, backup and recovery, maintenance and server support.

Patersons HR and Payroll to Unveil U.S. Payroll Management Solution at Upcoming HR Technology Confer.

Patersons HR and Payroll solutions will unveil its U.S. Payroll product, a SaaS enterprise solution in Chicago. The HR executives 11th Annual HR Technology® Conference & Exposition will be held between October 15th – 17th.

Printable Puts the Spotlight on Print-on-Demand.

The Green Media Show Conference and Expo will witness Printable Technologies Inc’s print on-demand technology. This will be the first conference to address sustainability in the contexts of media and business-to-business communications.

BT to resell salesforce.com CRM.

BT Business in a recent press release announced new partnership with Salesforce.com that it will bring Salesforce CRM to its SMB customers. "Salesforce CRM will help the thousands of BT businesses looking to manage their business using on demand services. This signals the start of a new era of success for SMEs and the end of software." declared Lindsey Armstrong, EMEA president salesforce.com.

Etelos Introduces Virtual Server Environments.

Etelos announced Virtual Environment, which is an on-demand virtual server. Business owners, web application developers or anyone with the web application can use it for deployment instead of a traditional server deployment. Hosting and deployment expenses are hoped to come down with this new offer from Etelos. The company will provide applicable environment, no matter what language the application is written on. The pricing would vary from $8 - $ 240 per month depending on the server configuration.

Intrepid Raises $12 Million Financing for SCI Ltd.

Intrepid Equity Finance Ltd. today announced that it has raised a $12 million financing package for SCI Ltd. "The acquisition of MarketQuiz is highly strategic for SCI. MarketQuiz's products will complement and significantly extend SCI's existing offering by adding state-of-the-art marketing management capabilities. SCI is already the leading provider of lead distribution and management solutions to the automotive market.” said Chris Cawston, President and CEO of SCI.