It was announced today that Kent State University has deployed Proofpoint's email security solutions in a "hybrid" configuration -- combining Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) anti-spam and anti-virus features. "Our previous email security tool was failing and unable to effectively scale to our ever-changing needs. However, Proofpoint's hybrid deployment model, product and implementation support, cost effectiveness and flexibility worked perfectly for us." Said Todd Ryan, the manager of systems administration for Kent State University.
Brainshark Expands SaaS Portfolio With Personal Edition for SOHO and Individual Users.
Brainshark Inc announced the public availability of Brainshark Personal Edition. The product offers on-demand presentation for SOHO (Small Office Home Office). It has features like presentations, project updates, e-mail marketing campaigns, enhancing websites etc.
IBM's cloud initiative repackages its familiar offerings.
According to an IBM insider, IBM’s cloud services initiative is about putting an organizing construct around all of its cloud offerings. This will include repackaging of IBM datacenter, Lotus technology and SameTime Unyte. It will be offered by the name of BlueHouse. Another component will provide a datacenter environment based on IBM’s cloud computing services around the world.
Zuora, Inc. Launches Second Product, Z-Payments, with Integration to PayPal.
The first complete payment solution built for subscription businesses was launched today by the name of Z-Payments by Zuora Inc. The product comes with a pre-integrated feature of receiving PayPal payments. Executives from salesforce.com and WebEx founded the company. "Zuora's expertise in the subscription market, coupled with our recurring billing functionality, makes Z-Payments a fast way for businesses to give their customers security and convenience when making payments online." said Garrett Price, Vice President of Business Development at PayPal.
OpSource Billing CLM Generates Revenue for On-Demand Companies.
An end-to-end payment solution will be available as a standalone service, by the name of OpSource Billing CLM as announced by OpSource. It will also act as the integrated component to OpSource On-Demand. “The software industry’s shift from traditional software licensing to an on-demand model requires fundamental changes to operational functions, such as billing. ISVs in transition to SaaS may overlook the complexity of what is required to support SaaS billing. Even some established SaaS providers do not have adequate systems to support billing and related processes. SaaS and On-Demand Infrastructure billing and payment hubs have moved in to fill the need. “ said Bill McNee, Founder and CEO of Saugatuck Technology.
Welch's Expands Use of Oco's Business Intelligence Solution.
Welch’s, a food and consumer packaged goods company has extended its use of Oco’s Solution as announced by the company, Oco Inc. It will provide Welch's with detailed analysis of fuel costs, which is an escalating component of Welch's transportation costs. "We are gaining greater visibility into cost-savings opportunities, which is especially important in light of rising fuel and transportation costs.” said Bill Coyne, director of purchasing and logistics for Welch's.
Aria Systems Celebrates Fifth Anniversary With Record Third Quarter; New Customers and Partners.
Aria Systems Inc is celebrating its fifth anniversary as the company’s customer database has increased tremendously in the SaaS billing space. "Our dramatic growth rate during the last quarter speaks not only to the effectiveness of our approach, but to the overall attractiveness of the SaaS billing business model relative to traditional billing platform options." said Edward Sullivan, president & CEO, Aria Systems. The company now stands at more than 60 customers at the end of five years of operations.
Dresdner Van Moer Courtens live with Thaler Wealth Management.
Dresdner Van Moer Courtens has chosen the SaaS delivery mode with Thaler Wealth Management. The company now operates from a single centralized platform across its four offices. The company turned to Callataÿ & Wouters based on the strength of its Thaler Wealth Management SaaS offering.
LucidEra Announces Pipeline Insight Fall ’08.
LucidEra Fall 08’, a new upgrade to LucidEra’s on-demand analytics platform and applications for sales was announced today by the company. It also announced a new Pipeline Healthcheck service for customers of salesforce.com. The Fall ’08 release also introduces a number of administration and performance improvements to the SaaS business intelligence platform that powers the Pipeline Insight analytic application.
Cordys Launches On-Demand BPM.
Cordys released an on demand platform for developing and executing process enabled mash-up applications (MashApps) called Cordys Process Factory. Cordys has been into BPM (Business Process Management) for a long time and with the support of MashApps, it will be able to establish an online, open community for Mash-up development. “The Software as a Service (SaaS) model we have developed enables business users to build and run their own MashApps® by simply combining standard business applications such as Google apps and commercially available services, with web services from anywhere, with the same levels of security as traditional platform implementations.” said Theodoor Van Donge, Chief Technology Officer of Cordys.
UCN inContact Signs Agreement With RightScale.
A one-year renewable agreement was signed between UNC Inc. & RightScale Inc, for inContact, the award winning SaaS application for contact centers. "From my previous experience with inContact, I knew it would give our services department the unique ability to make scalable changes while maintaining independent functionality." Said Chris Fowler, VP of RightScale’s services.
Symantec to take Europe into the cloud.
CEO John Thompson of Symantec announced recently that the company would be launching a cloud-based security product in Europe by the next year. He had mentioned the product at the Symantec Vision + ManageFusion EMEA 08 conference in The Hague today. "Expect that in cloud computing we will take our entire product range - the ones that are relevant - to be delivered as a service in the next three years," he said.
Alert Logic Teams with NaviSite to Deliver IT Compliance, Security Solutions.
NaviSite will offer Alert Logic's Log Manager and Threat Manager to its managed hosting customers, according to an agreement between the two companies. "In addition to offering advanced managed hosting services, we want to provide our customers with add-on services that address the security and compliance challenges they face," said Mark Clayman, Senior Vice President of Hosting Services at NaviSite.
COMPLETExRM's Success Leads to New Funding.
COMPLETExRM
was happy to announce that it has received Round B funding. It will
help in the betterment of the company’s aggressive marketing and sales
plans. "We are pleased FranklinCovey has contributed as a strategic
investment partner," said Donald L. Lucas, Chairman of the Board at
COMPLETExRM.
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