Wireless Zone Selects Netkey for 350-Store Digital Signage Project

Netkey has announced that Wireless Zone has selected Netkey SaaS to operate digital signs in the company's stores. "In the highly competitive wireless market, providing current information about products and services to customers is a must," said Jose Olmeda, executive director of store development for Wireless Zone. "The flexibility and ease-of-use of the Netkey digital signage software has allowed Wireless Zone to generate immediacy with our in-store marketing communications and guarantee a consistent brand experience across all our outlets."

Mimosa NearPoint, LiveOffice Mail Archive offer hybrid SaaS email archiving approach

Mimosa Systems Inc. and LiveOffice LLC have announced the launch of a new email archiving SaaS with a new offering that combines Mimosa's NearPoint on-premise email archiving software with LiveOffice's Mail Archive service. “This is the first legitimate hybrid SaaS and on-premise email archive solution," said Brian Babineau, a senior analyst at Milford, Mass.-based Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). "Autonomy [Corp.] tried in the past but didn't have success."

Garcia Research Associates To Get Fully Hosted SaaS Solution From Confirmit

Garcia Research Associates, the leading market research consultants has announced the decision to get a fully hosted SaaS communication solution from Confirmit. The solution will help in integration of dual functionalities of CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) and analytical dialling on to a single platform. “The use of the integrated Confirmit telephony and dialling solution will enable GRA to recruit new panellists for its Hispanic market research panel faster and more efficiently than can be done at present.” Said Pat Molloy, chief strategy officer at Confirmit.

HP Launches New Cloud Consulting Services

HP recently announced the launch of new consulting services designed to help enterprises develop and implement a cloud computing strategy. The services were released on June 23rd and aim to help CIO’s in figuring out in what to invest in and how to develop cloud computing strategies. "Despite the promise of cloud computing, organizations still need help in understanding how to leverage and enable the cloud as part of a service delivery strategy," said Anand Eswaran, vice president of software and solutions professional services at HP.

Really Simple Systems Hosted CRM Selected as Award-Winning Provider by SAASDirectory.co.uk

Really Simple Systems has announced that it has been recognised as an award winning SaaS Customer Relationship Management (CRM) provider by SaaSDirectory.co.uk. “The affordability and pricing structure of SaaS is extremely competitive and the current economy has been a significant force in changing perceptions. The added advantage of SaaS is that business-critical information is readily available at all times, from any computer with internet connectivity, allowing more flexible working.” Said John Paterson, CEO of Really Simple Systems.

Socialtext Launches Freemium Product

Socialtext has announced the launch of its new product in its collaborative suite Socialtext Free 50 which, as the name implies, is free for up to 50 users.  "These new offerings enable more businesses to discover a new way of working without barriers and decide when to engage with us to grow revenue, strengthen customer relationships and adapt to change. Socialtext continues to exercise its Enterprise 2.0 leadership with a 'freemium' SaaS business model, while expanding the power of its social software platform." said Eugene Lee, CEO of Socialtext.

Nirvanix Enables Embedded Content Storage for International Media Service Provider Samba Tech

Nirvanix, an enterprise Cloud Storage service provider has announced that Samba Tech is utilizing the Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network(TM) (SDN(TM)) as the content storage and delivery method for its SaaS-based rich-media management platform. This enables enterprises and media groups in Latin America to efficiently communicate with their audiences. "Because we can take advantage of the Nirvanix SDN, we have been able to provide our international customer base with secure media storage while avoiding the significant capital investment that otherwise would have been required to build out our own storage solution." said Rodrigo Paolucci, Chief Marketing Officer of Samba Tech.