SaaS Email Security and Compliance Offerings, Competitive Conversions Drive Proofpoint's Revenues to Record Levels for 23rd Consecutive Quarter

Proofpoint Inc. has announced that its revenues for the first quarter of 2009 were the highest in the company's history, representing Proofpoint's 23rd consecutive quarter of record-breaking revenue. "As in the previous quarter, SaaS solutions were the fastest-growing part of Proofpoint's business in Q1 2009. Global enterprises challenged by the current economic environment are looking to substantially reduce costs and greatly simplify their IT infrastructures," said Gary Steele, CEO of Proofpoint. "Cloud computing-based solutions like Proofpoint on Demand and Proofpoint Email Archiving can easily save organizations 40 percent or more versus an on-premises approach. And hybrid solutions like Proofpoint Shield let enterprises benefit from email security in the cloud while maximizing their existing investments in on-premises email security appliances."

Predictix Leverages Retail's SaaS Suite for Consumer-Centric Merchandising

Predictix officially launched its consumer-centric merchandising solution suite. "Predictix is a real game changer for the retail software industry, giving merchandisers the advanced tools they need, combined with the unique flexibility, speed to value, and no-risk proposition of its SaaS model," said John Buchanan, Chairman of the Board, Predictix and former CEO and Chairman, Retek (now Oracle Retail). "This technology and business model would be disruptive in any market - in the toughest market in memory, however, Predictix is turning the retail software industry on its ear."

Xactly Successfully Deploys OpSource On-Demand to Host Mission-Critical Sales Performance Management Applications

OpSource announced that Xactly Corp. has successfully deployed the OpSource On-Demand. "OpSource was the one vendor who showed a strong commitment to the SaaS business model, building additional products like OpSource Analytics™ that address the specific needs of the SaaS market in our overall solution. We are now able to continue focusing on our own products, leaving the operations of SaaS infrastructure to OpSource's experts. Using OpSource has saved head count, plus costs, and provided access to great thought leadership in how to design and deploy an on-demand infrastructure." said Bill Sudlow, senior vice president of engineering and SaaS operations, Xactly.

Qumu launches new employee video collaboration suite

Qumu announced today that Kodiak, a suite of enterprise video applications for collaboration and communication in large organizations. Kodiak provides video capture and steaming capabilities for employees to create, manage and distribute video communications either behind the company's firewall, or externally to customers. “The Kodiak offering allows for employees to connect and share ideas very easily through video, whether it's for training, collaboration or conferencing." Said Scott Safe, vice president of product strategy for Qumu.

Kelly Services Deploys Cornerstone OnDemand’s Integrated Talent Management Suite to Nearly 659,000 Users Worldwide

Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. announced that Kelly Services, a world leader in workforce management services and human resources solutions, is deploying Cornerstone’s integrated learning and talent management software suite to nearly 659,000 employees worldwide, including temporary professional employees and full-time employees. “Cornerstone appealed to us because of the comprehensive functionality and Software-as-a-Service delivery of its talent management suite, as well as the cultural fit between the two organizations,” said Allison Kerksa, Director of Global Learning for Kelly Services. “Providing employees with easy, anytime/anywhere access to their learning and career information was critical, and the ability to leverage online forms has led to significant streamlining of employee compliance processes. From a business perspective, Cornerstone’s SaaS-based suite offers a low cost of ownership, and it doesn’t require additional hardware investments or IT support.”

Dynamsoft Releases the Update for Its Hosting Version Control Solution

Dynamsoft has announced an updated release of SourceAnywhere Hosted, a SQL-based version control software delivered as SaaS. "SourceAnywhere Hosted allows us the flexibility to expand our network on short order," said J. Singh, Managing Director, Early Stage IT, on his company's blog. "No software development team can afford mishaps in source control. It has to just work. SourceAnywhere does that for us."

QED Connect to Address Education Sector

QED Connect Inc. has announced the introduction of an Educational program with a special price structure to support those partners who sell into the education sector, making it easier for education organizations to comply with the Children's Internet Protection Act 2000 (CIPA). The program will be available this summer to support the fall semester.

BroadVision Announces CLEAR and Its Charter Members Program

BroadVision OnDemand Co. Ltd. has announced the general availability of CLEAR, a collaborative workforce relationship management solution, which will be introduced at the IHRIM 2009 Conference and Technology Exposition in San Diego, April 19-22. "CLEAR represents a paradigm shift, transforming human resource information management systems (HRIS/HRMS) from rudimentary record-keeping and tactical people transactions to holistic and strategic workforce relationship management (WRM). The end result is a more productive HR function fully integrated with a highly participatory and collaborative workforce, empowering their companies to thrive and excel in today's tough economy." said Dr. Pehong Chen, President and CEO of BroadVision OnDemand.

Veracode Introduces SecurityReview for Application Risk Management

Veracode Inc. has announced the expansion of its SecurityReview cloud-based subscription service to simplify managing application security risk and regulatory compliance across a diverse enterprise application portfolio including internally developed, purchased, outsourced and open source applications. "Having the ability to embed security training, integrate our existing internal testing and have insight into the security of open source through a single platform provides us with a clear and measureable compliance framework." said Stephen Scharf, CISO of Experian.

NextBio Receives Phase II SBIR Grant to Add New Genomic and Proteomic Content

NextBio has announced the receipt of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). “Life science researchers use critical biological information from studies of diverse species to make key correlations that help them discover new knowledge about human or plant physiology and disease,” said Saeid Akhtari, NextBio President and Chief Executive Officer. “With this support from NIH, we will extend the NextBio offering enabling researchers to leverage a wider range of data from model organisms to better understand biology.”

CrownPeak Launches New Features Across CrownPeak CMS Suite

CrownPeak announced the extension of its leadership in Web content management with multiple new features across its flagship CrownPeak CMS suite, designed to make client Web site management easier and more efficient. "Websites have evolved from online brochures to powerful marketing platforms that capture users with relevant content and drive them to take action," said Jim Howard, CrownPeak's CEO. "Marketers must ensure that every penny counts with their web initiatives, and our new CMS rollout gives them all of the tools to manage content, drive campaigns and generate revenue."

Cachematrix Completes Integration With Thomson Reuters' Treasury Workstations

Cachematrix has announced today that it has completed treasury workstation integrations with Thomson Reuters which can be utilized by any corporation using a Cachematrix trading system licensed by banks, and a Thomson Reuters Treasury Workstation. "It is critical that treasurers have the tools with which they can most effectively manage their cash and have accountability over their reporting," said Cachematrix Chief Information Officer, Matt Crooks. "In today's environment seamless integration of separate trading systems into treasury workstations should not be a barrier to effectively managing treasury operations."

Direxxis Launches dmEDGE 4.0 Marketing Platform Designed For Decentralized Sales and Marketing

Direxxis Inc. has announced the release of dmEDGE, its award-winning distributed marketing platform that is delivered as a hosted web service. With dmEDGE 4.0, decentralized users can easily create, store, localize, execute and measure marketing and advertising communications in a self-service, closed loop environment. “It is the first application we found that links data, content and campaign execution functionality with the ability to customize messaging at the local level. We realized that this capability was exactly what we needed to maximize the results of our customer prospecting efforts.” said Anson Asoka, Constellation Energy’s Vice President of Customer Insights and Market Analytics.

Mohegan Sun Selects Market Metrix for Customer Feedback Solutions

Market Metrix LLC announced recently that Mohegan Sun, one of the world's largest and most respected gaming and entertainment destinations, has chosen the company's real-time satisfaction survey system to optimize the guest experience and improve loyalty and profitability. "With Market Metrix's powerful online system and support team, we will obtain deeper insights into the casino experience of our guests and enable us to act on the information in a timely manner," said Mitchell Etess, Mohegan Sun's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We selected Market Metrix due to their significant casino experience, industry specific platform, and the talent of their team."