Odeo Enters Enterprise Market with SaaS Solution

Odeo has announced that it has recently executed a SaaS contract with its first enterprise software customer; a NY based Fortune 100 financial institution. Founded in 2005 by Evan Williams (Blogger, Twitter) as a consumer-focused podcasting portal, Odeo was acquired by an investor/management team with deep enterprise software experience in 2007. The company has been re-focused to bring the benefits of video sharing and publishing to business users. "Odeo's media aggregation platform is an efficient way to get a company's audio and video content organized quickly and easily. We make it simple for users to get that content wherever they want it: In their browsers, on their desktop, or on their mobile device," said VP of Operations, Eric Rupert.

Central Desktop Offers Free Microsoft Outlook Plug-In

Central Desktop, a SaaS platform based on Web announced a plug-in that provides integration with Microsoft Outlook. The plug-in, which is available for free, is designed to provide Outlook users with what Central Desktop calls a “pure SaaS-based approach to collaboration” that aligns with their existing work tools and practices.  The plug-in provides two-way task and calendar synchronization between Outlook and Central Desktop. “People live in Outlook at work. Integrating Outlook into Central Desktop cuts out double entry, and that saves time,” said Isaac Garcia, Central Desktop co-founder and CEO. “It’s easier to connect, and because Central Desktop is SaaS-based, you can access your calendar while you’re on the road.”

Jaspersoft Version 3.5 Adds In-memory Analysis to BI Tool

Jaspersoft has announced that it is adding integrated in-memory analysis functions and SaaS capabilities to the new version of its BI tool. "In Jaspersoft, as in many BI suites, there was a difference between where you could do your dashboarding and your BI reporting, and if you wanted to do multidimensional analysis, you needed to add another module," said Nick Halsey, the company's vice president of marketing.

Rocket Matter Announces the Addition of Document Storage to their Legal Productivity Tools

Rocket Matter has announced the availability of of document storage in their signature product - Rocket Matter®. This new tool allows users to easily organize their files via a secure mechanism for massive data storage. "Rocket Matter brings legal productivity tools to today's market that are easy-to-use and provide efficiency," says Larry Port, Founding Partner and Chief Software Architect. "We heard from our customers that document storage was an important feature to them, which is why we are excited about this announcement. We add features based on their feedback and want our customers to run their practices as efficiently as possible."

Panorama Software Unveils RC1 of NovaView Version 6.0; Now Includes New Client Designed for its Google Apps Solution

Panorama Software today previewed the first fully supported release candidate of NovaView Version 6.0, scheduled for final release this June. "In NovaView 6.0, we are introducing new products in the suite," says Eynav Azarya, Panorama Software CEO. "The most exciting ones are the new Relational Data Connector, which lets users analyze and interact with relational data just as if it was modeled and stored in a cube; and, NovaView Flash Analytics which is based on the analytics application that we released for Google Apps in our SaaS solution and already used by over 100,000 users today. We are proud to make this innovative client available to our NovaView customers on-premise and know this will help them extend the reach of BI inside the organization."

CampPlanIt Announces Launch of Versatile, Low-Cost CampCentral Software in Northern California

CampPlant, a Web based SaaS offering has announced the first installation of its new CampCentral software, launched in early 2009, for the town of Danville, Calif. "CampCentral™ captures previously lost revenues by unlocking the information in PDF catalogs, facilitating searches and scheduling, thus helping consumers find the right camp at the right time at the right price," said Mike Musuris, CampPlanIt business development officer. "The competition offers mainly traditional enterprise solutions based on closed platforms that are rigid, expensive to implement and maintain, not designed to integrate easily with other applications, and not 'web-friendly.”

Foxxe Energy Services Implements KMI's EHS Software Suite for Incident Management, Corrective Actions and Auditing

Foxxe Energy Services has announced the implementation of Knowledge Management Innovations, Ltd. (KMI’s) EHS Software Suite for corporate risk management. KMI's Incident Management, Corrective Actions and Audit & Inspection modules have been rolled out across all Foxxe Energy's service centers, management offices and mobile drilling rigs across the United States and Mexico. 

Telstra makes SaaS available for small business

Telstra has recently announced a raft of online software applications which available to Australian businesses with the Telstra T-Suite SaaS platform going live across the country. "In the current economic climate, those small businesses are looking for ways to improve cash flow and better manage risks and compliance obligations and we believe the T Suite service provides a cost effective answer at the right time," said Deena Shiff, group managing director at Telstra Business.

Three Solutions Enable New Levels of Visibility Into Digital Media Economics

Skytide Inc. has announced its Skytide Insight product line, designed to provide digital media companies and content delivery networks (CDNs) with the most complete and accurate picture of their P&L. "Digital media companies are under intense scrutiny to show profitability but the analytics data they depend upon is scattered across lots of disconnected sources, creating blind spots," said Skytide's President & CEO, Michael O'Donnell. "Skytide's products remove these blind spots, consolidating disparate data sources into unified interactive dashboards that help digital media executives to make more informed decisions."

Dunham Law Deploy Aquarium Software Solution

Dunham Law, the law firm from UK today announced the deployment of Aquarium Software's case management solution. After a detailed evaluation process, Aquarium was selected to support Dunham Law's new venture prosecuting financial mis-selling claims. "We are very excited to be working with Aquarium Software. Of all the claims management software solutions out there, Aquarium was able to demonstrate deep sector knowledge coupled with the latest web-based technology. Aquarium offers us completely new ways of working and interacting with our clients with much of the day to day claim handling work being totally automated." Said Adrian Richings, responsible for business development at Dunham Law.

ThePort White Paper Explores Social Media Benefits for Trade Associations

The Port Network Inc. has announced today the availability of a new white paper entitled, “Social Networking in a Web 2.0 World: Solutions and Benefits for Trade Associations. “In the current difficult economic climate, there are more challenges than ever facing trade associations, especially with regard to keeping members interested and active so that they continue paying dues,” said Bob Cramer, CEO and Co-Founder of ThePort. “Social networking provides a way for these organizations to add depth and value to member services to justify the cost of belonging.”

SPS Selects Nectar to Support Customer Base, Deliver Managed Services

Nectar Services Corp. has announced that Strategic Products and Services (SPS), a dominant communications solutions provider, has been signed as a new Nectar channel partner and reseller. "We needed a solution that would help us manage the converging voice and data networks of our existing customers and a platform that we could seamlessly integrate into our go-to-market strategy for new clients," said Vel Johnson, SPS vice president, operations and services. "We selected Nectar as our monitoring and management platform because it is the best solution for our business and delivers beautifully on both fronts."