Trend Micro expands SaaS security strategy

Trend Micro has announced the expansion of its SaaS strategy for reaching a wide range of business customers. To buttress that market, Trend Micro has introduced what it calls WorryFree Remote Manager under its Think Again program for SaaS and channel partners. "This is so they maintain contact with the customer and maintain account control," said Stan Woodward, director of marketing for the small to medium business unit at Trend Micro.

Maximum Availability widens access to *noMAX SaaS in U.S.

Maximum Availability has announced partnership with Network Services Plus, Inc. (NSPI), a leading provider of technology services, based in Roswell, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. The agreement establishes NSPI as a key sales, implementation and support partner in the U.S. "Our partnership with Maximum Availability addresses a critical need for High Availability/Business Continuity solutions in today’s business environment," explains Tim Roe, Director Sales & Marketing for NSPI. "Because the *noMAX model is flexible and supports SaaS, we will be able to provide customers with much more of a refined HA/BC service, tailored to their needs."

RevX Intros SaaS Integration Platform

RevX Systems released its SaaS Integration Platform (SIP) at a recent event which is expected to help with Enterprise IT requirements for integrating SaaS with legacy technologies, applications, data and business processes. This platform allows service usage monitoring, data security, message validation and transformation, business process orchestration and rules management.

Allscripts Introduces SaaS Solution for Prenatal Care

Allscripts has unveiled Allscripts Prenatal which is the first stand-alone and EHR-integrated SaaS solution to address the unique workflow and cross-provider information sharing needs of prenatal care. "We recognized that many electronic health records are not designed with the needs of maternity care providers in mind, and Allscripts Prenatal is the result - yet another innovation from Allscripts that makes it easier for physicians to do what they most want to do - practice the safest, most effective medicine possible." said Allscripts Chief Executive Officer Glen Tullman.

NextGen Healthcare introduces subscription-based, SaaS model; launches Money-Back Guarantee Program

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems Inc. has made available its subscription based SaaS model. According to the company, with its EHR subscription, providers have access to patient education content, drug and allergy data from First Data Bank, and e-prescribing and formulary checking through NextGen Healthcare's medication management feature.

WebCentral introduces SaaS partnership program

WebCentral has unveiled its MiCloud SaaS partner program to cater to market growth. “We bring the program a well-known presence,” Melbourne IT executive general manager corporate and government affairs, Phil Wilson, said. “We allow those providers to put their SaaS offerings onto our market place to advertise them to the rest of the world and then we drive search through that on behalf of all our SaaS providers.” The partnership will allow ISV’s to produce SaaS type solutions and promote them through WebCentral’s marketplace.

Fortify moves software security into the cloud

Fortify Software has announced the launch of its hosted Fortify Vendor Security Management system. This is a security platform which will be driven in the cloud. "Implementing software security assurance is imperative to mitigating the business risk associated with vulnerable applications, whether built in-house, outsourced or acquired from commercial vendors." said Barmak Meftah, senior vice president of products and technology at Fortify.

ParAccel and Autometrics Announce OEM Partnership

ParAccel Inc. and Autometrics have announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement. “The size of our per-client databases is increasing dramatically, and we need the ability to efficiently scale our systems across multiple clients,” said Stephen Shaw, founder and CEO of Autometrics. “In our proof of concept (PoC) with ParAccel, we experienced vast performance gains and the ability to scale on standard hardware both the size and number of our data marts.”

Big Y Selects Revionics for Strategic Pricing Software Partner

Big Y Foods Inc. has selected Revionics as their partner for strategic pricing software. “We have been strong believers in strategic pricing technology for many years and we are looking forward to working closely with Revionics to ensure that our pricing is aligned with customer needs and expectations,” said Phillip Schneider, VP of Sales at Big Y Foods. “Revionics strikes a very good balance between solution maturity and vendor agility, and they demonstrated an excellent commitment to customer partnership.”

RightAnswers Integrates with Service-now.com for More Efficient IT Management

RightAnswers Inc. has announced a technology partnership with Service-now.com. “We are excited about the opportunity of working more closely with Service-now.com, as our visions and technologies are very complimentary and align quite well,” said Jeff Weinstein, President and CEO at RightAnswers. “Together we bring a ‘best-of-breed’ offering in our respective spaces, providing customers with a cost effective way to support their users, while deploying cutting-edge technology.”

SpeedTax and StrikeIron Partner to Provide Seamless e-Commerce Sales Tax Solutions

SpeedTax Inc. and StrikeIron have partnered to deliver SpeedTax solutions to StrikeIron’s e-commerce customers. “We are excited to partner with SpeedTax to deliver efficient, reliable, cost-effective tax solutions for integration via Web service,” says Richard Holcomb, CEO of StrikeIron. “Our customers want comprehensive e-commerce solutions that simplify the buying process and seamlessly deliver a granular level of data effectively managing sales tax compliance. The SpeedTax on-demand sales tax solution provides the necessary data to achieve this and takes e-commerce sites to the next level.”

Net-Results Introduces Dynamic Marketing Automation Platform

Net-Results has announced the release of Net-Results 2.0, a revolutionary web intelligence service. "Think about your website... is it listening to visitors? It can't tell you who the best prospects are or what they're interested in, and leaves it to chance that a prospect will take the time to contact you," said Net-Results President Michael Ward. "Like a great salesperson, Net-Results listens to each of your prospects, lets you know what their interests are, and enables you to customize communications with them based on expressed needs."

Gemin X Pharmaceuticals Selects and Deploys Clinical Force CTMS

Clinical Force, the first SaaS CTMS has announced that Gemin X Pharmaceuticals has selected Clinical Force to manage worldwide clinical trials. "After an extensive review process we felt Clinical Force's modular and cost effective solution met our needs. We have deployed the Project Management, Regulatory/Ethics Management, CRF Tracking, Visit Reports, and Site Payments modules as well as the Offline Client. Future phases of our project will include integration to our EDC system(s), rollout of the new Clinical Supplies module as well as other innovative functional changes to the system that will lead to process efficiencies and cost savings," said Kevin Rechkemmer, Clinical Information Science Manager, Clinical Operations, Gemin X Pharmaceuticals.

Fundtech Introduces PAYplus(tm) Connect -- Wire Transfer System for Community Banks

Fundtech Ltd. has announced the introduction of PAYplus Connect, a version of PAYplus USA designed for community banks that require a low volume solution at a low cost. According to Brian Jou, executive vice president at Fundtech: "There has never been a more opportune time for community banks to upgrade their wire transfer services. PAYplus Connect is a low-cost way to quickly become more competitive with larger banks, while improving profitability. Fundtech makes it easy, and will provide the support community banks will need to be successful."

ACS Launches OneStop™ To Help Higher Education Turn Challenges into Opportunity

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. is helping colleges and universities face economic changes with the launch of ACS OneStop, a full scope of customized, targeted solutions designed to provide relief and support for the needs of educational institutions. “With ACS OneStop solutions, schools can infuse stability, cost-efficiency and financial control into their organization while enhancing services and capabilities,” said Kent Schnacker, senior managing director, ACS Commercial Education & Financial Services. “Colleges and universities gain a support team to handle student inquiries and outreach, inject efficiencies into their enrollment and financial aid processes, enhance their loan services, take advantage of managed technology, and institute new learning programs or HR services.”