Blink Logic's Web Site Sharpens Focus on Customer Retention Solutions.

The leader in BI-based customer retention solution, Blink Logic Inc recently announced some important changes in their website that will help businesses to retain and expand their relationships with customers. "Relationships are everything, so our clients eagerly embrace anything that increases the value they add," said Troy Long, president of VistaComm, a Blink Logic client. "The addition of Blink Logic to our offering enables us to deliver more targeted relationship marketing programs on our clients' behalf."

Skyytek Joins Intacct Business Solution Provider Partner Program.

In recent news, Skyytek, one of the largest private on-demand-focused ERP/CRM consulting companies in the world has announced that they have joined Intacct Business Solution Provider partner program. The partnership will allow Skyytek to sell and implement Intacct’s on-demand financial management and accounting applications. "We have been very impressed with the partner-centric focus at Intacct, and more specifically the true reseller program Intacct offers -- which is very unique in the on-demand ERP industry.” said Ray Tetlow, CEO at Skyytek.

Zoho Creator Apps Will Now Float on Google App Engine Cloud.

In latest development, developers can run the applications that are created with Zoho Creator on the Google App Engine. Once users create an application in Zoho Creator, using drag-and-drop tools to add fields and their names, they can select the "Deploy in Google App Engine" option from the "More Actions" link. This converts the Zoho Creator application code into Python code, which is what Google App Engine currently supports. Zoho provides that Python code to the user as a downloadable .zip file.

SOASTA Teams With Savvis to Deliver Cloud Testing Service.

The cloud based testing solutions, SOASTA has announced an alliance with Savvis Inc that will give its customers the power of on-demand testing service in the cloud. With SOASTA CloudTest, any organization can easily leverage a leading testing service combined with the power of Cloud networks for a "pay-as-you-go" testing service.

MachSol Rebrands Hosting Platform.

It was announced in recent news that MachSol has rebranded its flagship product SaaS enabled hosted services delivery platform eJadSPM to MachPanel, a unified hosting control panel.

Florists Reap Benefits of Partnership Between SunFlower Technologies and Payment Processing, Inc.

Payment Processing Inc (PPI) has announced a partnership with point-of-sale software developer and website hosting service, SunFlower Technologies. The software package for Florists named QuickFlora POS Shop Management System includes features like point-of-sale, general ledger, inventory control, accounts receivable & accounts payable, etc. "PPI's extensive background with SaaS applications makes this partnership a natural for us," said Chuck Riegel, executive vice president, software products and partnerships at PPI.

Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions Secures $30 Million in Series A Funding.

Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions have secured $30 Million in its Series A financing round lead by Rho Ventures. “Using the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model, Patersons has developed the world's first single platform, single contract approach to global payroll processing, thus addressing a market opportunity created by the inefficiencies of existing solutions." said Paul Bartlett, partner at Rho Ventures.

National Candy Company Simplifies Human Capital Management for 1,300 Employees with UltiPro.

Farley's & Sathers Candy Company Inc has strengthened its HRM processes with Ultimate Software’s UltiPro.  "Software-as-a-service gives me one less thing to worry about," said Angela Meyer, payroll manager for Farley's & Sathers. "I almost forget that the technology components exist because Ultimate Software handles all the upgrades, hardware, and system maintenance for us. Ultimate secures our information in its state-of-the-art data center, so we are confident that our information is safe. Our VP of IT agrees that SaaS delivery is an excellent choice for us."

Ivinex Intros Small Business CRM Software Service.

In recent news, a small business customer relationship management (CRM) software service for business management was launched by Ivinex. This service hopes to expand and give better services to its clients in the SMB segment. “The ability to maintain all our information in a single place while having the ability to customize the view to each individual need was key,” said Law. “Ivinex has allowed us to change our mindset from 'can we' to 'which way is most efficient.”

Blue Coat and Proofpoint Partner to Deliver the Next Generation of Secure Web and Email Solutions.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc, the leader in WAN Optimization and Secure Web Gateway, and Proofpoint, Inc, the leading provider of unified email security, archiving and data loss prevention solutions, today announced that they have partnered to make available a comprehensive security solution that protects against malware attacks through both email and Web-based traffic. "The close cooperation between Proofpoint and Blue Coat will give enterprises access to an interoperable solution for mitigating a huge range of the most pressing IT risks.” said Ramon Peypoch, executive vice president of business development for Proofpoint, Inc.