Locus' Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) SaaS Module Offers Expanded Greenhouse Gas Tracking.

In recent news, Locus Technologies, the industry leader in web-based environmental compliance and information management software announced that an updated eEHS module is available from today that is on-demand and accessible through native web 2.0 platform. eEHS will allow companies to centrally manage and report GRC data, GHG, Sarbanes-Oxley, energy consumption and water and waste usage information. "With the new regulations dealing with global warming issues just around the corner, companies must manage EHS issues carefully to avoid the risk of non-compliance.” said Locus President and CEO Neno Duplancic.

Pervasive Delivers SaaS Integration Capabilities to Xactly.

Pervasive Software Inc has announced the company’s alliance with Xactly Corp delivering more than 40 successful customer implementations with robust data integration. "Disparate data can be daunting, especially for sales and finance departments. By integrating Xactly Incent with customers' existing accounting, CRM and ERP systems, we can extend the value of their investment and give them maximum power in sales performance management," states Laura Roach, Executive Practice Leader, SPM Strategies at Xactly.

Ketera On Demand Spend Management Enables Businesses to Automatically Adjust to UK VAT Tax Rate Changes.

Ketera, the on demand spend management SaaS solution provider announced that the businesses operating in the UK will now be easily able to manage the recent change in the VAT rate from December 1st 2008 using its solutions. “When you estimate the number of businesses and individuals affected by simple tax rate change and multiply that by the number of forms that must be updated, it’s staggering. Ketera ensures that whatever country you are doing business in, you can be sure you are working with the most recent data,” said Steve Savignano, Ketera’s Chairman and CEO.

Comarch, CenterNet Team for Customer Management.

A contract for the implementation and service of customer management system, billing system and management of settlements for CenterNet partners was announced between Comarch and CenterNet. “Putting into practice such a broad range of products at CenterNet, the company targets for having its own infrastructure and working on its own frequencies requires the strong engagement of both sides. Also, it is very important that the number of partners is taken into consideration during the integration,” said Piotr Piątosa, VP of Telecommunications, Comarch SA.

Solidcore and Esprida Partner to Simplify Security and Remote Management for Kiosks.

A partnership was announced to help retailers easily secure and remotely manage kiosks systems, between SolidCore Systems and Esprida Corp, a leader in remote management software for self-service systems. “Kiosks offer an exciting opportunity for retailers, but the remote locations of these systems often present management, security and compliance challenges that cannot be overlooked,” said Anne Bonaparte, president and CEO of Solidcore. “Working together with Esprida will help simplify the most challenging aspects of kiosk deployments so retailers can focus on growing their businesses and servicing their customers.”

Dailymotion Implements Single Sign-On Solution with OpenID.

In recent announcement, Dailymotion, world's largest independent video sharing site has added support for the OpenID digital identity framework, an open-source, single sign-on and online user-authentication standard. "We're happy to be part of a safer and simpler social web, and are confident our audience members around the world will benefit from this user-friendly and secure way of managing their online identities." said Dailymotion CEO Mark Zaleski.

VAI Joins IBM Software as a Service Specialty.

Vormittag Associates, Inc, an IBM Premier Business partner, announced today that it has joined the IBM SaaS Specialty program to deliver cloud services to its clients.  "SaaS is one of the fastest growing segments of the IT industry because it provides companies of all sizes with access to innovative solutions delivered remotely via a subscription model," said Dave Mitchell, director of strategy, IBM Developer Relations. "VAI’s commitment to SaaS can provide its customers with a powerful way to reduce implementation costs while rapidly deploying business applications."

Wistia Announces Online Video Sharing for B2B Applications.

Wistia, Inc, a new Web-based company founded by Brown University graduates announced the availability of online private video sharing and collaboration product. The product allows business-to-business video sharing and collaboration product for the control, tracking and distribution of digital videos. "We created Wistia so that business users can be as comfortable with video sharing as they are with web conferencing. Our rapid growth and customer satisfaction suggest that we're really on to something." said CEO and co-founder Chris Savage.

OSI Restaurant Partners Uses HotSchedules for Restaurant Workforce Management and Communication.

In recent news, HotSchedules announced that OSI Restaurant Partners has selected it’s Enterprise Edition restaurant workforce management and labor scheduling solution for managing 110,000 employees at 1200 centers. "Within six weeks of using HotSchedules, our managers had reduced the time it takes them to create schedules by 50 percent," said Jeff Wallett, IT Director, at OSI. "This component alone has led to cost savings in our operations, and our managers are enthusiastic about the ease-of-use and simplicity of using HotSchedules anywhere, anytime."