Salesforce.com President Leaves For SaaS Vendor Xactly

It was announced in a recent report that Steve Cakebread has joined Xactly Inc. as its CFO after leaving Salesforce.com. In a prepared statement, Xactly CEO Christopher Carbrera said: "Steve Cakebread was in at the start of the global software-as-a-service revolution and understands all of the dynamics of a successful SaaS business. He possesses a one-of-a-kind track record of financial-management success in today's software industry."

Trigent Partners with Industry Thought Leader THINKstrategies for Client SaaS Solutions

Trigent Software Inc. has announced that it has partnered with THINKstrategies Inc. to provide SaaS thought leadership and transform ISV software products and SMB applications to the next generation of SaaS solutions. "SaaS is a dominant, disruptive and transformational force in the software industry today. SaaS breaks software entry and cost barriers for users and helps vendors penetrate markets and gain loyal and renewable customers" said Errol James, President, Trigent Software.

ClusterSeven Announces Spreadsheet Management as SaaS

ClusterSeven has announced the launch of its flagship Enterprise Spreadsheet Management system is now available as a SaaS model. The solution provides options to monitor Microsoft Excel spreadsheets held within the company within the company firewall or cloud based locations. "Users relying on such a model are able to accurately predict their costs, which assists in ongoing budgeting and planning for the future." said Ralph Baxter, CEO of ClusterSeven.

PocketMac Backup for SalesForce debuts

Information Appliance Associates’ (IAA) latest software release is PocketMac Backup for SalesForce. It costs $34.95. IAA bills PocketMac Backup for SalesForce as “the first tool that automatically backs up all SalesForce data to the Mac.” It runs in the background, and every 15 minutes makes a backup of your SalesForce contacts into the Mac Address Book.

NetSuite Unveils New Suite for RetailersNetSuite Unveils New Suite for Retailers

NetSuite, the on-demand ERP vendor has announced the launch of Multi-Channel Retail Management Suite for the help of North American retailers. Some of its features include creating Web stores that connect with retail locations, providing a unified view of inventory, accounting and customer information; package tracking information for customers; and support for multiple currencies and languages. NetSuite is also integrated with eBay.

Avanquest Software Launches Advanced, Customizable Mobility Solutions at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Avanquest Software will be showcasing its its complete line of advanced mobile and Web solutions for network operators, ISPs and device manufacturers at the annual GSMA Mobile World Congress. The even will be held in Barcelona from Feb. 16-19th 2009. "Avanquest will demonstrate at Mobile World Congress our ongoing ability to develop advanced, customized solutions that proactively address changes in the mobile industry and meet the needs of network operators as well as mobile device and accessory manufacturers worldwide," said David Wright, president of Avanquest Software's OEM division, headquartered in Denver and Paris.

Right Servers to Launch New Grid Hosting Services, Leveraging 3Tera's AppLogic Cloud Computing Platform

A new grid hosting service powered by 3Tera's AppLogic cloud computing platform was announced today Right Servers, the Canada based hosting company. The latter will be adding new levels of reliability and cost effectiveness to the traditional hosting solutions. "With 3Tera, we are able to offer our clients the most flexible solution out there," said Yazan Al-Sheikhly, Chief Executive Officer, Right Servers. "We see our partnership as part of our long-term strategy to be competitive and innovative in closing any gaps that exist in today's market."

GENBAND Picks Xactly’s Sales Management Solution

According to a recent news, GENBAND has licensed Xactly Corp.'s Incent on demand sales compensation management solution with Xactly modules for modeling and analytics. "Xactly gives us a state-of-the-art, automated, SaaS-based solution that provides lower operational costs, real-time visibility into compensation plans and attainment, and rich analytics to help increase sales performance and hone our strategy." said Brad Bush, CIO, GENBAND.

PacketFocus Partners With WhiteHat Security In 'On-Demand' Application Security

PacketFocus has come into partnership with WhiteHat Security to offer 100% on demand security testing for today's most advanced web applications. WhiteHat Sentinel is built on a SaaS platform designed from the ground up to scale massively, support the largest enterprises and offer the most compelling business efficiencies, lowering your overall cost of ownership. It provides felixibility and simplicity that is required by organizations to take control of and prevent web attacks.

Open Source Business Intelligence With New Palo Versions

Jedox, a German software company has announced that it will be presenting its new 3.0 versions of Palo products at CeBIT 2009. "The latest example, the announcement by Microsoft to discontinue the development of its PerformancePoint Server, shows that even large software vendors are not safe from unexpected surprises. Unlike proprietary software, the future development of the open source OLAP database is not necessarily dependent on Jedox. The users are therefore on the safe side; the product cannot be instantaneously discontinued." said Kristian Raue, CEO of Jedox.

Venda for Small Business forms alliance with Webjam to link e-commerce with social networks for SMEs

Venda for Small Business, part of Venda, the market leader for eCommerce solutions, has linked with Webjam, the UK's answer to branded and white-label social publishing and community networks, to offer a combined platform for e-commerce and website publishing tools for small business enterprises. Pavel Kilovatiy, CEO, Venda for Small Business commented, "Venda and Webjam share the same vision that SMEs should have easy access to e-commerce and social publishing tools. Bundling our two offerings provides any business with a turn-key solution for all aspects of their web-presence. We certainly feel that the combined offering is very complimentary to both parties."