Aplicor Presented Product of the Year Award by CIS Magazine

The On-Demand CRM and ERP SaaS solutions provider, Aplicor Inc. was presented The Product Of The Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation's Customer Interaction Solutions magazine, the leading publication covering CRM since 1982. "This honor acknowledges our leadership position in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market for CRM software and ERP software solutions, our proven track record of product innovation, the company's unmatched reliability, and our absolute customer-centric approach." said Chuck Schaeffer, CEO, Aplicor.

The Year of Cloud Computing

A group of industry pundits offer their boldest predictions for the companies, technologies and trends that will have a prosperous 2009 -- and those that won't. Some of the winners include "Dell will make a comeback. Its stock has been over-punished by the stock market downturn. Michael Dell is back on the case, and they are re-engaging with the idea of customers helping to make the product.That should help Dell avoid lower margins and excess inventory." -- Mike Dover, vice president of syndicated research, nGenera Corp. Canada, Toronto.

Most advanced recruitment technology just got more advanced

The makers of SaaS recruitment technology, TalentDrive has announced the version 2.0 its most enhanced sourcing technology. A company statement said: "We are pleased to offer a technology that offers an increased number of searches and better results in a shorter amount of time. We know that TalentFilter 2.0 is a superior product and are excited to offer our clients the improvements they have been inquiring about.

Scio Hires New VP of Business Development

Scio Consulting, a provider of Nearshore Outsourced Product Development (OPD) for ISVs, SaaS and Web companies, has announced a key addition to their executive management team. Scio CEO, Luis Aburto, said that the company hired former MassMutual and Kanbay (now CapGemini) executive Jeremy Beck as VP of Business Development to be responsible
for growing sales in the North America region.