Kovair Software Now Offers Choice of SaaS for ALM

Kovair Software has announced publicly the availability of their ALM solution delivered as SaaS in addition to their current On-Premise offerings. "We have made SaaS pricing very attractive for the users, and hopefully many companies which could not invest in enterprise class ALM tools because of budgetary constraints in this market will have a much easier and a low risk decision to make to move ahead with ALM. This will make Kovair a very compelling full function ALM tool in the market with its process and integration capabilities." said Bipin Shah, CEO and Chairman of Kovair.

Ping Identity Launches SaaS Partner Directory

Ping Identity has announced the launch of its SaaS Partner Directory. “With the rapid growth of cloud computing, identity integration has become an imperative,” said Mike Desai, Ping Identity Director of SaaS and BPO Business Development. “Recognizing this, we are working closely with the cloud community to provide identity federation solutions that meet their customer requirements. The SaaS partner directory takes this one step further, by making it easier for enterprise customers to find SaaS vendors who are equipped to meet their identity integration requirements.”

Keane Business Risk Management Solutions Releases SCORE 3.75

The Keane Organization’s Business Management Solutions (BRMS) division recently announced its latest updates to its compliance and risk management SaaS product, SCORE. “Our most recent version of SCORE illustrates one of the primary benefits of our SaaS – flexibility,” said Peter Teuten, President of Keane BRMS and the software’s chief architect. “Organizations are finding that today’s heightened audit and regulatory environment requires more detailed attention to their GRC. SCORE offers them not only a window into their company’s risk management and compliance, but gives them the tools to effectively manage the associated processes, enhance transparency, and automate reporting. By offering a comprehensive and customizable solution, SCORE allows organizations to measure, manage and monitor their risk management and compliance processes, regardless of the industry.”

Australian Cloud Contact Centre For Salesforce Announced - Only Local Complete Contact Centre Solution For Australian Salesforce Users

The Australian contact centre provider IPscape announced recently IPscape for Salesforce, a fully integrated contact centre module for salesforce.com. ‘IPscape has provided contact centre solutions via the SaaS "cloud" since 2005,' said Simon Burke, CEO at IPscape. ‘Salesforce.com now commands nearly half of the Asian SaaS market so there are a lot of Salesforce CRM users currently juggling customer relationship information and call centre systems on disparate databases.

AmeriGas Rolls-Out Additional Descartes Services to Drive Operational Savings

Descartes Systems Group has announced that it will be rolling out its routing, dispatch and intelligent automated vehicle locator (AVL) services at AmeriGas. "Our organization is focused on improving customer service and operational efficiency as well as reducing our impact on the environment," said Eugene V. N. Bissell, CEO of AmeriGas. "With the extension of the Descartes solution to include intelligent AVL with routing and dispatch, we can modify our routes dynamically as changes occur during the day to optimize our performance and enhance our responsiveness to customers."

Etelos Partners with Six Apart to Syndicate Movable Type Platform

Etelos Inc. has announced the availability of the Movable Type social publishing platform as an on-demand hosted service through the Etelos Syndication Partner Program. the Movable Type social publishing platform as an on-demand hosted service through the Etelos Syndication Partner Program. “Movable Type is a great resource for businesses planning to begin or augment their social media activities and enrich their online presence,” said Danny Kolke, Etelos Founder & CEO. “One of the great advantages of the Etelos Platform Suite is the ability for software providers to distribute applications across multiple Etelos marketplaces.”

Lumigent AppGRC For Deltek Costpoint Goes SaaS At NeoSystems

Lumigent Technologies Inc. has announced that AppGRC for Deltek Costpoint is deployed as a SaaS offering by NeoSystems Corp., a Lumigent customer.  "The NeoSystems mission is to help organizations dramatically reduce costs and improve efficiencies by providing outsourced and hosted services," said John H. Capobianco, president and CEO of Lumigent. "By deploying AppGRC for Deltek Costpoint in a SaaS configuration, NeoSystems further improves the effectiveness of its services by automating data and controls testing along with other compliance tasks previously done by hand."

Converge Net Joins PGP(R) Managed Service Provider Network Program

PGP Corp. has announced that Converge Net has joined he PGP(R) Managed Service Provider Network (MSPN). "With the evolution of security as a service and the increasing need to reduce the cost of IT operations, the PGP MSPN program gives us the ability to address the ever-changing security needs and challenges of a wide range of clients," said Ryk Edelstein, partner, at Converge Net. "By being able to offer PGP Whole Disk Encryption as a hosted offering, we are able to service our customers with a cost-effective, easy-to-deploy, enterprise-grade encryption solution and remove our customers' need to invest in the upfront infrastructure, licensing and product training traditionally required for this type of security solution."

Allegiance Debuts Engage 6.0 with DataSync Real-time Data Sharing for CRM, ERP, and More

Allegiance Inc. has announced the release of Engage 6.0, the only multi-channel enterprise feedback management (EFM) platform that incorporates voice-of-the-customer and voice-of-the-employee to help companies capitalize on engagement. “Customer data comes in many shapes and sizes, each of which provides a limited degree of business value. However, combining these data sources to create a holistic view of the customer that encompasses everything from their attitude to the scope of their relationship will enable an organization to make better decisions that will directly impact loyalty, satisfaction and revenue growth,” said Jim Davies, research director at Gartner.

Opening the Door to New Opportunities: Nimsoft Now Available as a Service ... From ServiceKey

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) will now be offering Nimsoft-as-a-service to clients. "We know MSPs already have great relationships with their customers," says Angela Vines, co-founder and vice president of ServiceKey. "Thanks to our partnership with Nimsoft, MSPs can have another service for those customers. And that, ultimately, will lead to more revenue opportunities."

APTARE StorageConsole 7.0 Includes New Products to Effectively Manage Virtualization and Replication Needs in the Data Center

Aptare Inc. has announced the release of its latest version of its platform APTARE StorageConsole 7.0. This release includes new functionality giving users greater control of storage resources within VMware virtualized server and NetApp replication environments. "In this economic environment, it is critical to understand what you have and what you don't, and users have tended to take that for granted. APTARE StorageConsole 7.0 is impressive in its breadth and depth, as well as for the level of insight it provides across a wide range of vendor storage platforms." said Deni Connor, principal analyst for Storage Strategies NOW.

Zapproved Selects Cloud Hosting from Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud

Rackspace Hosting announced recrently that Zapproved has chosen both Cloud Sites™ and Cloud Servers from Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud, to power the company’s front and back end applications. “Ahead of our public launch last year, we needed a hosting solution that could be deployed quickly, offer support, scale with the unknowns of a new enterprise,” said Andy Neville, vice president of engineering for Zapproved. “As a startup, saving on capital expenses was crucial. While our team had previously utilized both traditional managed hosting solutions as well as in-house equipment, we felt that the cloud best aligned for our company.”

Hostway's New Hybrid Microsoft Exchange Platform Delivers the Most Affordable Business Class Email

Hostway Corp. has announced that it has launched its Hybrid Exchange email platform this week. "Using proprietary routing technology, we've done away with the all-or-nothing approach to hosted Exchange," said John Lee, senior vice president of small business hosting. “Hostway's new Hybrid Exchange helps bridge the gap between traditional POP3/IMAP and hosted Exchange email. The synergy of our new platform will allow our customers to create their own email solutions."