Digital Defense Announces Interoperability between CA SiteMinder Web Access Manager and SaaS-Based Frontline SIAM Solutions.

Digital Defense Inc (DDI) and Security Information and Assessment Management (SIAM) announced the completion of integration testing between CA SimteMinder Web Access Manager and FrontLine, DDI’s unified SIAM offering. "We are very pleased that Digital Defense has completed interoperability testing of CA SiteMinder Web Access Manager” explained Bill Taub, vice president of Global IT Security at CA.

Telstra and Jamcracker Partner to Deliver On-Demand Business Applications.

lia and Jamcracker, the on-demand services delivery company announced a partnership to provide on-demand software and IP services to small and medium businesses throughout Australia. "Our partnership with Jamcracker enables us to deliver a full range of business applications, just as we deliver our traditional telecom services -- as an on-demand service for a monthly subscription fee." said Deena Shiff, group managing director, Telstra Business.

Saaspoint Implements salesforce.com CRM for Synergex International.

The Salesforce.com consultancy and integrator, Saaspoint has announced the implementation of Salesforce.com SaaS CRM for Synergex International Corp.  "We require business intelligence that enables marketing, Salesforce Automation (SFA) and support to share information easily," commented William Mooney, VP and general manager of Synergy/DE. "This reduces our dependence on IT and enables us to respond quickly to market and customer opportunities."

AdmitOne Security Unveils Scout for Revenue Optimization.

AdmitOne Security Scout, a new on-demand account sharing analytics solution was launhced today by AdmitOne Security. The solution has already provided many online information providers, an insight into account sharing amongst member agents. “Scout takes the guess work out of identifying account sharing and allows organizations to identify the scope and scale of revenue loss; analyze alternative subscription models; and implement focused, effective remediation.” said Matthew Shanahan, senior vice president of marketing and strategy at AdmitOne Security.

Clickability Extends Market Leadership with Launch of Media Solution.

Clickability Media Solution will now be available for general public as announced by Clickability. This is a centrally managed SaaS content repository that will enable large media companies to efficiently and rapidly share digital content across their entire organization. "We're proud that StarTribune.com has become the top newspaper in the country in terms of length of visitor stay. Clickability has been a key driver of our higher traffic and resultant revenue,” said Jason Erdahl, Executive Director, Digital Media at the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Illuma and TalentDrive Announce Partnership.

TalentDrive, the producer of TalentFilter (SaaS recruitment technology) and Illuma have announced a strategic partnership that will provide growing business a cost friendly candidate sourcing solution. "We are thrilled to enter into this partnership. Illuma has the people, process, and recruitment technology to deliver high value services for their clients. Illuma was one of TalentDrive's first partners and they have always exceeded expectations and over delivered," comments Sean Bisceglia, CEO of TalentDrive, regarding the partnership.

NumeriX and Calypso Further Partnership.

NumeriX, an independent analytics provider for structuring, pricing and valuation of derivatives and structured products has announced an extended integration partner agreement with Calypso Technology Inc. The latter is a global provider of an integrated trading application suite to the capital markets. "This extension of our integration partner agreement with Calypso Technology signifies the importance of full asset class coverage for the valuation of hybrids and exotics," said NumeriX President and COO, Steven R. O'Hanlon.

Thing5 L.L.C. Announces Unified Messaging Support for Google Gmail Products.

The tele-communication services provider, Thing5 has announced that will offer unified messaging support for Google’s GMail products. This announcement is an indicator of the tremendous growth in adoption of IP Telephony for real time communication and widespread adoption of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

Pangea Foundation Leverages Rackspace Cloud Hosting to Deliver Instant and Scalable Natural Disaster Recovery Software Solutions.

Mosso, RackSpace hosting’s cloud division has announced that Pangea Foundation is using Cloud Sites to provide hosted services to its customers. "In addition to using Rackspace's managed hosting offering to run our mission-critical software applications, we now rely on Cloud Sites during natural disasters to get our 211 sites up fast and to meet the demand that can be caused by unpredictable traffic spikes," said Kraig Kuipers, president and CEO, Pangea Foundation.

Sun StarOffice Gets Mac OS 10, Microsoft OOXML Support.

StarOffice 9, the open-source productivity suite with native support for Apple’s Mac OSX and the ability to import and read files based on Microsoft OOXML file format was released by Sun Microsystems. The company also admitted that they are working on a SaaS version of StarOffice to compete with Google, Zoho and others.

Veritas service helps companies find hidden risks in data centers.

A new service was launched by Symantec Corp which will aim at helping companies get more out of their datacenter investments by checking for problems and giving solutions for the same. A Veritas operations service, which is free to customers of Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Servers, is one such solution.

Hosting.com Raises $2 Million to Expand Collocation Services and Offerings.

Hosting.com has announced the completion of its $2 million round of funding with CaptialSouth partners. “Hosting.com’s growth in the colocation space over the last two years has been exceptional. CapitalSouth invests significantly in companies that have strong competitive advantages and proven management teams, and Hosting.com fits both criteria,” stated Kenneth S. Berryman, Director of CapitalSouth – Louisville. “We are excited to be a part of their growth!”

US consumers prefer OpenOffice to Google Docs.

In a recently conducted survey by ClickStream Technologies, it was concluded that “Although Google Docs and spreadsheets has been touted as a potential competitor to the Microsoft Office Suite, OpenOffice is currently the more likely app to take that position” The survey was conducted amongst 2400 adult internet users, who use both hosted and desktop based paid-for and free office applications.  But can we trust the stats?