Cordys and AOMi Enter Into SaaS Partnership.

Cordys has announced a partnership with Active Operations Management Internatinal (AOMi). Under the terms of the SaaS OEM agreement, Cordys will be implemented at the communications layer with in Workware to enable integration of AOMi SaaS solution.

Central Desktop Launches Enterprise Solution Package -- Pure SaaS Approach to Social Technology Addresses Today's Resource Constrained Economic Climate.

Central Desktop announced today the release of its enterprise solution package that is an easy to use alternative to traditional collaboration software. "Our enterprise customers demand deep functionality and a high-level of security and reliability along with integration into existing systems and applications, but companies today don't want to pay for or maintain expensive hardware or software -- everyone is looking for ways to reduce waste," said Isaac Garcia, CEO and Co-Founder, Central Desktop.

Microsoft delivers its first SaaS suite.

Microsoft announced the launch of its first SaaS suite by the name of Exchange and Office Sharepoint. The online subscription services for US customers will be available from today onwards. "Today we bring business class communications and collaboration technologies to the cloud, and we are committed to delivering more capabilities in the months ahead," said Stephen Elop, Microsoft Business Division president.

NetSuite declares price cut SaaS war on Salesforce.com downunder.

NetSuite launched a price war against SaaS market leader, Salesforce.com and announced openly that it will take over the accounts of its competitor’s Australian and New Zealand customers. NetSuite has slashed rates by 50%.

MuseWorx Achieves Dramatic Growth as Global Financial Crisis Drives Businesses to Cut Costs With SaaS Solutions.

MuseWorx has announced a jump of 85% in a single month with the help of SaaS platforms by cutting costs and driving efficiencies in the current situation. "We are exactly what businesses need and want at this moment. Because of the global financial situation, businesses are scrambling for results and are intent on ways to cut costs and improve revenue," said Stephen Barrett, CFO of Museworx.

NEC launches SaaS Applications Net.

Australia’s first SaaS application store via single online portal for SMBs was launced by NEC today. According to the product manager applications and content NEC, “when businesses have so many SaaS offerings available it is difficult for them to share information and makes them complicated to set up and manage.”

EchoSign 4.0 Empowers Sales to Close Quicker and Easier in the Cloud.

EchoSign 4.0 will now be available to the public generally for helping them shorten sales cycles to increase revenue as announced by EchoSign. "The advantage of EchoSign is obvious. It is fast and simple to use. Our customers can request a service, and have pricing and a contract signed in the shortest possible timescale. From BT's perspective, we get the confirmation of an order and progress it immediately, thus bringing revenue into BT far sooner," said Bill Murphy, Managing Director, BT Business.

Web Malware Jumps Another 21% in October 2008.

According to the Global Threat Report issued today, ScanSafe reported that not only did the rate of malware increased sharply in October, the month ended as single highest month of 2008.

MailShadow(R) for Google Apps(TM) Ships Today: Solves Major Email Challenges.

Cemaphore System announced the general availability of MailShadowG professional edition, the first SaaS solution to provide synchronization and migration for e-mail contacts and calendars utilizing Google Apps. "Gartner predicts that email using a cloud approach will grow from 1 percent of the market in 2007 to about 20 percent of the market by 2012," said Matt Cain, Research Vice President at Gartner.

Online Storage Poised to Take Off, IDC Predicts.

According to a new report on storage as a service (saas) by the research firm IDC, the growth in online storage services will outpace conventional storage architectures for the next several years. The SaaS capacity is expected to grow 174 Petabytes in 2007 to more than 2.1 Exabytes in 2012.

Cast Iron Systems Expedites Software-as-a-Service Integration of Microsoft Dynamics Solutions With Enterprise Applications.

Cast Iron Systems announced its public participation in the Microsoft Ecosystem. "Cast Iron is an outstanding addition to the Microsoft Dynamics partner community," said Robert Deshaies, vice president, U.S. Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. "Cast Iron's experience with Software-plus-Services integration provides customers with more choice when it comes to their deployment model, allowing customers to do what's best for their business."

Capgemini to offer clients Amazon’s EC2 cloud service.

Capgemini will be offering Amazon’s cloud computing service, EC2 to its US clients as an extension to its outsourcing business. The services will also be available in the UK after the completion of Amazon’s European Data center in 2009. Capgemini vice-president Richard Payling said, "We want to allow our clients to invest in new areas of technology at lower cost. At the moment we are looking at what is possible. We know we can offer Microsoft SharePoint, Oracle and application development in the [Amazon] cloud."

OutSystems All-In-One Agile Suite Now Available.

All-In-One Agile Suite will now be available as announced by OutSystems today as the unified solution to address the full life cycle of delivering and managing web 2.0 applications based on Agile methods. "Using Agile methods and our supporting technologies we expect to see a dramatic improvement in an organizations ability to embrace agile development practices and scale Agile success across their development organization." said Paulo Rosado, CEO at OutSystems.

JD Group implements Mimecast software-as-a-service managed e-mail for fast retrieval and painless archiving.

JD Group has announced implementation of Mimecasts, unified email management (UEM) for providing better email services. “The first thing that made Mimecast attractive to us is the easy and flexible retrieval of e-mail,” explains Gerrie van Niekerk, JD Group's IT Group Services Executive. “The next major business issue for us was archival and retrieval of old e-mails, which used to be difficult as our mail was backed up to tape, and would take up to two days to recover.”

Engate Technology Introduces Hosted Email Security and Anti-Botnet Service.

Engate Technology Crop announced a new-hosted security service to help enterprise and SMBs to cost effectively protect their networks and optimize the performance and usability of their email infrastructure. “Engate’s hosted email security and anti-botnet service is delivering on the promise of SaaS (software as a service) as a cost and time effective way for large and small enterprises to preemptively secure their networks, allowing them to focus on their core business.” said Michael Osterman, President, Osterman Research.

Attenda is selected to join Microsoft BizSpark Program for Startups.

Attenda Limited has announced thta is has been selected to join the Microsoft BizSpark Program as a Network Partner. Commenting on the new Microsoft Program, Simon Hansford, VP Products & Marketing, Attenda says, “BizSpark is uniquely designed to help Startups engaged in software development, providing them with express access to Microsoft tools and technologies. Our role as a Network Partner is to assist and support high potential Startups in hosted application production and deployment.”

Smartsheet Ships Online Business Bundler for Small Business.

Smartsheet.com has introduced the Smartsheet small business bundler that will make it possible for small businesses to create an online variation of their services using Smartsheet with no setup costs. "Small businesses (agents, brokers, consultants, recruiters, virtual assistants) are looking for online tools to enhance their own productivity. And in the current economic climate it is more important than ever for teams to work efficiently," said Mark Mader, CEO of Smartsheet.com.

Hyland Software Named One Of Top 100 Global Providers Of Financial Technology.

Hyland Software has bagged a spot on the 2008 FinTech 100 as one of top 100 global providers of financial technologies. Hyland ranked 97th on this years list in terms of global revenue. "Our first customer nearly two decades ago was a bank," said Jason King, director of financial services solutions for Hyland Software.

Zix Corporation (ZIXI) Selected by Bank Iowa for Email Encryption Solution.

Bank Iowa has replaced their current email encryption solution with Zix corp’s email encryption service as announced by Zix Corp. The email solution provider is famous for providing automatic, seamless, encrypted email among all Zix corp customers.