MaidPro Cleans the Air With AirTight's SpectraGuard Online SaaS Solution.

AirTight Networks announced the launch of MaidPro along with the implementation of SpectraGuard Online, the world’s first wireless vulnerability management solution through SaaS. "With this innovation, MaidPro now offered a unique combination of technology and personalized service," said Richard Sparacio, President and Co-Founder of MaidPro.

Clarizen Releases Version 2.5G with Time Tracking and Gantt Viewer to Manage Entire Project Plan for Faster Project Execution.

Clarizen has announced version 2.5G of its SaaS collaboration technology including enhanced time tracking capabilities, a billing rates manager and a Gantt viewer. "Our newest version provides customers with a unique combination of collaboration tools that boasts many benefits: lower cost, faster implementation, quicker time-to-value and lower risk of adoption failure," said Avinoam Nowogrodski, CEO and co-founder of Clarizen.

Zuberance Raises $4 Million, Lets Your Customers Work For You.

Zuberance, a provider of a suite of SaaS applications for identifying and tracking customer advocates has managed to raise $4 Million in Series A funding from Emergence Capital Partners.

SaaS Co. Cast Iron Is Joining the Microsoft Ecosystem.

Cast Iron Systems has announced public participation in the Microsoft Ecosystem. This will help connect Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM products with other enterprise applications. “More than 40 percent of large businesses will deploy an application-fluent network appliance by 2008,” said Frank Kenney, principal research analyst at Gartner.

Brekeke Introduces Hosted PBX Platform with True Multi-Tenant Architecture.

Berkeke Software Inc has announced the release of a hosted IP PBX platform with multi-tenant architecture designed for service providers. This will prove to be a reliable platform for SaaS deployments. "To offer the most advantages on SaaS model deployments, as a voice service platform manufacturer, we have plans to collaborate with various SaaS providers to provide additional values and advanced technologies to our partners and users," said Shin Yamade, president and CEO, Brekeke Software, Inc.

Aftercad Software Reveals Commercial Version of Aftercad Online CAD File Sharing and Management Service.

Aftercad Software introduced Aftercad Online (ACO), a SaaS offering that will help businesses view, manage and publish large and complex CAD files on the web. "Easy and Instant access to project information by non CAD professionals is becoming more and more essential for business success. Using ACO, people who need to view and mark-up files can do so without special software or training from anywhere they please," said Christopher Boothroyd, CEO of Aftercad software.

Francisco Partners Completes Acquisition of API Software, Inc.

Francisco Partners has announced completion of its acquisition of API Software Inc, the healthcare industry leader in labor management solutions. "We are very encouraged by the positive response we have heard from our clients during this transition." said J.P. Fingado, API's President and Chief Executive Officer.

Flint Telecom Expands Its Enterprise Software Division to Strengthen Its Existing Portfolio of Software Communication Solutions.

Flint Telecom group, a provider of IP telecom services to global telecom and enterprise markets has announced further product development in its enterprise software division. "With the calling capacity Flint is able to support, we will be in a unique position to offer premium software products and enhanced value to the emergency notification marketplace." said Pamela LaPine, President, Enterprise Software Division.

Taleo and Thomas International Expand Relationship With Integrated Recruiting and Employee Assessment Solution Directed at Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises.

A partnership was announced between Taleo and Thomas International, a provider of on-demand business assessment tools. The partnership will help in bringing an integrated recruiting and talent assessment solution to the European market. "Recruiting and retaining talent is the number one challenge for SMEs, and competing for world-class candidates is just one piece of the puzzle," said Jason Blessing, group vice president and general manager, Taleo Business Edition.

OPENRSM Releases CloudBackup Service for Windows, MAC and Linux Systems.

An online backup service for PC, MAC and Linux environments was released by OPENRSM by the name of CloudBackup. "We were doing research into various cloud computing platforms and seeing how they applied to our existing SaaS (software as a service) and IaaS (infrastructure as a service) products. One of our support engineers told us about how many existing customers have Windows, Linux, and MAC systems and how it was an expensive and tedious task to get these multi-os environments backed up", said Scott Medlock, OPENRSM's Chief Technology Officer.

New IBM services offer cloud setup, 'validation'.

IBM launched a new set of cloud computing consulting and implementation services on Monday. In addition to this IBM is also launching “Resilient Cloud Variation” program to help cloud-computing vendors.

Harrah's Leverages Force.com Platform to Build Custom Applications for Managing Room Reservations, Air Travel Programs and Player Relations.

SalesForce.com has announced that Harrah’s Entertainment Inc is also using the Force.com platform to build applications for managing room reservations, air travel programs and player relations. "When we discovered how we could leverage cloud computing to develop new systems and enhance our existing capabilities that we use to run our business, we were thrilled to take advantage of the Force.com Platform." said Tim Stanley, CIO and senior vice president of innovation, gaming and technology at Harrah's Entertainment.

Vovici Announces Advanced Survey Analytics Solution for Enterprise Feedback Management.

Vovici has unveiled a new solution for survey analytics that for the first time meets the power of business intelligence to feedback data called Vovici FeedBack Intelligence. “Business leaders and market research firms now have access to a flexible solution that saves them time and money in ways no other product can," says Vovici Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dean Wiltse.