CloudNews for November 7th, 2008.

Nov 07 2008 09:58:50 AM Posted By : Sameer Gupta
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Lords International Selects Kaulkin Information Systems for SaaS-Based Document Management, Workflow and Compliance.

Lords International and Kaulkin Information Systems announced a non-exclusive relationship where the former’s imaging system and expertise will be integrated with and marketed jointly with the KIS Track SaaS technology platform. "KIS is one of the more established leaders in SaaS technologies and solutions and has cultivated specific expertise in international, federal, state and industry-imposed governance, risk and compliance (GRC) standards," said Pat Trello, President of Lord's International.

A New Whitepaper by The Radicati Group and CommuniGate Systems Shows How Service Providers Can Profit From Hosted Unified Communications Services.

The Radicati Group Inc, in their latest whitepaper reported that the yearly sales would rise from $28.7 Billion to the current $6.9 Billion mark. The report that was sponsored by CommuniGate Systems also showed clearly how service providers would benefit from this potential. "Service providers gain competitive advantage with a Unified Communications platform that is able to provide Value Added Services for communication like VoIP, VideoMail or video on demand." states Sara Radicati, CEO of The Radicati Group.

Users offered SaaS asset management.

According to a recent news report, FrontRange teamed up with ComputaCenter to offer asset management using SaaS delivery. "Gartner tells us that 25 percent of applications are going to be delivered by SaaS within the next few years. That's in line with what we've found: many organizations are dipping their toes into the water of SaaS. We haven't found any organizations that have moved to SaaS totally but many are moving piecemeal." Said Matthew Fisher, Centennial product director at FrontRange.

Polaris Ventures partner: SaaS firms holding value.

Internet summit participant, Jason Trevisan of Boston and Seattle based Polaris Ventures said in a recent news that SaaS companies have seen their values holding up better than many others. Trevisan focuses on growth equity and buyouts in the internet, technology, media, and consumer spaces for Polaris Ventures, a venture fund with over $3 billion under management and current investments in more than 90 companies.

Boomi Announces AtomSphere(SM): Industry's First Integration Platform-as-a-Service.

Boomi announced industry’s first PaaS for integration by the name of AtomSphere. "This is a major paradigm shift in the world of integration. With this announcement Boomi is extending its market and thought leadership in SaaS integration by taking integration-as-a-service to a whole new level," said Bob Moul, Boomi's president and CEO.

Pharmacy OneSource Adds New Enhancements to Sentri7.

Pharmacy OneSource Inc, which is a SaaS provider to more than 1200 hospitals in the US announced that the new dashboard tab and abnormal lab value enhancements have been added to Sentri7. Sentri7 is a web based application that helps hospital staff identify at-risk patients. "The web platform allows us to much more rapidly improve our applications in response to customer requests when compared to the slow response time of installed software upgrades." said Keith Streckenbach, Chief Strategy Officer of Pharmacy OneSource.

Datamaxx, Sypherlink Partner to Introduce Industry's First NIEM-Conformant, Software-as-a-Service Information-Sharing Solution for Public Safety Agencies.

A provider of public safety information technology called Datamaxx Group along with Sypherlink Inc. announced a partnership to provide National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) conformant information-sharing capabilities in a SaaS offering. "The partnership allows public safety agencies of all sizes -- for the first time -- a secure, efficient and cost-effective way to share their critical information -- such as arrest, incident and suspicious activity reports (SARs) -- with systems like the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the International Justice & Public Safety Network (NLETS) in a NIEM-standard format, from a single interface.” said Datamaxx CEO Kay Stephenson.

Apisphere for Salesforce CRM Now Available on the Force.com AppExchange from Salesforce.com

Appisphere Inc. announced in the Dreamforce Conference the availability of Appisphere Salesforce CRM.  This is a a geo-triggered voice interface that provides real-time location intelligence to enable sales organizations to better manage their meeting, planning and forecasting functions. "By adding location intelligence to Salesforce CRM, Apisphere is helping organizations become more efficient and more effective at maximizing their sales cycles," said Craig Harper, CEO, Apisphere.

GoodGuide Takes Top Prize At Web 2.0 Summit Launchpad.

A Techcrunch50 finalist, GoodGuide was announced the top prize taker at the Web 2.0 Summit Launchpad. The companies were judged by a panel of venture capitalists, consisting of: Chris Albinson (Panorama Capital), Patrick Chung (New Enterprise Associates), Michael Goguen (Sequoia Capital), Erik Straser (Mohr Davidow Ventures), and Todor Tashev (Omidyar Networks).

QuickMind and Nexus Global Partners Establish QuickLessons LLC.

QuickMind Knowledge Management, announced the establishment of QuickLessons LLC in Miami, Florida. QuickLessons LLC is a joint venture between QuickMind and Nexus Global Partners, LLC ("NGP"), a cross border advisory and investment firm, for international commercialization of QuickLessons rapid eLearning Development platform. "We believe we now have all the parts in place to capitalize on the unique value proposition QuickLessons offers the growing global market for rapid eLearning development." said Fabio Barcellos, President of QuickMind.
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