Google Gears is finally becoming useful
When Google first released the 0.1 version of their Gears browser plug-in back in May 2007, I thought for sure it would be only a matter of a few months before we saw web applications taking full...
View ArticleSymantec unveils GoEverywhere SaaS security proxy beta
It wasn’t long ago that everyone was buzzing about web mashup tools. They were supposed to be miraculous pieces of software that would be able to bring together different disparate web applications,...
View ArticleIBM getting into the SaaS market with LotusLive
IBM announced a new SaaS offering for collaboration at their Lotusphere 2009 conference, dubbed LotusLive. There appears to be three main offerings to LotusLive: Networking and Collaboration, Web...
View ArticleHosted Atlassian Confluence wiki gets a price cut
Looking for a 10 person hosted Atlassian Confluence wiki? Good news: it just got a price cut. Hosted confluence is now $49 / month. According to the official company blog: Team Hosted combines the...
View ArticleGoogle wants you to become their SaaS evangelist
Google unveiled their Google Apps Reseller program yesterday. What does it mean? In a nutshell, Google is looking to get more business user traction for their SaaS business office productivity...
View ArticleMicrosoft Exchange 14 to include a fully hosted version
Microsoft is still in the process of testing Office 14, which will likely coincide with the next release of Exchange Server. Microsoft already offers a hosted version of Exchange 2007 for some...
View ArticleTalk about hype: SaaS adoption expected by 52% of surveyed developers
Just earlier today I wrote about the SaaS hype curve hitting its peak. In a report from InformationWeek, 52% of 1,300 developers said they expect to work on SaaS projects in 2009, with most...
View ArticleUsing Amazon EC2 to demo packaged software
The last few years have offered easy and exciting ways to demonstrate packaged software to customers. One of the frustrating things, both as a prospective customer and a product manager, is getting a...
View ArticleA roundup of a few SaaS data portability vendors
I’ve been paying more attention to the SaaS data portability space, especially since data portability in general is an important and currently undervalued area of enterprise software. Here’s a...
View ArticleSaaS is not a platform, explains SAP CEO Bill McDermott
Bill McDermott, SAP’s president and CEO of global field operations, spoke with InformationWeek earlier this month and covered some finer points about SaaS. Two points in particular that caught my...
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