Software As A Service
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Cloud computing: Is it worth legal risks?
Insight perspective The cloud throws up a raft of legal and security concerns, but that doesn't mean firms shouldn't embrace it, says U.K.-based lawyer.
Tags: Cloud computing, Legal, Data security, Security Management, Security, IT Services, ROI, Cloud computing, Server, payment
'I haven't changed my mind on SaaS': Debes
News Lawson's CEO says company will not provide software-as-a-service, but that it intends to open up more of its applications to the cloud over next year.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, Positioning and segmentation, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Lawson Software Inc., ERP, financing, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Amazon.com Inc.
China biz software sector to be Asia's largest
News Country's enterprise software market is projected to expand at annual growth rate of 18 percent to reach US$9.4 billion in 2012, new study reports.
Tags: Business applications, IT budgeting, Security, SCM, China, software-as-a-service, supply chain, enterprise software, software project, IT budgeting
End of an era for Office 2000
News Support for Office 2000 expired Tuesday, 10 years after Steve Ballmer announced a Web-based version of the productivity suite.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Office suites, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, productivity suite, software-as-a-service, online application, Web, Microsoft Office, Office suites
APAC SaaS spend to hit $2.3B by 2012
News Asia-Pacific businesses choose software-as-a-service after evaluating on-premise apps, indicating SaaS software has "begun to eat into on-premise" market, says new study.
Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cost control, Software-as-a-service, Cost control, Software, cloud computing, China, small and medium business, India
Sage CRM joins Microsoft, Salesforce in the cloud
News Business-software maker is trialling a cloud version of its CRM software, following other providers such as Microsoft and Salesforce.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, CRM, Gartner Inc., Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, software-as-a-service, Internet, Benefit, Salesforce.com Inc.
Google sets sights on Lotus Notes customers
News The search giant has released a migration tool to help Lotus Notes users migrate their mail, calendar and contacts over to Google Apps.
Tags: Web 2.0, Applications and tools, Personal applications, IBM Corp., IBM Lotus Notes, Google Inc., Tool, e-mail, software-as-a-service, blog
SAP reveals SaaS makeover
News Feature Pack 2.0, which enhances integration of CRM tools with processes such as automated billing and project profitability, aims to add lustre to Business ByDesign.
Tags: Business applications, SAP AG, Tool, business software, payment, QA, decision-making, billing, software-as-a-service
Developers expect SaaS boom
News More than half of developers worldwide expect to work on Internet-hosted apps during 2009, according to a new survey.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Service level management, Virtualization, Asia, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Lawson Software Inc., Developer, Evans Data Corp., software
APAC security growth 'remarkable'
News Security market in Asia-Pacific region enjoyed double-digit expansion in 2008 despite downturn, Gartner says.
Tags: Security, SMB, Growth, IT Security, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Australia, Gartner Inc.
Credit crunch could drive banks to SaaS security
News The credit crunch could drive banks and businesses to get their security from the cloud.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Security, Banking, Web services, ScanSafe, MessageLabs Ltd., IT Security, e-mail, London, Silicon.com
Cloud has huge potential in India's SMBs
News India's large number of small and midsize businesses and platform's low cost, high operational efficiency and scalability will drive cloud use there, say Nasscom members.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Software, Computing, India, CRM, Small And Medium Business, ERP, Cloud computing
Will SOA be reincarnated as 'private clouds'?
Techguide Private clouds, which offers greater control and security over applications and data than public cloud computing, bears a striking resemblance to service-oriented architectures.
Tags: Business applications, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SOA, B2B, Cloud Computing, Business Process, BPM, Dana Gardner, Joe McKendrick, blog
SaaS to hit $298M in Asia-Pacific
News Software-as-a-service will climb 18 percent to churn US$298 million in 2009, growing six-fold higher than overall software market, IDC predicts.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Customer resource management (CRM), Budgeting/cost control, Software-as-a-service, International Data Corp., software, China, India, Asia-Pacific, analyst
Is the economy changing how you manage server turnover?
Techguide Server pricing has plummeted in recent years, but hard evidence still shows sales have declined. To what extent has the current economic climate affected server turnover?
Tags: Servers, IT budgeting, Virtualization, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), International Data Corp., Sales, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Server, e-mail, software-as-a-service
