Software As A Service
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China SaaS growth to exceed 'traditional IT'
News Country's software-as-a-service market will grow 56 percent next year, exceeding IT sector that includes on-premise software, says report.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Security, software, Information Technology, CRM, Asia-Pacific, On-demand, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), security application, China
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
'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.
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, China, small and medium business, India, cloud computing
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.
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
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
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, Cloud computing, Server, payment, software-as-a-service
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.
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, China, India, International Data Corp., CRM, information technology, Budgeting/cost control
Gartner: Avoid long-term services deals
News The analyst firm says organizations should track the health of outsourcing partners and avoid long-term contracts.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Software-as-a-service, Supplier, IT services, staffing, health care, information technology, IT outsourcing
Security experts advise caution in the cloud
News Cloud computing is on the rise, but handing responsibility for your data over to a third party brings new security considerations, experts say.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Data security, Network security, Security Management, Business security, Security, IT Professional, Europe, ERP, chief security officer
