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Bomgar believes appliance-based remote control beats software or SaaS solutions hands down
During this podcast, Bill Detwiler speaks with Joel Bomgar about his company's appliance-based remote support solution--the Bomgar Box. Bomgar explains the advantages (easier deployment, better security, lower TCO, increased uptime, client OS flexibility, and more efficient product development) his product has over the competition. by Bill Detwiler
Tags: Appliance, Software, Software-as-a-service, Solution, Information Technology, Remote Support, Bomgar, B100, B200, Remote Administration, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Bill Detwiler
Blog posts 2008-07-17
SaaS gets a new player in the market, but is the cloud ready for prime time?
Microsoft has entered the Software as a Service SaaS market in a major way. While Google Apps is just trying to get people to try their service, Microsoft has opened up the doors to hosted Exchange, Sharepoint, Communications, LiveMeeting, and CRM software. by Andy Moon
Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Microsoft Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2008-07-08
Service level agreements of paramount importance to software-as-a-service adoption
Software-as-a-service has been the buzzword that promises to provide prompt services while keeping companies shielded from the problems of implementation and maintenance of software. However, with enterprises offloading the physical control of software, service level agreements need to define very precisely how customers are compensated for downtimes. ...
Tags: Software, SLA, Software-as-a-service, Service Level Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), It Operations, It service Management, Emerging Technologies, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-02-29
New book says IT departments heading for extinction
Nicholas Carr, author of The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google, maintains that in 10 to 20 years, the traditional IT department will be a thing of the past. According to Carr, "The idea that every company needs its own IT department is dying." ...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Information Technology, Department, Strategy, Management, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-01-30
ScanSafe offers security service in a SaaS model
ScanSafe announced its Anywhere+ Web security service for policy enforcement and real-time malware protection for mobile workers. An excerpt from InternetNews: Dan Nadir, vice president of product strategy for ScanSafe told InternetNews.com that his company realized there was a missing piece of the puzzle when it...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, ScanSafe, Software As A Service (SaaS), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Emerging Technologies, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-26
EMC targets Mozy at the enterprise
Wasting no time after its $76 million acquisition of Berkeley Data Systems' online Mozy backup technology, EMC has unveiled MozyEnterprise. As its name suggests, MozyEnterprise is targeted at large enterprises and will be offered with its EMC Fortress data storage platform. Excerpt from InformationWeek: EMC...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, EMC Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Storage, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-01-22
Webroot offers e-mail scanning as SaaS
Webroot announced the availability of e-mail security product in a Software as a Service model. The product is targeted at small and medium businesses. An excerpt from Tech News World: "At enterprise-class levels ..., security management is difficult and complex -- and therefore often unfulfilled," said...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Webroot Software Inc., Product, E-mail, Software As A Service (SaaS), Smb/Sme, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Emerging Technologies, Security, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-16
Cisco plans Software as a Service offering with EOS
Cisco Systems announced its Entertainment Operating System EOS, a portal to let content developers create communities around content and pay the host based on revenue collected from ads. An excerpt from ITWorldCanada: "It's going to be the first play that bundles together three things that media companies need...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Idea, Cisco Systems Inc., Service, Entertainment, Entertainment Operating System, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-12-13
Daptiv takes on managing work in the mid office with new collaborative product
Submitted by TechRepublic member tlow: Daptiv formerly eProject, has announced the availability of their SaaS collaborative business management solution, an on-demand product facilitates the management of work across projects and teams in the area between CRM and ERP. The product integrates Business Intelligence BI from Cognos to...
Tags: Cognos Inc., Software-as-a-service, On-demand, Product, Daptiv, Software As A Service (SaaS), Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Databases, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Administrator
Blog posts 2007-11-15
Daptiv takes on managing work in the mid office with new collaborative product
Posted by TechRepublic member tlow: Daptiv formerly eProject, has announced the availability of their SaaS collaborative business management solution, an on-demand product facilitates the management of work across projects and teams in the area between CRM and ERP. The product integrates Business Intelligence BI from Cognos...
Tags: Cognos Inc., Software-as-a-service, On-demand, Product, Daptiv, Software As A Service (SaaS), Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Databases, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Administrator
Blog posts 2007-11-13
Sanity check: Will smartphones and SaaS unlock Microsoft's grip on the business desktop?
Nearly every IT manager I know has experimented with the idea of replacing Windows with Linux for standard business desktops. Some began considering it as early as 1999. Some have even done extensive tests and pilot programs. But how many of them have done significant desktop Linux deployments on their...
Tags: Software, Desktop, Linux, Application, Software-as-a-service, PC, Smart Phone, NetSuite Inc., Business, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Zoho Suite, i-Mate Ultimate 8502, Software As A Service (SaaS), Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Hardware, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2007-11-11
Sanity check: Will smartphones and SaaS unlock Microsoft's grip on the business desktop?
Can smartphones and SaaS unlock Microsoft's grip on the business desktop?Here's my opinion:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=566How will these developments fundamentally change the way businesses purchase and implement technology?
Tags: Smart phones, Software as a Service (SaaS), Jason Hiner, business desktop, software-as-a-service, smart phone, Microsoft Corp.
Discussion threads 2007-11-11
Zoho's office-like Web software service adds offline use
Challenger Zoho has now taken the software-as-a-service lead, becoming the first Web-based office suite to offer offline capability, as TechRepublic's Jason Hiner previously discussed. Software-as-a-service has been touted as an Microsoft Office replacement, and several competitors have been developing alternatives to Office that work through a Web...
Tags: Software, Google Inc., Web, Software-as-a-service, Microsoft Office, Zoho, Challenger Zoho, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Lea Rush
Blog posts 2007-08-21
10 tech skills you should develop during the next five years
Pretty good prediction setSpot on with unified communications and increased hybridizing networks. Although I wouldn't have even listed VOIP separately as I think it rolls into the unified communications prediction. I'd also roll the mobile user support into the wireless category; they kind of go hand in hand....
Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Dr_Zinj, network, wireless
Discussion threads 2007-07-24
SaaS is passe, all hail to PaaS
Pardon the tongue twister, but if Salesforce.com is to have its way, Software as a Service SaaS would soon be overtaken by Platform as a Service PaaS. Its Apex Code platform -- originally launched at the end of 2006 -- has grown quickly and was re-packaged and...
Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-07-19
SaaS is passé, all hail to PaaS
SaaS is passe, all hail to PaaSDo you think that the mainstream is ready for SaaS?
Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), paulmah@..., software-as-a-service, PaaS
Discussion threads 2007-07-19
When architecture meets the sales model
 There has been tons of talk over the last few years about "Software as a Service" SaaS. Quite frankly, I am not a huge fan of the idea, mainly because I do not like to put that much faith in third-party vendors TPVs. The idea itself is not bad, I...
Tags: Architecture, industry standard, Justin James, Microsoft ASP, Saas, sales, Soa, Software Architecture, software-as-a-service, Web 2.0, Xml
Blog posts 2007-07-03
Keylogger spying at work on the rise, survey says
But what is the solution?We all know that spyware, identity theft, phishing, and etcetera are on the rise. The piece that is missing from the article is how can we effectively prevent keyloggers specifically, and malware in general, from infecting our PC's. Here is my solution...We take the personal PC...
Tags: john.mckean@..., big brother thin client malware keylogger systems security, security, tradeoff, keylogger, malware, server, survey
Discussion threads 2006-05-17
Making peace with SaaS
I have been a long-time opponent of SaaS Software as a Service in general. Indeed, I think most of the "new ideas" in the IT industry are half-baked at best. But SaaS and thin clients (they go hand-in-hand) are nearly total bunk. Phil Wainewright ZD Net blogger and myself have...
Tags: Saas, software-as-a-service
Blog posts 2006-01-09
Secondhand Microsoft software goes on sale
No Surprise and no course correction required.This move by MS should be no surprise to any reseller or firm that partners with MS. MS is setting the ground work for its SaaS Software as a Service called "Live Software" newly introduced this past November 1st. So where's the mystery in...
Tags: linux, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., programming, SAAS, Secondhand Microsoft Software, Sheeva, software-as-a-service, source
Discussion threads 2005-11-11


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