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SaaS Journal Information workers on the job often turn to the same software tools they use at home for quick, unfettered communication. When that involves instant messaging (IM) programs such as AIM, Yahoo! Messenger or Windows Live Messenger, your company’s network is at risk for malware infections, regulatory compliance breaches and copyright violations. Incorporating Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings such as MessageLabs hosted IM Security Services (IMSS) helps organizations sidestep the risks that uncontrolled use of IM in the workplace can pose. This white paper explores IM security issues, and shows you how Enterprises can proactively manage employee use of IM and mitigate those risks. Click Here to Watch This Webcast Now! ... (more)

EMC Forms Business Unit for New SaaS Offerings

"Our strategy is focused on bringing new software-as-a-service offerings to market, powered by EMC," said Tom Heiser, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EMC's new Software-as-a-Service Business Unit, as EMC this week today unveiled its SaaS strategy and the release of MozyEnterprise for online backup of desktops, laptops and remote Windows servers. MozyEnterprise is powered by EM... (more)

Parallels Offers Independent Software Vendors Route to SaaS

  Parallels announced it is accelerating independent software vendors' (ISVs) ability to provide their applications in the SaaS model without lengthy and costly development or rewriting of code. The Parallels SaaS FastTrack Program gives ISVs a quick and straight-forward approach to meeting small-to-medium businesses’ (SMBs) growing need for on-demand applications. This is achieved thro... (more)

Lumen Software Launches Commercial Open Source SaaS Portal

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumen Software, a leading provider of commercial open source Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and portal solutions, today announced its flagship platform, Lumenation, and the Lumenation Software Development Kit (SDK), are available immediately for free download. The products give PHP and AJAX developers a way to rapidly build, deploy, manage, and sel... (more)

Open Source Linux-Based SaaS Takes Another Twist with Zonbu

A start-up called Zonbu started peddling a small router-size Gentoo Linux-based consumer PC pre-loaded with a swat of free or open source applications and games, stuff like the OpenOffice suite, the Firefox web browser, Skype's VoIP and the Acrobat Reader. Users can't install any applications on the thing - well, there's no drive - but besides what Zobu provides - which pretty much covers... (more)