SaaS News Desk

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 ... (more)

Salesforce.com Journal Ray DePena launched today Salesforce.com Journal on Ulitzer. De Pena worked at IBM for the past 13 years in various senior global roles in programs, marketing, and business development. He holds an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business... (more)

Zeus Technology, a leading provider of application delivery controller software announced that ZXTM (Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager) has been selected by NTractive as part of its infrastructure to manage its hybrid web application, Elements SBM. Elements SBM is a feature-rich o... (more)

  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 approac... (more)

Intermedia announced that it has surpassed 300,000 customer mailboxes hosted. In the past six months, Intermedia experienced growth in the number of accounts with fifty or more mailboxes, demonstrating the growing penetration of SaaS services into the midmarket. Further, over the... (more)

Boomi has partnered with Innotas to enable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) integration for Innotas’ on-demand project portfolio management (PPM) solutions. The Boomi On Demand offering provides Innotas’ PPM users with the ability to integrate the Innotas solution with an... (more)

Boomi announced it has raised $4 million in its first institutional round of financing. The investment will be used to accelerate Boomi’s go-to-market strategy and further secure the company’s high standing position as a provider of cloud-based data and application in... (more)

Boomi announced that it has teamed with Taleo to lower the cost and increase the software-as-a-service (SaaS) integration options for Taleo Business Edition customers. With the on-demand recruiting solution for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), Taleo Business Edition custo... (more)

Boomi announced that it has partnered with Zuora to enable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) integration for Zuora’s on-demand billing application with financial and customer relationship management (CRM) applications. Zuora is embedding the Boomi On Demand offering to provide i... (more)

Boomi and StrikeIron announced a partnership focused on driving Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) adoption by enabling seamless integration of StrikeIron’s Marketplace Web services into Boomi On Demand. Boomi users can now integrate the full spectrum of business intelligence, CR... (more)

Absolute Performance announced it is expanding the partnership with virtualization and hosting automation company Parallels to better enable managed services and hosting providers to achieve a strategic foothold in the expanding SaaS and On Demand marketplace. The announcement ce... (more)

Small business owners looking for an affordable alternative to the Microsoft Exchange e-mail platform can look forward to a hosted, cost-effective and feature-rich e-mail and collaboration service, from Network Solutions and Open-Xchange.   Open-Xchange and Network Solutions have... (more)

Bluewolf announced the availability of new insurance and banking industry Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions built on the Force.com platform. Bluewolf has implemented and developed more than 1,000 SaaS solutions for organizations worldwide, including the Royal Bank of Scotlan... (more)

Epicor announced Boot Barn has selected the Epicor Retail Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to streamline its retail operations and support its long-term growth plans. Boot Barn was one of four Retail SaaS deals Epicor signed during the first quarter of 2008. To support its ... (more)

EquaTerra announced that its Governance WorkPlace tool, which automates the management of multiple service providers and enables informed decision-making in support of back-office processes in both shared services and outsourced environments, is now available as a hosted, Softwar... (more)

HCL Technologies announced the launch of its new SaaS Service Delivery Platform (SDP) AGORA. Service disruption and Web 2.0 have resulted in a sudden outburst of participation by the user and developer communities. This, along with increasing collaboration between independent se... (more)

Sun Microsystems announced Solaris On Demand, its software as a service (SaaS) program for the independent software vendor (ISV) community. This program provides ISVs with the technology, hosted infrastructure and services needed to offer their software as a service. It is target... (more)

Zoho announced it has partnered with Baihui to re-brand and distribute Zoho’s online collaborative productivity and business applications to users in China. "We are very excited to partner with Baihui in China. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) revolution is in full swing, ... (more)

AXIGEN and Parallels announced the launch of a strategic technological partnership, in which the companies will offer an integrated AXIGEN Mail Server and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers solution for Service Providers offering virtualized hosting environments. The new AXIGEN-Para... (more)

Gemalto and Alternative Technology are making it easier for small and medium enterprises to achieve the high levels of security in network access and identity management. Alternative Technology will now be offering Gemalto’s new on-demand Device Administration Service (DAS)... (more)