SAAS

SaaS — an acronym for software as a service — is a fancy term for software you can use without having to install it on your computer. The software is installed and runs on a server and you access its functionality remotely, often through a browser. Usually this means you pay for the software on a usage basis, rather than the traditional model of upfront purchase fees.

Software as a service is increasing in popularity. There are many factors for this: increased Internet connection speeds, the popularity of netbooks, and a shared desire by many companies to overthrow Microsoft. Many small businesses use SaaS solutions internally and offer them to their customers as well.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “SAAS”

• Breathing Open Air at NetSuite

  
  The TEC Blog — Authority: 124
  It has been almost two years since NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N) went public and my  analysis of that blockbuster initial public offering (IPO) event . Needless to say, much has happened at the bullish software company since.   (more…) Share This
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• CDC Software agrees acquisition of SaaS e-commerce software provider Truition

  
  WebGuild — Authority: 511
  This acquisition is part of CDC Software’s previously announced roll-up strategy to acquire software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies that complement its … More» More»
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• Best-of-Breed SaaS Platform Delivers Better Customer Experience at Lower Total Cost of Ownership

  
  Customer Communications Management Community — Authority: 125
  Shop.org Annual Summit, Las Vegas, NV (September 22, 2009) – Venda, the leading global provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) e-commerce solutions, announced today that Encyclopaedia Britannica has selected Venda’s highly scalable and reliable on-demand SaaS e-commerce platform to power its new on-line store at ...
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• Dreamforce: Latest Salesforce Announcement is Chatty

  
  Smart SaaS — Authority: 104
  Last week at Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce conference , the big news was around the launch of the new business collaboration set of platform capabilities called “ Chatter ”. After updating the audience on Service and Sales Cloud 2 , which both had some really cool new capabilities, Marc Benioff ...
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• Tivoli Live – Monitoring as SaaS – Quick Analysis

  
  WebGuild — Authority: 511
  Last week, IBM GA’ed a new SaaS IT Management offering from Tivoli and their GTS group, Tivoli Live. … More» More»
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• A World Without Email – Year 2, Weeks 38 to 41 (Why Do I Keep Doing This?)

  
  CMC — Authority: 154
  I’m sure that, by now, you may be thinking that I may have abandoned this blog, since it has been nearly two weeks since the last post I have put together over here. Nothing further from the truth. There is actually a good reason why I haven’t been blogging during that time… Holidays! Yes, that’s right!, ...
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• The new business model: SaaS dominates the software industry while changing many other ones

  
  Senses: A blog about the Thirdi Software perception — Authority: 130
  The Software as a Service industry is in the midst of an astounding 5 year 43 per cent average annual compound growth, and is expected to own a 23 per cent share of the $120 billion U.S. software market by 2010 according to the recent Royal Bank of Canada report “SaaS Primer - An Emerging Asset Class.” ...
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• One Click E-Mail Marketing

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 166
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• An Interactive Timeline of Manufacturing and ERP Software

  
  MIPRO Unfiltered — Authority: 126
  Over at Software Advice I found an interesting (and fully interactive) timeline of manufacturing and ERP software.  For anyone in the business who wants to have a nicely-summarized origin of their trade – as well as how emerging technologies are changing the market’s plate tectonics – this timeline is an ...
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• What a Rock Band Can Teach Businesses About Social Networks

  
  ReadWriteWeb — Authority: 833
  Chester French is a rock band that has built an application on the Force.com platform. Thats compelling for the simple fact that when a rock and roll band develops its own application, you know that the market is seeing a far wider adoption than it has ever before. Even more, its an important reminder of the ...
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• What a Rock Band Can Teach Businesses About Social Networks

  
  i-penny — Authority: 153
  Chester French is a rock band that has built an application on the Force.com platform. Thats compelling for the simple fact that when a rock and roll band develops its own application, you know that the market is seeing a far wider adoption than it has ever before. Even more, its an important reminder of the ...
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• Zoho Recruit: HR Tracking in the Cloud

  
  The VAR Guy — Authority: 540
  Zoho , the SaaS provider and Google Apps competitor that offers online office suites and other business applications, has launched Zoho Recruit . The VAR Guy wonders: Will solutions providers use Recruit to fill their own vacancies? No doubt, SaaS-oriented HR applications have gained popularity. The VAR Guy’s ...
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• ePly Online Event Registration Launches a Pick Your Own Price Campaign to Benefit the United Way

  
  Send2Press Newswire — Authority: 480
  VANCOUVER, B.C., Nov. 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- ePly Services Inc. (@ePly), an online event registration software company based in North Vancouver, B.C. is excited to announce they have launched a new holiday season campaign designed to assist the United Way in generating much needed donations. This unique ...
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• Your organization’s freight spend isn’t large enough perhaps the answer is leverage with other business units?

  
  E-Sourcing Forum — Authority: 116
  What’s a buying/leveraging group?A buying group is a collection of buyers that aggregate their demand into a single ‘account’ and negotiate with a commercial carrier/s for better prices and/or improved services and more importantly a “Known name” in the industry. The group of buyers should be organized ...
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• SaaS Approach Not A Fit For Enterprise Search

  
  WebGuild — Authority: 511
  An accurate way to describe Software as a Service’s (SaaS) impact on the enterprise software market would be “all the rage.” Buoyed by high profile success … More» More»
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• Microsoft Windows Azure and SQL Azure

  
  Virtually Speaking — Authority: 421
  Microsofts Windows Azure and SQL Azure address part of organizations requirements for an open, standards based platform that can support local, private and public clouds.
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• Project Bluestreak

  
  Extranet Evolution — Authority: 419
  Autodesks AEC division has just launched an experimental BIM collaboration environment, Project Bluestreak , aimed at "accelerating building information modeling through the open exchange of design information and ideas between desktop applications, web-based services, and people" ( reports Autodesk blogger Scott ...
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• Intuit and ADP Make SaaS Acquisitions, But High Unemployment Hurts

  
  Sramana Mitra on Strategy — Authority: 564
  This month, both Intuit and ADP made some SaaS acquisitions. Intuit has followed an aggressive acquisition strategy this year. It began its SaaS rollup with PayCycle for $170 million in June, and early this month it bought Mint.com for $170 million. ADP made its first acquisition this year with... ..
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• AFS Technologies Buys Certain Assets Of Softrax Corp. – Quick Facts

  
  WebGuild — Authority: 511
  The Softrax acquisition is the first phase of a planned expansion by AFS to broaden its powerful and scalable enterprise technology platform and SaaS … More» More»
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• Saugatuck CEO McNee Models SaaS Migration at Cloud Futures Conference

  
  WebGuild — Authority: 511
  The market has spoken, made the more real by ongoing economic uncertainty that has clearly impacted on-premise providers greater than their SaaS brethren. … More» More»
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