Software as a Service (SaaS)
News, how-to, research, analysis and discussion on SaaS (Software as a Service).
No Big-bang Apps News At I/o, but Some Announcements Merit Attention
SAP CEO 'Not Concerned' with Rise of Third Party Maintenance and Support Players
Fri, May 17, 2013 - Jim Hagemann Snabe said that almost all customers are opting for more expensive support from SAP.
Amazon Gives DynamoDB a Performance Boost
Thu, May 16, 2013 - Users can now do parallel scans to access data in large tables more quickly
SAP Updates Line-of-Business Cloud Apps
Wed, May 15, 2013 - Selling SaaS (software as a service) applications aimed at specific lines of business is one way that SAP has tried to stake a claim in the world of cloud computing and during the Sapphire conference it unveiled a broad series of updates to the portfolio.
Microsoft Improves Photo Management in Skydrive
Mon, May 13, 2013 - Upload speed for photos has been increased
Harmon.ie Aims to Close the Mobile Gap in Office 365
Mon, May 13, 2013 - Harmon.ie 4.0 is designed to link the Office 365 components via a single mobile app
Box to Revamp Document Viewing with Crocodoc Acquisition
Thu, May 09, 2013 - Box plans to integrate Crocodocs' HTML5 document viewing technology into its enterprise cloud storage and file sharing application
Microsoft Says Yammer Sales Are Booming
Thu, May 09, 2013 - The enterprise social networking's product revenue grew 259 percent year on year in the quarter ended in March
Google Revamps Admin Console for Apps and Other Enterprise Products
Wed, May 08, 2013 - The interface has been redesigned to improve navigation
Microsoft to boost Office Web Apps features
Tue, May 07, 2013 - The browser-based version of Office will get real-time co-authoring and other enhancements in the coming year
Microsoft to Grow Office 365's Capacity to Import Contacts From Third-party Tools
Fri, May 03, 2013 - Some Office 365 editions can tap contacts data from LinkedIn and Facebook
Companies Explore Self-Detonating Data as Security Control
Thu, May 02, 2013 - The popular Snapchat photo-messaging app used mainly by Android and iOS mobile device owners to share images that then self-destruct after 10 seconds is the sort of security idea that businesses say can help them secure online transactions with business partners.
Box Takes Electronic Health Records to the Cloud
Thu, April 25, 2013 - Healthcare providers were among the first industries to use tablets and other mobile devices, but leveraging them fully has been difficult due to regulations that protect electronic health records and other personal health information. But enterprise content sharing specialist Box is making an aggressive play for the healthcare vertical with what it says is a HIPAA/HITECH compliant platform.
Pivotal Puts PaaS in the Spotlight
Thu, April 25, 2013 - In launching Pivotal, the partnership of EMC, VMware and GE is attempting to refocus the conversation in the market about how a new generation of applications that use big data will be built.
Jive enterprise social product gets group templates for business tasks
Tue, April 23, 2013 - The company is also adding a deep integration between its software and the Box cloud storage and file sharing service



