Software as a Service News

Adam Metz shows us how Genentech implemented an enterprise-wide installation of Google Apps, including the obstacles overcome along the way.

Oracle's pending Taleo buy responds to SAP's planned SuccessFactors acquisition.

Nimbula today released Director 2.0, which the company says "enhances its public, private and hybrid cloud capabilities for enterprises, Software as a Service companies, governments and service providers." Nimbula Director is the industry's first truly extensible cloud platform, the company says.

Zik Energy Points Inc. has launched with a new $3 million initial funding round and a way to help companies measure their sustainability efforts - by sophisticated algorithms and a new universal energy usage metric, the EPG.

The open social recruiting platform offers a special incentive when companies join SmartRecruiters in the aftermath of Taleo Acquisition by Oracle.

The company is headquartered in Denmark. This comprehensive SWOT profile of Mondo A/S provides you with an in-depth strategic analysis of the company's businesses and operations.

Yesterday, Oracle Inc. agreed to buy Taleo Corp. , a SaaS human resource software provider, for $1.9 billion or $46 per share.

In another example of how enterprise social collaboration is bringing organizations together, Socialtext, a leading provider of enterprise social software, has launched a strategic partnership with NetDocuments, one of the best known Software-as-a-Service content management service providers.

BMC Software, a specialist in Business Service Management , announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Numara Software, a global provider of integrated IT management solutions for small to medium-size businesses .

TigerText Inc., a provider of security software for text messaging used by physicians on their mobile devices, recently announced that it received $8.2 million in venture capital investments, bringing the company's total backing to more than $10 million.

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BOSTON, MA -- -- 02/09/12 -- Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company , today announced the publication of new research reports from its Business Intelligence, Financial Management & GRC, Retail and Banking, and IT Security research practices.

StayinFront, Inc. , a leading global provider of CRM systems and mobile sales force effectiveness tools, announced today that a New Jersey-based global biotechnology firm has expanded its relationship with StayinFront to include a broad range of technical services to support its entire enterprise.

Security researchers have found that cyber criminals are offering their attack tools in a software-as-a-service model, and creating social networks to build communities around their products to help suggest new features and find bugs.

Taleo is a competitor to SuccessFactors, which happened to be acquired by Oracle rival SAP.

I recently had the opportunity to communicate with Sasha Gilinson, CEO of Evolven , about the its use of Cloudyn 's cloud cost management service.

Spectrum Brands expects to reduce the time, cost, and risk associated with its existing hedge accounting process with FINCAD's affordable Software-as-a-Service solution.

Business Card Posted on Oct. 26, 2011 07:36 AM in Mobile , Emerging Technologies , On Demand and Software as a Service An important caveat: I'm definitely not a Sybase Unwired Platform developer and I'm still trying to fully understand the SUP architecture.

API Healthcare , which is backed by Francisco Partners , has bought Concerro. Financial terms weren't announced.

CoreFiling, the leading XBRL software vendor, and Xmetric, the specialist XBRL consultancy, have announced a web-based validation service to check iXBRL accounts prior to filing with HM Revenue and Customs and Companies House.