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RSS SaaSThe best of 2007
News Vista, Leopard, open source, SaaS, naked PCs and more… The world of tech in 2007 was dominated by some massive product launches in the shape of Apple's iPhone and Microsoft's Window's Vista. See below for 2007's top... [24 Dec 2007]
Top 10 software stories of the year
News Software as a service (SaaS) was a hot topic in 2007 with businesses increasingly wondering whether it's something they need to get involved with. Despite the hype, silicon.com's CIO jury concluded that... [14 Dec 2007]
Top Trends of 2007 Impacting VPN and Remote Access
White Paper An increasing awareness of the benefits of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model This year the trends that are expected to have the greatest impact on businesses' VPN and remote access decisions include: [13 Dec 2007]
The Brampton Factor: Software costs under pressure
Comment Factors such as business process outsourcing (BPO), software as a service (SaaS), service-oriented architectures (SOA), along with the rise of the emerging economies, are cited. Perhaps SaaS can... [22 Nov 2007]
Software licensing costs set to fall
News These include business process outsourcing; software as a service (SaaS); low-cost development environments, such as China and India, combined with modular architectures and service-oriented architectures; the emergence... [16 Nov 2007]
Post Office COO moves on
News In the intervening period he also started his own company, Virtual Email - a hosted messaging service, which merged with SaaS-specialist Nasstar in 2006. The Post Office director of operations Ric Francis is leaving the... [05 Nov 2007]
Getting more out of the net
Comment There are three main reasons why businesses of all sizes are set to become increasingly reliant on the internet: greater automation of cross-organisational business processes; flexible locations for data centres; and the rapid growth of... [02 Nov 2007]
On-demand software can help banks avoid fines
Comment Falling costs for bandwidth and improved software delivery models have provided the general spur for growth of SaaS but there had been little evidence this type of service was adopted for compliance solutions. [01 Nov 2007]
Q&A: Teradata CEO Mike Koehler
News Is software as a service (SaaS) something in Teradata's thoughts? Since its split from NCR just a few weeks ago datawarehousing specialist Teradata has already made a splash with a strategic tie-up with business... [22 Oct 2007]
Marc Benioff
AS Profile In the past year, as well as leading a company that has gone from strength to strength, Benioff has continued to be one of the chief ambassadors for software as a service (SaaS), and has made big strides in creating... [12 Oct 2007]
How to stop "runaway" ERP projects
Comment He admits SAP may have some success with its SaaS products at the very low end of the small business market but says "time will tell" whether there will be a big shift. One issue facing all ERP companies is the software... [01 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gripes, naked PCs, geek rage, nuclear fallout...
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Tony Hallett flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Exclusive: AA terminates £50m IBM deal This is a good combination of some breaking news and an on-the-spot interview ¦ CIO Essentials: Nerdy... [27 Sep 2007]
CIO Essentials: Nerdy techies, SaaS and social networks
News I found this poll resonated with my own view that software as a service (SaaS) is being over-hyped for larger organisations but, on the other hand, has much to offer the smaller business that wants to keep its capital... [25 Sep 2007]
The greening of IT: Cooling costs
Comment Witness the growth of on-demand entertainment services such as IPTV, and businesses moving to a pay-as-you-grow software as a service (SaaS) model. Do we need IPTV and SaaS? And SaaS:... [21 Sep 2007]
CIOs face tough on-demand choices
News Interest in software as a service (SaaS), or on-demand computing as it is often called, is growing but many businesses are still wary and face difficult decisions about what applications to use it for and which suppliers... [20 Sep 2007]
