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| Volume 5, May 2008 |
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Understanding Cloud Computing/SaaS/PaaS Markets: A Map of the Players in the Industry
05/02/08 - Peter Laird, Managing Architect, WebLogic Portal at BEA; Source: Arch2Arch Blog
In this blog post, Peter Laird, along with BEA SaaS team members, define these markets then move on to "a visual map of the industry, showing how the major players fit into the overall space". Guess who's all over the map? | |
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Emerging Platform Wars in Enterprise Software
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Research Analysts from McKinsey take a comprehensive look at the emergence of a new kind of software platform, built specifically to support SaaS. The piece discusses the SaaS platform archetypes - delivery platforms, development platforms, and application-led platforms - and their competitive landscape, then caps off with an in-depth look at best practices for platform vendor success.
Enterprise Mashups Revealed at Web 2.0 Conference
Source: Paul Krill, InfoWorld
Vince Casarez, vice president for product management at Oracle, discusses the four types of enterprise-class mashups and offers tips for successful development. |
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SaaS Consumers: "Don't Make Integration My Problem"
Bob Moul, President and CEO, Boomi
With SaaS customers more frequently insisting that integration be part of the package, this article examines the various options ISVs have to solve the integration problem.
SaaS Management: Morphing Pain!
Source: CIOTalkRadio
OpSource's very own John Rowell (CTO) joins Joe Burton, CTO for Cisco-Unified Communications, and Ben Pring, Research VP of Gartner IT Services and Sourcing Group, in a CIO TalkRadio broadcast discussing the ups and downs of the move to SaaS and the new world of mashups.(Requires Internet Explorer; audio does not work in Mozilla browser)
SaaS, Web Services Top Software Priorities for Businesses
Source: Mary Hayes Weier, InformationWeek
A summary of SaaS 'state of the industry' research by McKinsey & Co. While Software-as-a-Service and Web services ranked as the most important trends in the software industry for the 3rd year running, research results show the maturation of SaaS. |
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OpSource is sponsoring several upcoming events - come visit us!SIIA NetGain
May 18-20 -
The Palace Hotel
San Francisco, CA
Speaking: Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource, Panel: Wednesday, 5/20, 2:15pm - 'State of the Industry - The CEO Perspective' |
Webinar: SaaS Pricing - Don't Leave Money on the Table
May 20 - Online
Speaking: Jim Geisman, MarketShare Inc. and Alan Spencer, Director of Billing Products, OpSource |
Seminar: Tips & Tricks of SEO - Get Your Website to the Top of the Search Engine
May 29 - Hyatt Regency
Santa Clara, CA
Speaking: Richard Dym, CMO |
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SIIA OnDemand Europe
June 9-11 - Hilton Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Speaking:Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource, Panel: Tuesday, 6/10, 13:45 - 'SaaS Integration' |
OpSource President's Lunch, with Ray Solnik and Special Guest Jeff Kaplan
June 17, Top of the Hub
Boston, MA
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Welcome to the SaaS Showcase - a place for you to see what other successful on-demand companies are doing, glean best practices, acquire partners and more. |
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Featuring the Successes of OpSource Customers & Other News |
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OpSource Customers in the News:
The Four Horsemen of SaaS (ZDNet)- Phil Wainewright names Taleo, one of OpSource's newest customers, one of the top 4 SaaS companies in the world...
Voice-as-a-Service Takes Shape(THINK IT Services Blog)- Jeff Kaplan discusses OpSource customer Ribbit as a leading example of the trend of SaaS dramatically impacting the telecommunications and networking businesses...
Mashups a Hot Item at Web 2.0 Show (InfoWeek)- Serena Software, another OpSource customer, gets major press in this article summarizing mashup release announcements at the April Web 2.0 conference...
Symantec Acquires AppStream (eWeek)
Rapt Acquired by Microsoft (InformationWeek)
Power of SaaS: VoIP Call Centers for a Fraction of the Cost (NewsFactor Network)
Clay Shirky: How the Enterprise Moves to 2.0 (CIOInsight)
Report: Enterprises Adopt SaaS Aggressively (CIO)
How Not to End Up as an Anachronism (GigaOm) |
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