As a member of the producing team I like to invite everyone to the conference on 18 november in Rotterdam to find out what SaaS means for the future and meet a lot of leading companies to talk with them about the impact on doing business!  Look at www.iir.nl/saas for more information.

WinSaaS released three new products, the WinSaaS Server to develop and run 100% web and SaaS based applications, SaasLight for sales and support management services and HotelASP for hotel and reservation management services. The WinSaaS products and services are designed for very low startup and maintenance cost, easy setup, easy to use, high ...

In working with startup SaaS vendor Sonian Networks (www.soniannetworks.com) I heard the CEO, George Nichols, use the term "Legacy SaaS" to refer to those OLD SaaS providers who build and operate their SaaS offerings the old fashioned way -- you know, using actual servers and databases and what not. The comparison between Sonian as a ...

In working with startup SaaS vendor Sonian Networks (www.soniannetworks.com) I heard the CEO, George Nichols, use the term "Legacy SaaS" to refer to those OLD SaaS providers who build and operate their SaaS offerings the old fashioned way -- you know, using actual servers and databases and what not. The comparison between Sonian as a ...

Leveraging wiki-style editing, Morph helpME streamlines the way multi-media help and training content is published and presented.It is a hosted on-demand help and training application system written in Ruby on Rails (RoR),  enabling sharing of knowledge while reducing the overall cost and technical burden to the publisher. Ready-to-go ...

Anyone got any ideas on how significant Silverlight is likely to be to the world of SaaS? Typical of the blogosphere, there are just so many opinions and comments out there it is hard to determine the real 'authenticity' of message. Techcrunch seems to be a useful starting point ...

  Yes- will be an interesting market to chart.  I guess we'll know for sure when there are too many when they start going 'pop'! ;-)

The other day I was reading Paul Graham's latest comments on the increasing irrelevancy of Microsoft under the provocative title of 'Microsoft is Dead' and today an announcement about Microsoft pumping enormous amounts of cash and energy - literally and figuratively - into new data centres. A bit early to be sounding its death ...

Whenever I speak with Service Providers or customers about SaaS applications invariably the conversation touches on mobility.  Mobile email (GOOD, BES, Active Sync) is a well established and well delivered SaaS mobile solution.  But core applications delivered online don't perform as well.  Historically, SaaS software developers ...

Good point Paul and illustrates the value of getting that essential 'buzz' and rapid/massive adoption. Google's acquisition recognised that although it had an equally viable delivery mechanism, the adoption levels were way behind YouTube, possibly because users weren't associating the Google brand with video search and delivery. ...