Software as a Service

SIMtone Corp. has announced the availability of its Virtual Service Platform (VSP) Service Provider Edition (SPE) v2.1.0 software, which the company says enables service providers and telecom operators to rapidly offer and efficiently deploy consumer-grade virtual PCs and SaaS services as well as and business-grade virtual desktops and applications, with minimal up-front or ongoing capital and operational expenditures. SIMtone says ...

Jamcracker announced it added BlueTie Inc.’s e-mail and collaboration suite to its wholesale on-demand services delivery platform, Jamcracker Service Delivery Network (JSDN). An alternative to Microsoft Exchange for SMBs, the BlueTie offering includes an AJAX-based Web interface with spam and virus protection, calendaring, desktop sharing and online meeting features, file storage and sharing, and integration with leading Web-based business services. ...

Oracle (ORCL) says its new Sourcing On Demand, a SaaS offering, drives more efficient and effective strategic sourcing.It’s preconfigured and supposed to reduce time-to-value and accelerate ROI. Sourcing On Demand helps eliminate IT inhibitors like protracted upgrade cycles and privacy and security restrictions. It also allows organizations to reduce the capital expense of purchasing hardware, according to the company."Sourcing capabilities can ...

You might say GENBAND found Xactly what it wanted.GENBAND has licensed Xactly Corp.’s Incent on-demand sales compensation management solution, with Xactly modules for modeling and analytics. GENBAND plans to use the Xactly suite of applications to automate and streamline critical sales performance management processes, and achieve greater visibility into sales trends.Xactly Incent is a 100-percent Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that enables ...

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has announced its third annual Software as a Service (SaaS) conference for the federal IT market. It will be held Feb. 25 in Washington, D.C.Discussions at the SaaS/Gov conference will center around SaaS, cloud computing, and how the change in administration might affect these issues.Presentations will examine how cloud computing has improved the ...