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SaaS: CIOs Think Hard about Cloud Collaboration

By Dick Weisinger

GlaxoSmithKline, Coca-Cola, Panasonic, and the City of Los Angeles.  Big name organizations, and all of them have moved their email systems into the cloud.  In 2009 IDC estimates that about 2 percent of all business email inboses — about 20

Cloud Computing: Third Party Software Worries

By Dick Weisinger

You probably know that until 2004 Google’s search engine powered Yahoo! and that now that privilege belongs to Microsoft’s new Bing search engine.  Software powered by bits and pieces of software from other vendors isn’t anything new.  With traditional software vendors,

Open Source: SaaS Threatens the future of OS

By Dick Weisinger

Dries Buytaert, founder of the popular Open Source CMS Drupal product, says that cloud computing has done an ‘end run’ around the Open Source community.  His point is that while SaaS and Cloud computing is offering up a totally new

Cloud Computing: Can You Trust Your Data in the Cloud?

By Dick Weisinger

SaaS and cloud-based computing are one of the fastest growing sectors of IT.  Check the top five trends of almost any IT analyst and you’re almost certain to see SaaS and Cloud Computing in the list.  But despite the growth

SaaS: MegaVendors Embrace SaaS, but on Their Own Terms

By Dick Weisinger

The SaaS phenomena is opening the new year with ever-growing momentum and analysts generally agree that 2010 will shape up to be a powerhouse year. Large vendors, like Oracle, are increasingly coming to the realization that they need to address