Tag: SaaS
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New SAAS Provider StrataScale Redefines ‘On Demand’
Software on demand already has changed the way applications are sold and consumed, and now a new player is tweaking the model a little further. The newcomer, StrataScale, is adding flexibility and speed to deployments and updates with its server management tool, IronScale, which administrators can control through a secure Web portal. StrataScale, a subsidiary… Read more
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Software Vendors, Solution Providers Eye SAAS Disruptive Threat
IT solution providers aren’t the only businesses keeping a watchful eye on the potential disruptive threat from software-as-a-service offerings. Software vendors have been watching the trend too, as companies such as Salesforce.com have made a splash in the SAAS market and put established business applications players such as SAP and Oracle scrambling for a defensive… Read more
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Avnet Adds Microsoft SharePoint to SAAS Offerings
Looking to add another revenue stream and business model to the mix, more IT solution providers are considering software as a service as an option to offer their end customers, and IT distributors are making it easier to do that. Case in point: Avnet Technology Solutions recently added Microsoft SharePoint to its SAAS portfolio, available… Read more
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Symantec Launches Two-Tier Symantec Protection Network SAAS Channel Partner Program
Two years in the making, Symantec last week at the Symantec PartnerEngage conference announced the formal launch of its Symantec Protection Network—the company’s software-as-a-service entry designed to be sold through channel partners. "Our focus is on the midmarket and SMB, and as a result of that we made a strategic early decision to focus this… Read more
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Bluewolf Integration Tool Combines SAAS with Managed Services
Software as a service and managed services have emerged in recent years as transformative business models for solution providers, but though sometimes confused, the models are distinct from each other. That is, until now. At the intersection of SAAS and managed services stands Bluewolf, an IT consulting and services firm that this month added remote… Read more
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DocuSign Melds Process, Paper, Technology into Management Solution
There is something about paper contracts. Is it the tangibility, the legality, the simplicity or something else? While many corporate entities are, for lack of a better term, addicted to paper and its legacy requirements, there is still one simple truth—managing and routing paper documents can be an expensive process. What’s more, paper often becomes… Read more