Telstra announced today that it will be launching its own software as a service (SaaS) platform, incorporating applications from the largest vendors as well as smaller Australian developers.
Despite the cost savings software-as-a-service (SaaS) promises to provide, some businesses believe the on-demand delivery model is not suitable as a platform for core enterprise-class applications.
Microsoft detailed on Tuesday its road map and pricing for Web-based software suites built for big companies and growing businesses.
Microsoft has come around to Google's way of thinking on Software as a Service (SaaS) -- announcing a beta program for a multi-tenant service that will serve multiple Exchange and SharePoint customers from a single software instance.
EMC has launched a new strategy and a product for businesses looking to make use of online storage and backup -- the company also plans to roll out the service in Australia the second of this year.
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For years, CEO of Salesforce.com Marc Benioff appeared in public wearing an "End of Software" button on his lapel -- just to rankle Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, or any other software mugwump making a killing on selling packaged applications.
Melbourne-based AFL club, The Western Bulldogs, recently implemented the enterprise-edition of Salesforce.com CRM for its corporate sales division.
Established in 1996, alphaWorks is a web community for developers to preview and collaborate on emerging technology from IBM's research labs and turn them into commercial products. The IT giant claims much of alphaWorks's activity is aimed at developing new software types and standards -- particularly around open source principles.
Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said.
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