Strategies for SaaS, Cloud Computing, Open Source and Governance

Telx®, the leading interconnection and colocation provider in strategic North American markets, today announced that it has been selected as a connectivity partner by SoftLayer, a global provider of on-demand data center, hosting, and cloud services. SoftLayer has established a Point-of-Presence (POP) within Telx’s secure, connection-rich colocation facilities in Atlanta and New York City, enabling [...]

Synygy  Inc., the largest and most experienced provider of sales performance management (SPM) solutions, today announced a new release of its software featuring enhancements that add flexibility, ease of use, and speed to the sales communications and sales process automation functionality.
The latest release enhances the software’s ability to resolve several common problems associated with the [...]

AUSTIN, TX – March 4, 2010 – Zenoss Inc., corporate sponsor of the award winning open source IT monitoring and management solution Zenoss Core, today announced the general availability of Zenoss Core version 2.5.2 under the GNU General Public License (V2). As part of this release, Zenoss Core now offers new monitoring capabilities for [...]

Watch out Photovoltaic Cell/Module companies!! Google is entering your field now.
Google has developed a prototype for a new mirror technology that could cut by half the cost of building a solar thermal plant, the company’s green energy czar said on Friday.
Bill Weihl said that if development and testing go well, he could see the product [...]

SAP has launched a new business intelligence (BI) offering for casual users that it claims will tie together all of its software-as-a-service BI products into one offering.
Business Objects BI On-Demand, will allow customers to create BI charts that include data, reports and analysis from SAP’s full client design tools, such as Business Objects Edge and [...]

The recent Toyota brake pedal disaster is an example of a massive failure in product design magnified by supply chain lead time. Current cost estimates total at least two billion dollars, not including future lost sales from the damage to consumer confidence.
When quality problems like this occur, supply chain lead time often determines the time [...]

Major UK companies have a poor understanding of supply chain risks they have acquired during the recession, a study by research company Mactavish has found.
Interviews with senior figures at more than 250 firms found supply chain risk and other dangers have risen sharply during the downturn as businesses have made unprecedented changes to operations.
The report [...]

Some of the biggest companies in the US are failing to take supply chain risks seriously, according to research.
A poll of buyers and other executives at more than 200 companies in the Fortune 1,000 uncovered poor standards on supplier risk management.
More than half of those surveyed kept less than 20 per cent of their supply [...]

SAP facing backlash from user group (SUGEN) and buckling under pressure from CIOs in the SAP’s premium customer network has reversed it’s earlier decision to move to the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) driven Enterprise Support.
In re-instating a Tiered Support, SAP has put an end to a saga that had created a lot of PR nightmares. [...]

January 15, 2010 – Five weeks after the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) began a test program to fast track certain “green” technology patent applications, most of the 3,000 positions are still available. Only about one third have been applied for.
Businesses wishing to patent their proprietary green technologies are being given special “front-of-the-line” [...]

Energy efficiency has become the new mantra in this greening economy. But who is the biggest culprit when it comes to energy consumption? In what seems like the blink of an eye, data centers are now among the leading energy guzzlers.
We’re at a tipping point of unparalleled dimensions with respect to data center energy consumption: [...]