Sunday 14 March 2010
Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced Contact Manager Edition http://www.salesforce.com/contactmanager), a new edition from salesforce.com that provides the essential tools needed to manage business contacts and customers in the cloud. Contact Manager Edition introduces salesforce.com to an entirely new audience, very small businesses and individuals, ensuring that everyone can enjoy the benefits of cloud computing for only $9 per user, per month.
Contact Manager Edition - Manage Customer Interactions in the Cloud
Contact Manager Edition enables any company to jump-start their business by tapping into the power of the cloud and provides users with a wealth of features including:
* Contacts and Accounts - With Contact Manager Edition, users can store and manage all contacts and accounts in the cloud. Now users can access this vital information regardless of location - all you need is an Internet connection.
* Outlook and Email Integration - Now, anyone using Contact Manager Edition can easily track email communications from Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo or any email system, keeping a complete record of customer interactions for better sales execution and improved customer satisfaction.
* Reporting - Run pre-configured and customized reports on your contacts, accounts and associated activities to gain powerful insights.
* Customization - Contact Manager Edition is a solution that can be tailored to fit a user’s unique needs. Users can customize Contact Manager Edition to track the data that is most important to them.
* Google Apps - Companies using Contact Manager Edition benefit from an out of the box integration with Google Apps, combining essential applications for productivity (email, calendaring, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, instant messaging, video) and CRM. This combination introduces an entirely new way for users to communicate, collaborate, and work together in real time over the Web.
Salesforce.com and Cloud Computing - The Right Choice for Every User
Background and benefits of cloud computing:
* Ten years ago, salesforce.com introduced cloud computing, a new technology delivery model that allows users to access applications over the Internet without having to install and manage hardware or software.
* With salesforce.com and cloud computing, customers pay as they go and are up and running in less time than it takes with traditional software applications.
* Three times a year, salesforce.com customers receive an automatic upgrade that delivers new features and functionality. These upgrades do not break any customizations or integrations and are completely seamless and invisible to the end user.
* Time and again, customers choose the low cost, low risk, and fast results of salesforce.com and cloud computing over expensive hardware, software, and data centers that burn through precious capital and yet rarely produce the promised returns.
Background and benefits of the Force.com platform and infrastructure:
* Contact Manager Edition is built on Force.com, a complete platform that provides users with everything they need to develop any application, on any device and deliver it to any user.
* Force.com is a trusted platform because it is enterprise-tested and serving more than 63,200 successful customers around the world.
* Additionally, customers using Contact Manager Edition gain all the benefits of the proven security, reliability and scalability of salesforce.com’s world-class global infrastructure.
Quotes
* “Salesforce.com has always been committed to democratizing software and making cloud computing accessible to businesses of all sizes,” said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. “Contact Manager Edition opens up a whole new world for very small businesses and individuals, empowering them to experience success with cloud computing.”
* “Contact Manager Edition enables entrepreneurial businesses to harness the power of cloud computing without the cost and complexity of managing hardware or software infrastructure,” said Denis Pombriant, Beagle Research.
* “At Trazzler we are using Contact Manager Edition to manage thousands of business contacts, each segmented by category, company size, and geographic region. Contact Manager Edition has enabled me to experience the benefits of cloud computing first hand,” said Adam Rugel, CEO and founder of Trazzler.
Pricing and Availability
* Contact Manager Edition http://www.salesforce.com/contactmanager) is available today in a 1 to 2 user edition for $9, per user, per month.
* For more information, visithttp://www.salesforce.com/contactmanager
About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company. The company’s portfolio of Salesforce CRM applications, available at http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has revolutionized the ways that companies collaborate and communicate with their customers across sales, marketing and service. The company’s Force.com platform (http://www.salesforce.com/platform/) helps customers, partners and developers to quickly build powerful business applications to run every part of the enterprise in the cloud. Based on salesforce.com’s real-time, multitenant architecture, Salesforce CRM and Force.com offer the fastest path to customer success with cloud computing.
ZixSecure is Now Offering Hosted Email Encryption
ZixSecure is Now Offering Hosted Email Encryption for Small Business and End Users
With states now requiring that any personal information sent via email be encrypted, the question that begs to be asked is “are you sending or even receiving email with personal information encrypted?”
At ZixSecure.com we are your premiere source for all hosted email encryption needs. From basic email encryption to detailed network email encryption, we have all the products and services you require. Our hosted email encryption solution is the best on the market, and we can service clients that have anywhere from two users to hundreds of users on a network. From small business to end users, ZixSecure can cover them all.
Here are some features of our hosted email solution as well some features that come exclusively by using with ZixSecure.com. This solution is the best for small business or even end users who want to send encrypted emails to someone.
Here are some key features for our partnered solution:
1. User-controlled operation
2. Date- and time-stamped certified receipts
3. Secure message storage
4. Message and attachment compression
5. Compatible with all S/MIME-compliant email systems
6. Fully integrated versions available for Outlook and Lotus Notes
7. Requires minimal IT support
Two states (Nevada and Massachusetts)
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ZixSecure is the leading provider of hosting email encryption. We provide the best in hosted email encryption in turn allows us to service small business and end users with email encryption. We offer these services as a SaaS (Software as a Solution) to all of our clients in which there is no hardware installed on their end. ZixSecure is able to provide the IT for this service and allows you as the small business owner or end user only worry about just sending your email, we take care of the rest.
Email encryption is becoming more of the industry standard and that in time you will need to have it in order to do business in certain states. At ZixSecure we provide all of this without any hassle of updating software or having an IT person on site to administrator your email. Please feel free to call us at 877-404-2772 if you have any questions or even send us a email at sales@zixsecure.com.
cloud computing report
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “TecTrends Reporter: Cloud Computing Key Recent Media Coverage Issue 0907″ report to their offering.
This monthly edition of TecTrends Reporter considers the opportunities and challenges posed by cloud computing as an important new development in information technology. One of the most promising new computing models to
emerge in the recent past, cloud computing refers to the use of computing resources owned and operated by third-party providers that are available on-demand. A way of increasing capacity or adding new capabilities without investing in new infrastructure, cloud computing is a very appealing concept for IT managers. Still at an early stage in its evolution, cloud computing is already being offered by a diverse group of providers including Amazon.com, IBM, and Salesforce.com. How is cloud computing pushing beyond older models like utility computing and software-as-a-service? What challenges face this new approach to information services and data center management? This TecTrends Reporter considers both the opportunities and challenges posed by this important new development in information technology.
1. Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
2. Amazon Web Services (AWS)
3. Apple iPhone
4. Azure Services Platform
5. CentOS (Community ENTerprise Operating System)
6. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
7. Force.com
8. Inc.
9. InformationWeek
10. Jigsaw
11. Jigsaw Data Fusion
12. Linux
13. MailShadow
14. Microsoft Active Directory
15. Microsoft Exchange Server
16. Microsoft Forefront
17. Microsoft System Center
18. Microsoft System Center Service Manager
19. Microsoft Windows Server
20. MobileMe
21. OpenOffice.org
22. ParaScale Cloud Storage (PCS)
23. Red Hat Linux
24. SAP Business Suite
25. Virtual Machine Manager
26. Windows 7
27. Windows Azure
Countries Covered:
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong PRC
- United Kingdom
- United States
Key Topics Covered:]
- B2B (Business to Business) Marketpl
- BPM (Business Process Management)
- Business Intelligence
- Cloud Computing
- Computer Equipment
- Computer Networks
- Computer Security
- Computer Software
- Computing Virtualization
- Content Management
- Copyrights
- CRM
- Customer Relationship Management
- Data Analysis
- Email
- Enterprise Systems
- Entrepreneurs
- File Management
- Financial Information
- Globalization
- Information Management
- Integration Software
- Intellectual Property
- SaaS (Software as a Service)
- Search Engines
- SMB (Small & Midsized Businesses)
- Trendspotting
- Web 2.0
- Web Development
- Web Services
List of Articles:
- Article 1 What Technologies Sell in a Down Economy?
- Article 2 Search for Success: Information Discovery in the Effective Enterprise
- Article 3 How to Build Private Clouds
- Article 4 Jigsaw Launches Data Fusion
- Article 5 Bailouts, Stimuli, and Backups
- Article 6 Microsoft Unifying Cloud, Net Mgmt.
- Article 7 Jigsaw Debuts Data Cloud Service
- Article 8 The Cloud Does NAS Homegrown Video
- Article 9 Clouds on SAP’s Horizon
- Article 10 Storage in the Cloud
- Article 11 Desktops, the Final Frontier
- Article 12 Microsoft Tries Carrot to Fight China Piracy
- Article 13 MailShadow Syncs Corporate and Off-Site, Cloud-Based e-Mail
- Article 14 Web-Hosting Firms Defy Recession
- Article 15 Enter the Cloud
- Article 16 Golf Association Hooks Into IBM’s Cloud
- Article 17 How to Buy Cloud Computing Services
- Article 18 A Model That’s Right for the Times
- Article 19 Can You Trust the Cloud?
- Article 20 SaaS: Bailing Out Government IT
- Article 21 So Far, the Cloud Seems Too Leaky
- Article 22 Unlocking the Cloud
Companies Mentioned:
- Alibaba.com Corp
- Amazon.com Inc
- Bechtel Corp
- Capgemini SA
- Cemaphore Systems Inc
- Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
- eBay Inc
- Eli Lilly & Co
- EMC Corp
- Equinix Inc
- Gartner Group Inc
- Google Inc
- HyperStratus Inc
- IBM Corp
- IDC
- Internap Network Services Corp
- Isilon Systems Inc
- Jigsaw Data Corp
- Linux Foundation
- Netop Solutions A/S
- newScale Inc
- Oracle Corp
- Red Hat Inc
- SAP AG
- Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc
- Sun Microsystems Inc
- US Department of Defense (DoD)
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Xeround Inc
- Yankee Group Research Inc
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/797ee6/tectrends_reporter
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Appko CRM
Appko (www.appko.com), a Silicon Valley Enterprise Applications Company, announces the launch of Appko CRM, the world’s first suite of license free applications that enable clients to manage all front office needs without the costs attributed to traditional Enterprise providers. Appko CRM is showcased at Open Source World/Cloud World in San Francisco August 12th and 13th.
Appko CRM manages the customer relationship process through sales force automation, support and marketing, and combines all key customer relationship management applications including: document management, ecommerce, email, human resources, and web content management while remaining license-free. Appko integrates software and hardware together to enable security, optimize performance, and improve reliability. By bundling disparate software categories into a comprehensive solution, and removing the proprietary license model altogether by embracing 100% pure open source, Appko has created the first “enterprise grade” solution of its class.
Gartner estimates that 90 percent of the world’s companies will be using open source software by 2012.
“We are all Enterprise industry veterans. Appko CRM is the result of that knowledge, a truly professional CRM devoid of a huge license model. We invite any company to try it today, from Fortune 500 down,” said Sean DuLac, Appko CEO.
Appko’s founders have spent decades implementing and managing enterprise applications for Fortune 2000 companies. Their objective was to provide customers with best of breed Enterprise grade applications, while eliminating licensing fees, leveraging open source, reducing the need for high priced consulting, and solving the disparate nature of traditional software.
Appko CRM is available through multiple delivery options: shared hosting (SaaS), dedicated hosting (Cloud), and deployed on site as a “business in a box” solution. Appko’s fixed cost structure enables customers to own their system outright.
Appko CRM will be showcased in booth number 312 at the Open Source World/Cloud World conference in San Francisco August 12th and 13th.
About Appko
Appko (www.appko.com) was founded in 2007 to help companies reduce their dependency on software licenses, decrease large implementation costs, and create flexible solutions for their businesses.
entire business in the cloud
Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced that The Sant Corporation, the leader in proposal and sales document automation software, runs its entire business in the cloud with Salesforce CRM http://www.salesforce.com/crm). The company deployed the Service Cloud http://www.salesforce.com/crm/customer-service-support/) and the Sales Cloud http://www.salesforce.com/crm/sales-force-automation/) from salesforce.com and achieved 83% revenue growth and now resolves customer support issues 60% faster.
“We were using spreadsheets and a contact management application to run sales. As a growing company, this antiquated approach prevented us from taking the company to the next level. We needed a completely new approach to conducting business,” said Brian Vass, vice president of marketing at The Sant Corporation. “When we explored various solutions in the market, we were impressed by the number of companies talking about their success with Salesforce CRM. No other vendor could illustrate they had so many happy customers.”
Sant deployed the Service Cloud and Sales Cloud across customer support and sales, and leveraged Force.com to quickly and easily create applications to automate other areas of the business including the professional services organization and customer feedback. The cloud computing solutions completely transformed how the company operates, and staff across the entire company — including company executives — are all enjoying the benefits of instant access to real-time customer information.
Previously, Sant’s Technical Support team was using spreadsheets to log and track customer support issues. This manual process prevented Sant from providing its customers with the level of support they expected. Today, Sant’s customers report issues via phone, email, and web-to-case forms on the company’s website. All of these interactions are logged and tracked in the Service Cloud and the company has real-time insight into case volume, status, resolution time, agent workload, and much more. In fact, since deploying the Service Cloud, Sant is now resolving customer support issues 60% faster.
Sant has also automated its customer feedback process with the Service Cloud. Customers automatically receive survey invitations when Sant closes a support case, complete a professional services engagement, or launch a new version of Sant’s software application. Feedback from these surveys is rolled-up to dashboards that are monitored by department managers and executives daily. Sant strives to provide exceptional products and services to its customers, and this continuous feedback loop is critical in helping the company measure the effectiveness in accomplishing this goal. All of the work is done using a custom object, workflow rules, email triggers, dashboards, and ClickTools, an application available on the Force.com AppExchange.
The Sales Cloud enables Sant to capture leads from the company’s web site, conduct targeted outreach, and track conversion rates and revenue by individual campaign. Rich reporting and dashboards provide unprecedented insight into success metrics so the marketing team can continually optimize their efforts. In addition, the Sales Cloud reinforces Sant’s sales process, supports forecasting and planning, and gives staff and management alike a constant read on the pipeline.
“Salesforce CRM has helped us improve our business in every way, and it’s translating into greater profitability,” added Vass. “We’ve reaped all these benefits of cloud computing without the hassle of deploying and maintaining software. We’ve added ourselves to the long list of happy salesforce.com customers.”
In addition, Sant has automated its professional services organization with the Sales Cloud. Sant’s professional services organization provides consulting and training to support customers’ implementations. Every professional services engagement is tracked and managed in the Sales Cloud - from initial sale to final delivery. Engagements are associated with the Account record, providing all employees with visibility into the customer’s service history. Prior to automating this process in the Sales Cloud, all professional services engagements were managed using emails and spreadsheets. This was an inefficient process and didn’t provide employees with visibility into the customer’s service history. The automation is comprised of a series of custom objects, workflow rules, email triggers, and dashboards that were created by Sant.
For more information on cloud computing, visit www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing.
The Sant Corporation is one of the 59,300 companies of all sizes, industries and geographies that comprised the salesforce.com customer base as of April 30, 2009. Revenue and subscribers will be recognized as the service is delivered.
About The Sant Corporation
The Sant Corporation is a provider of proven software and expertise that improves sales effectiveness. We help companies who provide value-based solutions win more business by accelerating the production of persuasive proposals, RFP responses, presentations, and related documents. Sant’s applications integrate with Salesforce.com and are available in the AppExchange.
Sant is a privately held corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has operations in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. For more information, please visit www.santcorp.com.
About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company. The company’s portfolio of Salesforce CRM applications, available athttp://www.salesforce.com/crm/, has revolutionized the ways that companies collaborate and communicate with their customers across sales, marketing and service. The company’s Force.com Platform http://www.salesforce.com/platform/) enables customers, partners and developers to quickly build powerful business to run every part of the enterprise in the cloud. Based on salesforce.com’s http://salesforce.com) real-time, multi-tenant architecture, Salesforce CRM and Force.com offer the fastest path to customer success with cloud computing.
As of April 30, 2009, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 59,300 customers including Allianz Commercial, Dell, Dow Jones Newswires, Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and SunTrust Banks.
Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CRM”. For more information please visithttp://www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE
Autonomy Corporation
Autonomy Corporation plc, a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced a new solution designed to allow marketers to quickly and easily build and test website landing pages in a secure, hosted environment. The Autonomy Optimized Landing Page solution combines leading web content management and multivariable testing (MVT) capabilities in one easy-to-use interface, and leverages Autonomy’s strength as the premier provider of private cloud computing applications.
Marketers today demand solutions that allow them to move quickly to take advantage of immediate business opportunities, continually test and optimize their landing pages, and stay within budget. Businesses require easy-to-use tools in order to rapidly build landing pages that can maximize the impact of email campaigns, keyword purchases, online advertising, and SEO initiatives. Once the pages are created, marketers want to continually optimize their campaigns in order to make sure these leads convert. This process requires a single interface that empowers a marketer to quickly create compelling landing pages without IT.
The Autonomy Optimized Landing Page solution overcomes these challenges by delivering a solution that leverages Autonomy’s unique strengths. In April of this year, Autonomy Interwoven announced (http://www.autonomy.com/content/News/Releases/2009/0414a.en.html) the industry’s first solution to integrate online testing and web content management. Likewise, Autonomy is recognized as a leader in private cloud computing, with the world’s largest hosted data archive at over 10 petabytes. By combining these capabilities into one solution, marketers can move at the speed of now to cost-effectively launch and continuously improve online campaigns.
The Autonomy Optimized Landing Page solution leverages the following capabilities:
- Autonomy TeamSite and LiveSite - provide a graphical
drag-and-drop WYSIWYG authoring interface with reusable landing page
templates and page building blocks for campaign pages, registration
pages and confirmation pages. Marketers can quickly and easily build,
edit, and rollout landing pages and marketing campaigns without any
assistance from IT.
- Autonomy Optimost - empowers marketers to easily create A/B
and multivariable tests for the optimal combination of content, offers,
and layout to maximize SEO, SEM, conversion rates, and online results
- Integrated web analytics - easily incorporate web analytics
on any landing page regardless of analytics tool.
- Autonomy’s enterprise-class cloud computing technology -
provides marketers with scalable, secure, 24×7 monitored access to
hosted offering to build and create landing pages.
“The Autonomy Optimized Landing Page solution places an extremely powerful, yet easy-to-use solution in the hands of marketers,” said Anthony Bettencourt, CEO of Autonomy Interwoven. “Whether they are looking to rapidly launch multiple campaigns or generate a better return on their SEO initiatives, this solution can play a key role in helping businesses drive new revenue. Additionally, given Autonomy’s reputation as the leading provider of WCM and cloud computing technologies, organizations can be assured they are investing in a secure, scalable, and proven technology that can grow with their business. The initial interest from customers is very exciting and we are confident this will become an essential element in a marketer’s web solutions arsenal.”
The Autonomy Optimized Landing Page solution is available now. Please visit http://www.interwoven.com/landingpagesolution to learn more.
Meaning Based Marketing Capabilities from Autonomy Interwoven:
Autonomy Interwoven recently announced several new offerings which combine Autonomy IDOL’s unique ability to understand the meaning behind all forms of information with Interwoven’s market-leading solutions for optimizing online business performance:
- Automatically listen, understand, and act on social media
sentiment
- Automatically segment, optimize, and deliver targeted content to
customers
- Automatically retrieve, analyze, and process rich media content
- Automatically guide, recommend, and optimize ecommerce sites
- Automatically understand and optimize multichannel customer
interactions
- Automatically archive dynamic web content for compliance
About Autonomy Interwoven
Autonomy Interwoven, the leader in web content management, leverages its unique meaning-based technology to deliver the most comprehensive suite of marketing optimization and customer interaction solutions. Our flagship products, TeamSite and Optimost, enable marketers to increase results by automatically delivering the right combination of content and offers by understanding the intentions and profile of each customer. This Meaning Based Marketing approach produces the most engaging, timely and profitable customer experiences regardless of whether people interact with your organization by phone, Web, email, chat, or social networks. Unlike legacy approaches that analyze historical trends, Autonomy Interwoven does not require tagging, enabling marketing and IT people to work on higher value activities.
Autonomy Interwoven powers the world’s leading corporate websites, media and ecommerce sites with 9 of the top 10 global brands relying on Autonomy Interwoven to maximize their marketing and customer interactions. Autonomy’s customer base is comprised of more than 20,000 organizations, including Adidas, Allstate, the American Medical Association, AT&T, Avaya, Bank of America, BT, Channel 4, Delta Air Lines, Discovery Communications, FedEx, Ford, Konica Minolta, Lenovo, McAfee, Qantas Airways, Schneider Electric, Shutterfly, Tesco and Virgin Mobile. Please visit http://www.autonomy.com/interwoven to learn more.
Autonomy and the Autonomy logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autonomy Corporation plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Autonomy Editorial Contacts:
Randy Cairns
Autonomy (US)
+1-408-953-7111
randy.cairns@autonomy.com
Edward Bridges
Financial Dynamics (UK)
+44-207-831-3113
edward.bridges@fd.com
Ian Bain
The Red Consultancy (US)
+1-415-618-8806
ian.bain@redconsultancy.com
David Vindel
The Red Consultancy (UK)
+44-207-025-6529
david.vindel@redconsultancy.com
The city of Los Angeles is considering moving away from traditional applications from Microsoft and other providers and switching to Google for its email and other features - all of which would be in the cloud. InformationWeek reports that the city will likely spend more than $8 million on the contract with Google over the next five years, but will see a saving of more than $6 million in licensing fees from Microsoft and Novell over that same time along with an additional $7.5 million in “soft savings.” The contract must be approved with some questioning the security of using cloud computing, but Google says its product would be an improvement over what the city has been using.
Security is at the core of how we design Google Apps, and as the City of Los Angeles’ evaluation report notes, the proposed cloud computing system is an improvement over the level of security currently in place,” Google said in a statement according to CNET. “It also provides other benefits of cloud computing - such as increased innovation at reduced cost - which are driving the city’s request for a cloud solution to suit its IT needs.
VOSI.biz, the leading cloud-based Virtual Office, Virtual Server and Virtual IT service provider has extended its technology leadership in cloud computing. VOSI.biz cloud-based services are completely new IT services, which can dramatically lower your server hardware, software and IT management cost. The services can be setup in just a few minutes. VOSI.biz cloud-based services now cover almost all your company’s basic IT needs. It includes the following services: Remote File server, Remote FTP server, Business Email Server, Offsite Online Backup, Email and Address Book Backup, Web Hosting and more. Compared with in-house / self-managed solutions, VOSI.biz can easily save you 90% of the cost; moreover, their services have more features and are more secure and reliable.
Compared with other cloud-computing service providers, VOSI.biz has done a far better job in seamlessly integrating cloud-based services and local computing. Other cloud-computing service providers have focused on web browser based applications, hoping to move people away from desktop software. Their vision is that all computing will happen on the “cloud”, and local PC is like a dumb terminal. VOSI.biz has a much better design. They believe Cloud-computing will complement the existing technologies, but it will not replace existing technologies. PCs are getting more and more powerful yet the prices keep dropping. PCs are designed to run rich-feature applications. If PCs will continue to be faster, then utilizing the local computing power is a rational choice.
Cloud computing did receive a major shot in the arm with Google announcing that its Chrome-based operating system (OS) will be ready by the first half of 2010, but what may have gone relatively unnoticed is that many companies other than the internet search giant are promising to change the computing paradigm with web-based operating systems. A metaphor for the internet, cloud computing stores data and applications on the internet. Most of us who use web-based email services like Gmail, Yahoomail or Windows Live (Hotmail) or have watched a video online or shared snaps using photo-hosting services like flickr or snapfish or read news online or watch TV shows on the internet are using ‘cloud computing’ services without realising it.
Cloud computing, though, is old wine but well-packaged in a new bottle. What was known as mainframe time-sharing in the 60s is also being called ‘utility’ computing, and what was being touted as an application service provider (ASP) model is now known as SaaS. It’s gathering momentum since the number of applications and the amount of content in the cloud now available to both consumers and corporations have grown to a critical mass, reason consulting firm Booz & Company analysts. Gartner says worldwide service cloud revenue is expected to reach $150.1 billion in 2013.
Low cost cloud computing infrastructure and managed services offering is powered in part by 3tera’s award winning AppLogic cloud computing platform and managed by Cirrhus9. The C9 CSP Platform enables Service Providers, like managed hosting companies, ASP firms, software companies and/or IT services companies, to offer Cloud solutions to their customers with minimal investment, short timelines and with reduced complexity. In addition, Cirrhus9 has configured a suite of Open Source products and management tools which provide low cost prepackaged solutions that include email, document sharing/management, collaboration, learning management and others.
AppLogic allows IT professionals to develop and deploy online applications in minutes instead of weeks, using only a browser to manage and scale on demand fully distributed systems and deliver security and business continuity for all applications, while fully controlling their cloud computing environment. Our mission is to help companies use and better understand Cloud technology to achieve measurable results,” continued Michalik. “As a Cloud Integrator, we are passionate about the success of our clients utilizing Cloud technology. For the Service Providers and Technology Companies the net result is that these features bring substantially greater efficiencies, shorter time to market and consistent high-quality infrastructure, with remarkably lower system associated costs.
