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The Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model is revolutionising the way that companies access the functionality of mission critical business applications such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resources (HR), Accounting and Finance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics.

With functionality tapped into via a standard Web browser, the SaaS or on demand model of application services delivery offers increased agility, more flexible scalabilty, lower start up costs and ongoing lower total cost of ownership (TCO) compared to the traditional on premises model of applications deployment

View from the Cloud: Establishing ROI from Cloud Computing

2010-09-02 11:21
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Capgemini's Mark Skilton says there's more to Cloud Computing than a technological change brought about by the convergence of a number of new and existing technologies.

Bright future for Brightpearl?

2010-08-26 14:44
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SaaS start-up Brightpearl is hoping that a deal with Google Apps Marketplace will push it into the big time.

Cloud Computing – the logistic fundament of Future Networked Care

2010-08-25 13:36
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Is Cloud Computing the answer to the demands of healthcare organisations in a tough economic climate? Dr Christophe Thuemller thinks it might be.

View from the Cloud: Cloud services - build or buy?

2010-08-25 13:15
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For many organisations, moving to a Cloud-services model has become a holy grail in terms of their future IT vision, says Mark Lewis of Riverbed Technology.

The bullishness of Benioff

2010-08-20 10:18
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“I’m very bullish on Cloud Computing.” Coming from Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff that is what might justifiably be called an understatement. But then he's got a lot to be bullish about right now.

View from the Cloud: SMEs still missing a trick

2010-08-19 10:29
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Cloud vendors are failing to make an impression on SMEs and missing out on a lucrative market, says Steve Holford Marketing Director of Rise.

NetSuite: Zach Nelson's 'laundry list'

2010-08-16 13:53
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While the economic recovery might still be somewhat fragile, NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson reckons he has a "laundry list" of reasons to be upbeat.

RightNow's Jason Mittelstaedt on customer experience and the Cloud

2010-08-16 10:57
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With a new Cloud customer experience platform, RightNow CMO Jason Mittelstaedt explains why his company repositioned itself away from the $13bn CRM industry.

RightNow launches first customer experience cloud platform

2010-08-11 11:23
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The provider unveils a ‘customer experience cloud platform’ to enable clients to build, run and manage their own add-on CRM applications using its infrastructure.

Google's Hollywood ambitions still alive

2010-08-09 10:49
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Google's flagship roll out in Los Angeles will continue after the City Council voted unanimously to press on with a Google Apps migration.
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Business Cloud Summit 2009

In the latest of our series of videos from the Business Cloud Summit 09, we talk to customers on the frontline of the Cloud.

Business Cloud Summit 2010- the Business Cloud one year on!

We said that 2009 was the Year of the Cloud. We were wrong. In reality it was a year of the Cloud, albeit an important year. It was the year that Cloud Computing adoption gained sufficient traction that even if your organisation hadn't begun to roll out Cloud-based technologies, it needed at least to put them on the corporate agenda for consideration. 

It was against this backdrop that the first Business Cloud Summit was held. Reflecting the greater and more mainstream take-up of Cloud Computing, this year's Business Cloud Summit is very much The Business Cloud – One Year On! We're going to be hearing from even more of the increasingly established and experienced practitioners of Cloud Computing in both the private and public sectors.  You really won't want to miss this... Read more.