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Mar-24-2009 ebiz
Goodnight Cloud Misconceptions
Mar-12-2009 SiliconBeat
Sign of the Times: The Going-Out-of-Business Guarantee
For three years, Treb Ryan has been been offering customers of OpSource a going-out-of-business guarantee. If, by some unfortunate turn of fate, the software companies who host their applications at OpSource's data center ceased operations, the Santa Clara company would take over.
Mar-12-2009 Cnet
Cloud computing -- value is an assumption, but cost matters
Over the last 10 years, IT has moved further and further outside the firewall. Starting with ASP (application service providers) and moving to multitenant SaaS (software as a service) on-demand applications, and now into cloud-computing environments, the status of on-premise IT has shifted from being a necessity to an option.
Jan-26-2009 ebizQ
How SaaS Companies Can Survive the Downturn
With the world entering its second year of what promises to be a long recession, many ask what this means for Software as a Service (SaaS) companies. Much has been made of how the SaaS marketplace will benefit from a recession.
Dec-3-2008 Market Watch
DecisionView Launches Hosted Applications Services for StudyOptimizer
DV OnDemand Reduces Cost of Ownership and Optimizes Clinical Trial Performance
Dec-1-2008 Redmond Channel Partner
Landing New Business: S+S Incubation Centers Gives ISVs a First Step
Microsoft's Software plus Services Incubation Centers can help ISVs hook into SaaS opportunities by pairing them with experienced hosters.
Sep-22-2008 Oracle
Oracle Gains Momentum as Leading Platform for Independent Software Vendors Providing SaaS and Cloud-Based Applications
More Than 250 Independent Software Vendors Choose Oracle's Complete, Open, and Integrated Platform as Foundation to Develop and Deliver Software-as-a-Service Applications
Jul-15-2008 the Web Host Industry Review
The SaaS Score Sheet
This month, we invite a panel of service providers and others intimately familiar with the technology to discuss the state of software as a service, the platform options and the applications that are earning right now
Jul-1-2008 IEEE distributed systems ONLINE
Software-as-a-Service: The Spark That Will Change Software Engineering?
Much of the attention SaaS has garnered in recent months has focused on the new business model that on-demand software enables. However, some veteran technologists who’ve adopted SaaS for their own livelihood, and analysts as well, say that the phenomenon might well be the catalyst for a far wider-ranging discussion on software development for the next generation.
Jun-4-2008 TMCnet
OpSource Expands Business Continuity Application with OpSource Multisite
OpSource Business Continuity provides customers with off-site data backup and recovery support through its existing components - OpSource Disaster Recovery and OpSource Storage.
May-27-2008 MyCustomer.com
Interview: Treb Ryan, OpSource
"This generation will use the web in the same way my generation used the PC and SaaS is about how they go enterprise with what they do."
May-13-2008 bMighty.com
SaaS: Enterprise Power Comes to Smaller Businesses
With so many SaaS options on offer -- from ERP and CRM to spam blocking and servers, to online backups and PBX-based telephony -- which SaaS applications should small and midsize businesses study first?
May-11-2008 ConnectIT
Web services represent next-generation silo busters for SaaS
Direct selling isn't going anywhere soon, but the next generation of Web-based applications can offer SaaS companies significant advantages in terms of added functionality, application integration and new sales channel opportunities, according to OpSource CEO Treb Ryan.
Mar-5-2008 Network World
OpSource Says "Get On The Bus"
If you are at all involved in the software-as-a-service, hosting or MSP industry, you've likely heard of Internet startup OpSource. Headed by co-founder and CEO Treb Ryan, a former Metromedia Fiber Network exec, OpSource seeks to be the operations services company for others looking to get into the SaaS game.
Feb-29-2008 eWEEK
ISVs Snub Salesforce's Force.com Platform
ZDNet blogger (and Procullux Ventures Founding Director) Phil Wainewright hosted a panel discussion Thursday at the OpSource SaaS Summit here in San Francisco..
Feb-29-2008 NetworkWorld.com
SaaS Spawns Entrepreneurs
I'm attending SaaS Summit this week in San Francisco, sponsored by SaaS aggregator OpSource. Companies ranging from Microsoft to my company Absolute ...
Feb-29-2008 Destination CRM
OpSource Sees SaaS Reigning In the Cloud
With its new OpSource Connect, the provider of software-as-a-service infrastructure sees mainstream acceptance of SaaS as a sign that the industry is primed to tackle integration now.
Feb-29-2008 TMC Net
An Interview With Treb Ryan, CEO
OpSource delivers Web applications and Software-as-a-Service for on-demand companies. FedEx delivers packages, OpSource delivers on-demand applications.
Feb-29-2008 ebizQ
OpSource Embeds Boomi On Demand into OpSource Connect
OpSource™ and Boomi announced that the companies have expanded their partnership to include an OEM agreement whereby OpSource will embed Boomi On Demand within its software-as-a-service application delivery system. Boomi On Demand will be built directly into Opsource Connect™.
Feb-28-2008 ADT Magazine
OpSource Rolls Out SaaS App Integration Offering
OpSource, the SaaS hosting company, today added an option to its service offerings that lets companies consume and publish multiple Web services, and connect those services with legacy apps too..
Feb-28-2008 PC World
For Web Apps, Get a Service Guarantee
As software-as-a-service (SAAS) adoption rises in the workplace, business managers mustn't overlook a key issue when selecting a Web-hosted applications suite: a service-level agreement.
Feb-11-2008 ebizQ
OpSource Comments on LeCayla Acquisition
OpSource, a SaaS company that specializes in SaaS application delivery, today announced that it will acquire LeCayla Technologies, an Irish SaaS billing provider
Feb-5-2008 SoftwareCEO.com
13 Habits of Highly Effective SaaS Companies
Any way you look at it, SaaS-enabling firm OpSource is having a heck of a run. Founded in 2002, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company has helped dozens of other software firms bring SaaS offerings to market. With 170 staff hosting 220 SaaS companies, OpSource now serves millions of end users and handles billions of transactions every day.
Oct/Nov 2007 www.siia.net
SaaS Success
In the past few years, software as a service (SaaS) has grown from a speck on the horizon to a thriving industry. A significant increase in demand for SaaS has led a large number of companies to enter the market, including start-ups and legacy providers of on-premise software.
Sep-28-2007 SDTimes.com
SaaS Gets Behind-the-Scenes Boost
Third parties tackle billing, tech support, performance.
Aug-25-2007 softwareCEO.com
11 top tips from our first-ever Innovation Award winners
The software industry, more than any other, is built on breakthrough ideas... ideas that must be tested and found valuable in the marketplace.
Jun-25-2007 gihyo.jp
Pacific Connection - Software without the Software: SaaS
Last year, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners got attention when it was revealed that 12 of its 30 funded companies were offering SaaS: software as a service.
Jun-7-2007 www.thewhir.com
On-Demand in Demand in Europe
May-16-2007 Dr. Dobb's Portal
Security and Virtualization
May-3-2007 Forbes.com
Nice Little BusinessNow Get Out of the Way
Apr-4-2007 Web Host Industry Review
OpSource Simplifies SaaS Development
Software-as-a-service platform developer OpSource (opsource.net) is working to make application delivery simpler and more affordable, most recently by introducing its OpSource On-Demand 2.0.
Mar-2007 Softwaremag.com
Software as a Service Gaining as a Pricing Model
The move to on-demand software, or software as a service (SaaS) pricing, is gaining steam.
Mar-15-2007 InfoWorld
Microsoft sings SaaS song
Company sees opportunities in subscription-based, hosted software
Mar-15-2007 InfoWorld
Integration via SaaS planned
Everybody agrees that data integration is a difficult task. But could it ever be accomplished via SaaS (Software as a Service), with integration services being provided online?
Mar-12-2007
Are You Really a SaaS Vendor?
Jan-17-2007 ASPnews.com
OpSource Joins Select Group of Companies on 2007 ASPNews Top25 Enabler List
OpSource has been determined to be a Top 25 Enabler from ASPnews, being one of the most influential software or infrastructure providers for the ASP, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Utility Computing industries.
Sep-25-2006 ebizQ
Intel Leads $20M Funding of OpSource's SaaS Solution
Market share and -- and investment dollars -- keep flowing toward the Software as a Service sector, and OpSource is the latest firm to benefit from both trends.
Sep-20-2006 SYS-CON Media
SIIA White Paper Counters Common Misperceptions About Software-as-a-Service
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) today published a new white paper that takes a comprehensive look at total cost of ownership (TCO) of software applications. As the first in a series of industry updates from the SIIA's SaaS Executive Council, the white paper provides a true 'apples-to-apples' TCO comparison between the traditional on-premise model and the Software-as-a-Service model.
Sep-19-2006 Computer Wire
SaaS Enabler Lands $20m
OpSource Inc, an infrastructure provider for software as a service firms, bagged a further $20m in a Series C round of funding this week. The money has been raised through a combination of investment capital, venture leasing and credit lines.
Sep-5-2006 Server Watch
Hardware Today: Blades Deliver Software as a Service
Software as a service (SaaS), also known as software on-demand, has been gathering steam for several years now.
Jul-25-2006 Sys-Con Media
SIIA Launches SaaS Executive Council to Demystify Business Realities of Software-as-a-Service
Council Comprised of Broad Coalition of Software Industry Leaders
