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March 2008
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- Events/Webinars
- Trends/Analysis
- Blogs/Opinions
- News Headlines
- SaaS Showcase
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Events/Webinars


Implementing Billing for SaaS
9 am -10 am PDT
April 2 Webinar

AjaxWorld East
March 18-20
New York, NY

Under the Radar
March 20
Mountain View, CA

SaaS Con 2008
March 25-26
Santa Clara, CA

SLAM 2008
April 3-4
San Francisco, CA
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Texas SaaS Roadshow
April 7, Dallas, TX
Apr 8, Austin, TX
Apr 9, Houston, TX

AlwaysOn Venture Summit
April 8-9
Boston, MA

MySQL Conference & Expo
April 14-17
Santa Clara, CA

Web 2.0 Expo
April 22-25
San Francisco, CA

WSA Investment Forum
April 24
Bell Harbor, CA

Software2008
April 29-30
Las Vegas, CA

Dreamforce 2008 Europe
May 7-8
London, UK

Software Marketing Perspectives
May 7-9
Santa Clara, CA

SIIA OnDemand Europe
June 9-11
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Oscon: Open Source Convention
July 21-25
Portland, OR

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OpSource Accelerates AVOLENT's Transition from Enterprise Software to SaaS

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Welcome to OpSource's monthly newsletter. Learn the latest news in the software as a service industry and discover best practices, tips, and trends to help you succeed.


Best Practices & Tips


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. Source: PC World

How Mature is Your SaaS Architecture?
One of the big advantages for SaaS startups is the opportunity to be economically efficient along many dimensions through multi-tenancy. But, just because the opportunity is there doesn't necessarily mean that every startup is exploiting it equally. Source: OnStartUp


Trends & Analysis


The SaaS Superhighway: Telecoms and SaaS Are Converging
Telecom companies are trying to figure out how to climb up the IT stack towards application-focused software services where the business value is more direct and the margins higher. Source: SyS-Con

On-Demand Software: The Next Big Thing in Federal IT
The acceptance of on-demand software by major corporate users is important. The federal government models its IT best practices on the best IT practices in corporate America. Source: GCN


Blogs & Opinions


A Plethora of PaaS Options
I didn't expect my straw poll at last week's SaaS Summit would produce only two hesitant supporters for Salesforce.com's Force.com platform-as-a-service model out of a room full of two or three hundred ISVs. Source: Phil Wainwright, ZDNet

Let the Battle Begin: Google Apps vs. Microsoft SharePoint
The gloves are officially off. Google announced that it was launching Google Sites to supplement its growing Google Apps product suite. Not to be outdone, Microsoft announced it would offer hosted versions of SharePoint in the second half of this year. Source: Erik Arnold, InfoToday


SaaS Showcase

Open entertainment platform with peer-sharing technology enabling you to browse, share, search and discover high-resolution digital content: video, music, and games
"Social productivity" software that brings employees, partners and customers into a unified collaboration system so they can create better products, faster processes, improved relationships.
Fully customizable, plug-and-play video solutions for sites and blogs of any size to offer crisp, dazzling video in an environment that is uniquely their own.
Anybody can be a guru by making a buru - a box for organizing and streaming information on any topic of interest.


News Headlines

All SaaS, All the Time? One Company's Experience (ITBusinessEdge)

SaaS: Business Model or Feature? It Depends (ZDNet)

Suddenly SaaS Is A CIO's Best Friend (InformationWeek)

Microsoft Exec: No Plans for SMB Direct Sales SaaS Offensive (CRN)

Serena Software Unveils Three SaaS Offerings (ComputerWorld)

Google Must Upgrade Hosted Apps to Appeal to IT (ComputerWorld)

Oracle Upgrades Its CRM SaaS Offering (InformationWeek)

Microsoft Takes Another Step Toward SaaS (InformationWeek)

Getting SaaS up to Scratch With SLAs (ComputerWorld)

India's TCS Introduces Hybrid SaaS Model (ITBusinessEdge)

Whither Salesforce.com? (CRMBuyer)

Microsoft to Launch Cloud Computing Service (ComputerWeekly)

Microsoft Expands Business Online Servjces (YahooNews)

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice (ZDNet)

A Strong Showing for Salesforce.com (CRM-Daily)

SAAS Providers Dispute Forrester Report (ChnannelInsider)

Google Sites: What's all the Fuss? (News.com)

Salesforce.com: Why The Model is Working (ZDNet)

Intuit Offers VARs Code-Free Way to Build SaaS (ChannelInsider)

NetSuite Tackles Salesforce.com (News.com)

SaaS: The Highest Hurdle (RCPMag)

SaaS Architecture Maturity Model (InfoQ)

The Top Five Vendors Using SaaS (ITManagement)

Adobe Stakes New Claim To Rich Web Apps (InformationWeek)

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