Results for SaaS

Actian’s Purchase of Pervasive Highlights Convergence of Big Data, Integration

2013-05-15

The latest sign that big data and cloud integration will prove a powerful combination is the acquisition of Pervasive Software by data management firm Actian Corp. IDN speaks with Actian CTO Mike Hoskins about how the new firm plans to help companies connect, analyze and act on data at scale.

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Avaya Marries Cloud, Big Data and Analytics for Better Cross-Channel Customer Insights

2013-03-24

Avaya wants to help companies cut down their frustrating phone trees. Avaya is integrating features from cloud, SaaS, big data and analytics to streamline and improve customer experiences across any channel – whether web, email, IM, mobile or landline. Avaya Customer Experience Management data visualization will help firms be more responsive to customers. IDN speaks with Avaya’s vice president Linda Dotts.

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Dell Boomi’s Cloud-Based MDM To Help Mid-Market Easily Ensure Data Quality

2013-03-19

This month, Dell Boomi unveiled it’s a cloud-based MDM solution to help customers assure their data integrity across multiple on-premise and cloud applications and systems. Dell Boomi’s master data management solution is built on top of the company’s proven cloud integration technologies to deliver low-cost and easy-to-adopt data management. IDN speaks with Dell Boomi’s Chris McNabb.

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CA Updates Cloud-Based Service Management with Nimsoft Service Desk 7

2013-03-13

CA Technologies is shipping an update to its SaaS-based service management solution. CA Nimsoft Service Desk 7 uses the cloud to deliver proven IT service management capabilities with an easy-to-use interface inspired by social media. IDN speaks with CA Nimsoft vice president Gijo Mathew.

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Informatica Cloud Adds Data Masking, Workflow; Acquires Active Endpoints

2013-02-26

Informatica Cloud’s latest update adds data masking and workflow, and sports a new level of data quality and MDM support. Informatica also signaled more cloud-friendly process integration is in store, as the firm acquired Active Endpoints, creator of Cloud Extend for Salesforce.com. IDN speaks with Information Cloud vice president Darren Cunningham.

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WSO2 Re-Architects Stratos 2.0 To Eliminate Cloud, PaaS Trade-Offs; Opens Beta

2013-02-21

WSO2 has updated and re-architected its WSO2 Stratus 2.0 open PaaS (Platform as a Service), and launched its beta program. WSO2’s Stratos 2.0 PaaS offers innovative technology that aims to eliminate the trade-off many cloud adopters face between using their favorite dev tools or middleware and the ability to exploit the multi-tenancy of a native cloud environment.

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OASIS CloudAuthZ Aims To Authenticate User Access to Cloud Resources in Real-Time

2013-02-15

The OASIS international open standards consortium has launched the Cloud Authorization (CloudAuthZ) Technical Committee, with the goal of developing improved models to manage authorizations and entitlements in SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS contexts.

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Cloud Integration Sees Big Traction, as Dell-Boomi Hits One-Million Integrations Daily

2013-02-14

Cloud integration at Dell Boomi has topped a milestone – one million cloud integrations per day. The number reflects use of the company’s Atomsphere cloud-based platform to support application, data and process integrations. The news is good for the whole sector. IDN speaks with Dell Boomi’s founder and general manager Rick Nucci.

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Aveksa Adds SSO to Its Cloud-Based Identity, Access Management SaaS Platform

2013-02-06

Aveksa Inc is adding single sign-on capabilities to its MyAccessLive cloud-based identity and access management offering. The new SSO capabilities enriches Aveksa’s cloud-based IAM to help IT more easily provision and manage secure connections to thousands of on-premise, cloud and mobile applications.

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SnapLogic Predicts Salesforce.com Will Adopt MDM in 2013, Other SaaS-MDMs May Follow

2013-02-04

As CIOs and business users embrace Salesforce and other cloud-based SaaS apps, enterprises are now looking for new ways to manage their master data. One cloud integration provider, SnapLogic, says this will lead Salesforce.com – and perhaps other leading SaaS firms – to add master data management (MDM) capabilities. IDN speaks with SnapLogic’s Zeb Mahmood.

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Empower Software Optimizes Workforce Management for Mobile Users

2013-01-30

Empower Software Solutions is shipping an enhanced version of its workforce management solution, EmpowerWFM, to improve its usability and mobile functionality. EmpowerWFM, a browser-based suite of flexible labor management solutions can be delivered as SaaS or on-premise.

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Jitterbit 5 Improves ‘Two-Way Integration’ for Flexible Cloud, Mobile Adoption

2013-01-21

Jitterbit’s latest integration solution aims to make it easier to integrate data and processes across on-premise, cloud, SaaS and mobile easier, faster and more reliable. IDN speaks with Jitterbit’s Andrew Leigh about why CIOs want a “two-way street” for integration between ‘front office’ and ‘back office’ systems – whether on-site or in the cloud.

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