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In the latest Microsoft vs. Google Apps drama, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) has selected its Live@edu service over Google Apps for Education for its student, faculty and staff.
According to the release, LACCD chose Live@edu for “the technology’s security features and identity management capabilities, seamless integration with its on premise Exchange solution, and ease of use.”
LACCD is the largest community college district in the United States, serving more than 250,000 students …
San Francisco-based MuleSoft launched the Mule iON SaaS Edition, which includes a set of new tools and services for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) integration in the cloud. The Mule iON SaaS Edition allows SaaS vendors and systems integrators (SI’s) to build new packages of cloud integration apps that automate enterprise processes across applications, thus enabling them, according to MuleSoft, to “focus on scaling their core business instead of spending time and money on custom integration.” MuleSoft also announced a QuickStart Plan…
Cloud database specialist Xeround announced the availability of its database-as-a-service (DbaaS) for MySQL applications on the AppHarbor .NET platform and AppFog’s PHP Fog PHP platform, providing developers, according to the press release, with a “zero-management, highly available and scalable cloud database solution in just one click.”
The AppHarbor and AppFog efforts provide simple integration between applications hosted on these applications and Xeround’s DbaaS. From a cloud integrator’s perspective, deploying the add-on automatically creates a MySQL-compatible cloud-based database that connects to …
Atlanta-based OutSystems, an application development specialist, has launched the seventh edition of Agile Platform, which the company claims will help customers to enhance control over application development, improve application lifecycle management and bridge the gap between the development and operations functions in an organization.
New features in OutSystems Agile Platform 7 include:
Simplified DevOps. Agile Platform 7 introduces LifeTime, a new component for application lifecycle management that provides increased control over application development without sacrificing operational simplicity. With …
Amazon Web Services (NASDAQ: AMZN) and SAP announced that AWS now offers more SAP certified services including SAP Business All-in-One for both Linux and Windows, and expanded certification for SAP Rapid Deployment and SAP Business Objects business intelligence (BI) to include Windows Server 2008 R2. The news comes as SAP kicks off the Sapphire Now customer and partner conference (Orlando, Fla., May 14-16).
For these two tech heavyweights, the enhanced collaboration allows customers and partners to implement SAP solutions on …
SalesForce.com (NYSE: CRM) division FinancialForce.com announced that the “2012 Cloud Accounting Evaluation Guide,” written by research firm Vital Analysis, is freely available on its website. The report is meant to help companies research current cloud accounting software, describing the “unique selection process and purchase criteria that should be used when buying an accounting solution today.” Also on the site is an on-demand webinar entitled “The Top 6 Things You Don’t Know About Cloud Accounting (but should).”…
Two up-and-coming cloud firms have received venture capital funding: Coupa Software, a provider of spend optimization software, and CopperEgg, a cloud monitoring and analytics firm.
Located in San Mateo, Calif., Coupa Software announced a round of $22 million in Series E financing led by new investor Crosslink Capital, with participation from existing investors Battery Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, and Mohr Davidow Ventures. Coupa added several enhancements to its cloud-based software earlier …
The NetSuite (NYSE: N) cloud-based ERP platform seems to be attracting the next-generation IT channel — whether you call them cloud VARs, cloud integrators or cloud consultants. Skeptical? Check out this week’s NetSuite SuiteWorld 2012 conference (May 14-17, San Francisco).
A SuiteWorld partner-only session on May 14 is expected to attract scores of NetSuite cloud integrators — many of whom are shifting customers from on-premises Microsoft Dynamics ERP to NetSuite’s cloud. That’s a recurring theme each year at SuiteWorld, where …
Google has announced a flexible billing offer for Google Apps Authorized Resellers, and Google Drive also is available now via Google’s partner program. Those channel-centric moves should further silence critics who recently suggested that Google might deemphasize Google Apps in the future.
Ravi Byakod, technical lead, Google Apps, mentioned in Google+ post:
“Monthly post-pay billing is now available to resellers in the Google Apps Reseller program, providing flexibility in payment and cash flow to both resellers and their Google Apps…
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