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The equivalent of Salesforce, for the supplier side (contrary to Salesforce’s tools, which tend to focus on prospects) just announced a Serie D funding of $7 Million to continue to grow in the supply chain area.

A complete overview of the scope of Open Source software in the “on-demand” field (written by Jerome Gotangco, Mor.ph)

How Open Source is accelerating innovation in the field of SaaS and PaaS

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Webcloudworld is proud to announce a new project : the building of the largest database referencing on-demand tools and services. Do not hesitate to add your own or known services among the available categories !
SAAS, Cloud-computing and On-demand Directory

According to the study firm Markess international, the SAAS market is performing very well and should reach, in France, €150 million by the end of this year. 52% of the companies, which were part of the study answered they are keen to adopt SAAS tools within 2010. The main advantages for SAAS tools reported by [...]

Peter Laird from BEA has accomplihed a fantastic job by referencing and mapping the major players in the “cloud” industry. It is highly recommanded for anyone interested inthis field to take a look at this visual map and his blog post.

Kyriba provides secured, on-demand treasury and cash management solutions all over the world (with offices based in Europe, North America and South America)
Kyriba’s tools reduce transaction processing and errors and reduce or eliminate spreadsheets and the risks associated with replicating spreadsheet errors.
Kyriba’s services have been adopted by world-class companies such as Electronic Arts, Virgin Megastor, [...]

Capgemini has announced its ‘Business Aware Application Outsourcing’ model. Capgemini’s approach takes application outsourcing beyond its traditional focus as an IT cost-reduction mechanism towards a business services focus and a platform for innovation. This enables clients to deliver applications that evolve with the business and produce a more measurable impact on business transformation.
Here is the [...]

With the launch of its first product Z-Billing, Zuora wants to provide subscription-based business with a fully integrated and hosted solution to benefit from a central location for all of their transaction data. The openness of the platform allows customers to integrate Z-Billing with popular CRM and accounting packages.

Here is the official press release

Described by Clayton M. Christensen in his book “The innovator’s dilemma”, disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is a term describing a technological innovation, product, or service that uses a “disruptive” strategy, rather than a “revolutionary” or “sustaining” strategy, to overturn the existing dominant technologies or status quo products in a market. Disruptive innovations can be [...]