From the Chargify Blog:

Over the last decade, software as a service (SaaS) has taken the computing world by storm. By being able to deploy software over the web, people no longer have to download bulky software packages and it’s given businesses a lot more flexibility. Today, SaaS is used to power a wide variety of business applications: sales force automation, CRM, document management, financials and of course Chargify.

In honor of SaaS flexibility and the recent release of the iPhone 4, we review some of today’s best SaaS apps for the iPhone and iPad:

 

newScale Wins Best of VMworld 2010 Gold Award for Private Cloud Computing

newScale^® Inc., pioneers of the self-service IT storefront for the enterprise, today announced that newScale 9, the latest version of the company’s market-leading FrontOffice^™ Suite, has been named the Gold Winner in the “Private Cloud Computing” category of the Best of VMworld 2010 awards. Announced today, the Best of VMworld 2010 awards winners are selected by an independent team of experts and editors from TechTarget's SearchServerVirtualization.com based on innovation, value, performance, reliability and ease of use.

Apptio, a Bellevue, Washington-based provider of SaaS-delivered Technology Business Management solutions this morning announced that it has closed a $16.5 million Series C round – the company has now raised up to $37.5 million in venture capital.

The financing round, which the company says was oversubscribed, was led by Shasta Ventures, with participation from all current investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners and Madrona Venture Group.

New blog post: http://ow.ly/2yDc1

 

When Salesforce.com bought crowdsourced business contact database Jigsaw for $142 million earlier this year, the CRM giant said that it would combine its suite of applications with Jigsaw’s model for the automation of acquiring and keeping up-to-date business contact data. Today, Salesforce is unveiling Jigsaw’s deep integration into the company’s platform, Jigsaw for Salesforce CRM.

Jigsaw will now deliver real-time updates to contact and company information within Salesforce CRM through communication platform Salesforce Chatter. Jigsaw, which uses a Wikipedia-style crowd-sourcing model to bring in data around business contacts, has been incorporated into CRM applications to provide on-demand data, and analytics on the health of data and on usage.

We bring you 5 lists, each one containing 5 things, relevant to business intelligence!

1. 5 BI and Data Visualization Trends for 2010

One of the more popular entries on our blog, we thought we'd remind you of the 5 BI and data visualization trends we identified for this year.

AJ Square Inc has released, AJ Help desk software- a web based help desk script software on  July 2009. After that it released AJ help desk software SaaS version which is a great web based application product to customer support.

AJ Help Desk SaaS proudly announces free plan for effective customer support. Already AJ Help Desk SaaS providing 30 days free trial version with multiple facility. AJ Help desk now declared life time free plan with ingenious customer support features for help desk.

 

AJ Help Desk Free Plan Offers:

1.Free plan allows a support executive to control all the customer needs.
2.Article posting facility available as in paid plans.
3.Support Executive can maintain FAQ section with frequently asked questions.
4.Free plan will let you to maintain video tutorial.
5.You can maintains PDF guide for your customers.
6.Excellent trouble shooter posting facility available like in premium plans.
7.Free plan also let support staff to track ticket posting and ticket status.


Rather than free plans, AJ Help Desk SaaS is offering Silver, Gold and Platinum plans in monthly payment schemes.  Customers can stop available services of AJ Help Desk SaaS at any month with notification. Premium plans will help you to have more number of support staff with huge customer management system. But AJ Help Desk will provide quality service for both free and premium schemes.
Customers are the king to any kind of business. Make your customer satisfy by providing effective user friendly customer support with the help of AJ Help Desk SaaS. By getting free plan from AJ Help Desk , you can save your money and can spend it on various business development activities.
Why still waiting? AJ Help Desk is here to help you and your business. Improve your business standard by availing Market's number one customer support system. Free yourself from hosting issues. Get unlimited Free plan from AJ Help Desk SaaS.

 

Announcing Z-Commerce for the Cloud – VMware Edition, the subscription billing solution built, developed and validated with cloud and service providers for pricing, metering, and billing capabilities.

VMworld 2010, San Francisco, CA – August 31, 2010    

Enabling the Cloud Computing Business Model

• Zuora, the on-demand subscription management and commerce leader, today at VMworld 2010 in San Francisco, announced an integrated technology strategy for developing solutions based on VMware solutions.
• As part of this strategy, Zuora is introducing Z-Commerce for the Cloud – VMware Edition, a new solution specifically for VMware’s service provider community that combines VMware vCloud™ Director and VMware vCenter™ Chargeback with the power of Zuora’s Z-Commerce for the Cloud platform.  Z-Commerce for the Cloud – VMware Edition enables service providers, managed hosting providers and cloud companies to deploy their solutions faster, to support new cloud usage and pay-as-you-go pricing models and to automate subscription management and on-demand commerce.
• Z-Commerce for the Cloud – VMware Edition is an extension of Zuora’s recently announced cloud product and is based on Zuora’s industry-leading on-demand subscription billing and commerce platform. As a pioneer of usage-based pricing models in the enterprise, Zuora extended its platform based on work with cloud and service providers including Bluelock, Cloud Central, EMC, IC&S, Nu-b, Tata and Zetta whom have successfully deployed Zuora’s platform for their cloud business model. Prior to Zuora, these cloud and service providers could not support the new business models needed in cloud computing such as usage and pay-as-you-go pricing as their existing infrastructures were built for one-time and perpetual pricing models.  
• Zuora offers VMware vCloud-powered Service Providers more than just billing technology – it also brings best practices to every step of designing, deploying and operating a successful subscription business.  Whether it’s Zuora’s experience in how to price and package to maximize revenue, how to develop metrics for a recurring revenue business, or how to optimize back-end payment operations, Zuora can help cloud and service providers minimize technical, financial and operational risk.

Enabling Service Providers to Meter, Price and Bill Their Customers

• VMware vCloud Director delivers infrastructure-as-a-service by (1) pooling compute, storage, and networking resources into secure multitenant clouds and (2) enabling self-service access with automated provisioning, service catalogues, and user-friendly portals.  As service providers deploy VMware vCloud Director, they need the flexibility and agility to accurately bill and invoice their customers based on the different cost models configured and supported in VMware vCloud Director and through VMware vCenter Chargeback.
• Z-Commerce for the Cloud - VMware Edition is a complete solution that integrates VMware vCloud Director and VMware vCenter Chargeback with Zuora’s subscription commerce platform.  This includes out-of-the-box support for the VMware’s Allocation pool, Reservation pool and Pay-as-you-Go cost models; the ability to meter, price and bill for any type of cloud consumption unit (e.g. GB, MB, TB, CPU, etc); and an ability to synchronize data usage data in real-time or on a scheduled basis.   
• Z-Commerce for the Cloud - VMware Edition enables service providers to accelerate the time-to-market and time-to-revenue with minimal development and configuration. Service providers can quickly and accurately synchronize accounts, subscriptions, and usage events in real time to automate metering, pricing and billing for their full spectrum of products, bundles, and configurations.  Key capabilities include:
  • Fully integrated into Zuora's Z-Billing application, 
  • Out-of-the-box support for VMware's cost models – Allocation-pool, Reservation-pool and Pay-as-you-Go,
  • Ability to synchronize usage data in real-time or a scheduled basis, 
  • Complete customer view of account and subscription details, 
  • Complete history of usage data against customer, 
  • Complete history and audit trail of sync data, 
  • Built-in data mapping and error logic for duplicates to ensure data integrity,
  • Ability to generate invoices with breakdown of cost model and usage data, 
  • Support for multiple and customizable invoice templates, 
  • Ability to charge credit cards, debit cards, PayPal, ACH and wire transfer,  
  • Out-of-the-box support for PayPal, Cybersource, Authorize.Net, Litle, and Chase Paymentech, and 
  • Out-of-the-box support for bi-directional integration to Salesforce CRM.

Leading Service Providers Endorse VMware and Zuora’s Strategy
"As a leader in enterprise technology solutions for companies of all sizes, we've seen increased demand by enterprises who want to deploy metered and pay-as-you-go cloud solutions," says Vince Conroy, Chief Technology Officer of Fusion Storm. “By providing customers with a billing and metering platform that is pre-integrated with VMware's vCloud™ Director, Zuora is delivering a critical component for service providers to get to market fast with the flexibility required for our cloud customers."

Partner Commentary

• “We are pleased to see Zuora deliver support for VMware vCloud™ Director and VMware vCenter™ Chargeback in its Z-Commerce for the Cloud – VMware Edition,” said Dan Chu, vice president, cloud infrastructure and services, VMware. “It is essential for VMware vCloud Service Providers to be able to accelerate their time to revenue and support flexible payment methods for their customers. Zuora’s support will help new and existing VMware vCloud-powered providers monetize their services.”
• “VMware has been a leader in providing innovative infrastructure solutions for growing cloud business models,” said Zuora President Shawn Price. “By combining the industry leadership of VMware and Zuora, we’re addressing the unique billing and subscription requirements of the cloud to enable service providers to build new, dynamic business models that respond to this market’s rapidly growing demand.”

About Zuora, Inc.
Zuora’s subscription billing and commerce platform changes the way subscription businesses manage and sell to customers, allowing them to bring new products to market in less time, with more flexibility and less hassle. Zuora customers are up and running within 90 days and often recognize 200% ROI within weeks. Zuora is built from the ground up by SaaS industry visionaries and veterans from salesforce.com, WebEx, Accenture, Google, eBay, Oracle and Vitria. Zuora customers include Reed Business Information, Coremetrics, InsideView, Marketo, Ricoh, Box.net, Xactly, Cloud Central and EMC.

To learn more about Zuora, please visit www.zuora.com.

Our most recent newsletter, released yesterday to subscribers, contains a range of exciting news - from new videos, to details of Bime's most recent update, to a testimony from one of our clients, ArcelorMittal.

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Secure Signing Offers Digital Signature SaaS Solution Powered by ARX' CoSign Technology

written by:  Raja Singh Chaudhary

Secured Signing, a provider of a secure web-based digital signature service that delivers a full range of signing capabilities combining advanced PKI technology, has announced to introduce a new Software as a Service or ‘SaaS’ offering that will leverage ARX' CoSign digital signatures technology to enable secured signing transactions based upon Public Key Infrastructure or PKI.