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Oct 30
2009

Sneak peek! Rick Nucci sits down with DreamSimplicity to talk integration in the Cloud at SIIA OnDemand '09

Posted by: Derrick Lee

Derrick Lee

Rick Nucci of Boomi sat down with us today at SIIA's OnDemand '09 and gave us his thoughts on integration.  Keep in mind, this is just a sneak peek so be sure to check back with us for the full length interview!

http://www.boomi.com 

Oct 30
2009

Clarizen Presents at SIIA OnDemand 2009

Posted by: Matt Childs

Tagged in: SIIA , SaaS , Project Management , Profiles , On Demand , od09 , October

Matt Childs

Guy Shani, Vice President Sales for Clarizen presented their collaborative online project management software.


About Clarizen:

Oct 29
2009

Marketo & Appirio - Social Media: Waste of Time or Revenue Driver?

Posted by: Matt Childs

Tagged in: Twitter , Social Media , SaaS , On Demand , od09 , October , LinkedIn

Matt Childs

Social media has become one of the most-hyped aspects of marketing. Everyone and their mother seem to be talking about running ads on Facebook or sending out product offers via Twitter.  Others are convinced this is all a huge waste of time and that we should stick to buying lists and email campaigns. Over the past year, Appirio and Marketo have found that social media is an extremely valuable tool for augmenting their revenue-focused marketing automation efforts.

Presented by Jon Miller (VP of Marketing - Marketo) and Kirk Crenshaw (Director, Online Marketing - Appirio) -- this session discussed what no social media marketer wants to talk about: results.

At Appirio, more than 20% of web traffic comes from Twitter, and a strategic blend of blog posts and Twitter yielded 1000+ webinar registrations and even a few well-qualified leads. More than 3500 followers read Marketo's B2B marketing blog, and social media helped drive thousands of people to register and 300-plus people to participate live in the The Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing webinar.

Oct 28
2009

WaveMaker Presents at SIIA IBM Pre-Conference

Posted by: Matt Childs

Tagged in: SaaS , od09 , October , Multi-Tenancy , Enterprise , Cloud Computing

Matt Childs

Christopher Keene, CEO of WaveMaker Software gave us a quick overview of WaveMaker's Visual Ajax Studio. WaveMaker is available as an open source product that includes a development studio and a full deployment server. Customers wanting commercial support and add-on features such as role-based access controls must purchase annual subscription licenses.

Here are some highlights from the presentation:

  • WaveMaker has a community of 15,000 plus developers
  • WaveMaker's customers come from three key sectors:
    • Government
    • ISVs
    • The Enterprise
  • WaveMaker's easy-to-use visual builder enables drag & drop assembly of scalable, web-applications using Ajax widgets, web services and databases.
  • Once the application is built it can easily be launched to Amazon's EC2.

Learn more at WaveMaker.com

Oct 13
2009

Learn about SaaS first hand at one of SIIA's OnDemand events

Posted by: Derrick Lee

Tagged in: SaaS Presentation , SaaS News , SaaS , On Demand , od09 , October , Education

Derrick Lee

What's in a name?  

Recently, we been getting a lot of questions regarding our name...  What does it mean?  Where does it come from?  How much are your sandal wood incense sticks? Well, we're not a holistic health center, first of all.  What we are, though, is a way for businesses to learn about how SaaS and web based software can help take their business to the next level.  How you ask?  Well, to put it in a nutshell, SaaS takes the complicated world of custom programmed, self-supported, enterprise software and it makes it SIMPLE.  I won't go into a litany of why or how in this post, but believe me when I say that if you're up for the change-management, replacing all your on-premise software systems with SaaS will make your life more simple.  Hence the name: DreamSimplicity...

The fact that you're reading this blog is a step in the right direction, but in addition to learning about SaaS at DreamSimplicity.com, I would highly encourage you to visit the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) website to learn more.  Not only do they have a host of information pertaining to software and SaaS, but they also hold frequent events in various locations where you can learn about and see SaaS in action first hand.  Coming up at the end of this month is one of SIIA's semi-annual OnDemand conferences being held right here in our back yard in San Jose.  One of the reasons I'm most excited to attend is the great speaker line up.  They truly have put together an A-list speaker panel with pillars of industry like Zach Nelson of NetSuite, Lars Dalgaard of SuccessFactors and Michael Lock of Google Enterprise.  Additionally, there will be a number of up-and-coming SaaS companies there to get a glimpse of things to come in the world of SaaS.

Oct 12
2009

DreamSimplicity at SIIA's On Demand 2009 Conference

Posted by: Matt Childs

Matt Childs

DreamSimplicity has partnered with SIIA to provide video coverage for On Demand 2009 Oct. 29-30 San Jose, California. We will be chatting with industry executives and innovators.

If you are interested in going to the event you can resister here. Otherwise, stay connected to whats going on all event long here at DreamSimplicity.com. The DS Team will be updating twitter with up-to-the-minute information on presentations, discussions, keynotes and more.

To learn more about some of the up-and-coming companies attending On Demand 2009 read:  5 Companies To Look For at SIIA's On Demand 2009