California software as a service company Provade Inc., which has a product development office in downtown Milwaukee, said Tuesday it raised $3 million in new funding. San Mateo, Calif.-based Provade focuses on vendor management system technology for global work force spend management. The financing round was led by Palo Alto, Calif.-based Asset Management Company. Also participating were Menlo Park, Calif.-based Altos Ventures and Harbor Pacific Capital, also of Palo Alto. With the latest funding, total venture investment in the company now exceeds $23 million. Read more: Provade raises $3M in new funding – The Business Journal of Milwaukee
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The Majority of IT Departments now Use Cloud-Based Applications, with Users Reporting Better Security and Lower Costs Waltham, Mass., July 22, 2010 – Mimecast®, a leading supplier of cloud-based email security, continuity, policy control and archiving, today announced the results of the second annual Mimecast Cloud Adoption Survey, an annual research report examining attitudes to cloud computing services amongst IT decision-makers in UK and US businesses. The survey, conducted by independent research firm Loudhouse, reveals that a majority of organizations (51 percent) are now using some form of cloud computing service—and the levels of satisfaction amongst those companies is high
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The rapid growth of cloud computing is making it much easier for SMB channel partners to provide a broader range of offerings on a 24/7 basis at a lower cost and with fewer IT staff. These offerings include services such as SaaS and managed IT services. As a result, SMB channel partners could lose more than 200,000 IT jobs over the next decade according to AMI Partners’ recent Cloud Computing Research studies. “We have already seen some early signs of IT services job attrition at the high end of the market as a result of software automation. It
Crowdsourced Testing Leader Recognized as Emerging Private Company & On-Demand Pioneer on the East Coast BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire – June 22, 2010) – uTest, the world’s largest software testing marketplace, today announced that it has been selected as an ‘AlwaysOn East Top 100′ winner. The AO East 100 list is comprised of leading East Coast companies pioneering in cloud computing and SaaS, digital media, and green tech. These companies were selected based on their track-record of creating new business opportunities in high-growth markets, establishing significant market traction, and demonstrating leadership amongst its peers. “After examining the companies that are on the
Cloud Computing For Dummies Basic Cheat Sheet Cloud computing models vary: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Manage your cloud computing service level via the surrounding management layer. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The IaaS layer offers storage and compute resources that developers and IT organizations can use to deliver business solutions. Platform as a Service (PaaS). The PaaS layer offers black-box services with which developers can build applications on top of the compute infrastructure. This might include developer tools that are offered as a service to build services, or
LONDON–(Marketwire – June 21, 2010) – Bluewolf (www.bluewolf.com) announced its sponsorship of the Cloud Computing World Forum (www.cloudwf.com), held from June 29-July 1 in London at the Olympia Conference Center. An agile business consulting firm, Bluewolf (www.bluewolf.com) has more than a decade of success in Cloud computing and SaaS solutions, such as Salesforce CRM. “For over a decade, we have brought the vision of cloud computing to life for thousands of clients worldwide, through our agile business transformation methodology,” said Penny O’Rourke, Managing Director, Bluewolf International. “We are a leader in putting cloud computing to work for businesses worldwide, to make
