SaaS Virtualization Innovation
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 by Matt Hunckler

SaaS virtualization is creating an ocean entrepreneurial opportunities, where small, nimble businesses can create real value by making creating more efficient ways of doing things.

One thing that James Urquhart points out in his Wisdom of Clouds blog post is that there is still a lot of opporutnity in the SaaS virtualization realm. Businesses that currently use enterprise apps need experts who can transition them to more robust and reliable SaaS apps. There is certainly plenty of room for experts like these to create value, while collecting strategic consulting and referral fees.

As more and more companies take on SaaS apps to manage their business processes, the need for consolidation will increase. Imagine the ability to pay for your campany's blogging platform, accounting system, email marketing platform, and CRM tool -- all on one bill. Now wouldn't that be nice? Urquart rightly points out that SaaS meter consolidatoin could craete a level of convenience for which some companies would be willing to pay.

It will be interesting to see how enrepreneurial companies take advantage of the small pockets of opoprtunity in the SaaS industry next year. It's hard to say which ideas will win, be you can be certain that speed and agility in deploying new business models will be key ingredients to success in SaaS virtualization innovation.

 

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A YouTube Course in "Cloud"
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by Matt Hunckler
New to the idea of Software as a Service SaaS Virtualization? This video from Salesfor will help bring you up to speed:

This short video clip, produced by Salesforce.com, effectively points out that managed cloud hosting is a superior way to run your business. It's clear that multitenancy is simply a more efficient way to approach IT infrastructure.

For those of you who are new to cloud, some of the major benefits of cloud computing are that your data is:
  • secure
  • backed up in another location (redundant)
  • not limited in storage or resources
To help you better understand Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas), Common Craft recently put out a cool little video that is put together like School House Rock for the 21st century.

You can check it out here: Cloud Computing Hosting in Plain English

I always keep an eye open for better ways to explain the benefits of virtualization and cloud computing to not-so-technically-inclined friends as well as potential clients. I found these quick videos to be expremely helpful in succinctly illustrating cloud computing hosting.

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Compliant Hybrid Cloud Case Study: Right On Interactive
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 by Alicia Gaba
BlueLock just finished up our latest case study - our client focus was on Right On Interactive (ROI), a provider of customer lifecycle marketing, automation and demand generation software.

BlueLock & ROI's objective: Reliable, redundant infrastructure promising security and compliance for guaranteed uptime and compatibility.

The Solution: BlueLock platform combined with VMware vCloud, HP Blade, LeftHand SAN technology with Shavlik Security Suite Software for PCI Compliance.

Business Technology Improvements for ROI:
  • Creation of PCI Compliant environment in SAS 70 Type II data center to meet requirements of ROI's marketing partners and SalesForce.com AppExchange
  • 99.99% uptime and real-time access to data
  • VPN enables seamless movement between ROI in-house servers and BlueLock's virtual cloud
  • Secure environment, data transfer and redundancy
To learn more about BlueLock's cloud computing service and its SaaS virtualization solutions, click here and read the case study.
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