Posts Tagged ‘software-as-a-service’
The 451 Group Examines LongJump’s Private Cloud Computing Potential
Monday, July 13, 2009 0:01 No CommentsChina Martens of the 451 Group provided an in-depth Market Insight Service report discussing LongJump and its potential as a PaaS provider inside and outside the corporate firewall. The 451 Group also provided a comprehensive look at where LongJump is in relation to other cloud computing companies and a fairly complete review of the company’s [...]
Who are the top Cloud Computing acquisition targets?
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:38 1 CommentJames Maguire over at Datamation listed his seven top cloud computing acquisition targets: companies that are “desirable choices” for the “giants” of the industry. Among his targets, Maguire includes IaaS provider GoGrid, cloud enabler Enomaly, storage service provider Vaultscape, cloud manager RightScale, virtualization appliance provider AppZero, application manager Elastra, and our very own application platform [...]
LongJump CEO Video Shoot
Monday, June 29, 2009 9:12 No CommentsLongJump CEO Pankaj Malviya was in San Francisco last week for a video shoot. We won’t go into details about what we were shooting, but we do think the video will go a long way to articulating our vision and value proposition for the LongJump platform.
We feel like our product is starting to take off. [...]
Recorded SaaS Application Webinar Available
Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:22 No CommentsThe recording from last week’s webinar on Developing and Deploying SaaS Applications featuring MySQL and SIMCO Electronics is now available. The webinar discussed many aspects of building a SaaS business including how to get to market faster without significantly adding a lot of investment and resources. It also discussed many aspects of readying SaaS applications [...]
CRN: LongJump Has A Springboard To Private Clouds
Friday, May 15, 2009 9:37 No CommentsYesterday featured a nice article from Chad Berndtson of Computer Reseller News on their ChannelWeb blog about LongJump’s BAP. Chad spoke with company Chairman Rick McEachern about the impedous for the platform and the growing need for software producers to want to privately build, brand, deliver and control SaaS applications.
“We thought midsize ISVs between $40 [...]
More Coverage from the LongJump BAP Release
Monday, April 6, 2009 8:34 No CommentsFrom Jon Brodkin at CIO.com…
SaaS Vendor Converts Offering to Packaged Software
“After finding that numerous enterprises are not comfortable running applications outside their firewalls, one longtime SaaS vendor is converting to an on-premise model. “
Jeffrey Kaplan at Seeking Alpha writes…
Proliferation of SaaS and Cloud Platform Players Continues
“This new ‘portability’ is in response to the growing demands [...]
Application Platform Announcement Buzz
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 8:57 No CommentsTracking some of the buzz from our licensable SaaS platform announcement.
From ComputerWorld’s Mark Everett Hall (which includes an interview with LongJump customer NES’s CTO Izak Joubert)…
Get cloud tools, but forget the cloud
“(Joubert) wanted an application platform that let him quickly create new services without having to update complex database schemas. Joubert evaluated Force.com, App Engine [...]
SaaS – Acceptance is the Last Stage of Grief
Friday, February 6, 2009 10:09 No CommentsWhen something long standing and codependent dies, like traditional computing, SaaS and cloud computing are going to be our best friends at the wake.
SaaS solutions have been around for going on 10 years now and the time is right to see broader and deeper adoption of this approach to application development and utilization. Lower risk processes [...]
Pankaj on Innovator’s Radio
Friday, January 16, 2009 17:07 No CommentsLongJump CEO Pankaj Malviya was featured on Innovator’s Radio, hosted by Steve Roeder.
Among the topics they discussed were LongJump’s bootstrapped roots, the software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) industry, cloud computing as a whole impact on enterprises and businesses.
To listen to the complete interview, along with Steve’s interviews with Court [...]
Am I an Enterprise?
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:24 1 CommentWhen selecting business software and applications, it’s important to consider scale. Why is one application better than another for a given problem?
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