SaaS

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - January 11, 2010 - Over the next five years, the business analytics software-as-a service (SaaS) market will grow more than three times as fast as the total business analytics software market with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.4% through 2013.

A new study from IDC finds that the number of business analytics SaaS users will grow rapidly from a small base, however market revenue will remain low relative to on-premise software throughout the forecast period.

IT Non-Adopter Retailers Are Largest Area of Untapped Opportunity in 2009 as Tier 1 Retailers Scale Back IT Spending

STAMFORD, CT, August 17, 2009 -- Technology service providers (TSPs) must look beyond their focus on Tier 1 retailers and gear their offerings more to Tier 2 and Tier 3 retailers if they are to survive the current fall in retail spending on IT, according to Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT).

Security-as-a-Service Integrates Endpoint, Email and Web Security

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 20, 2009 - McAfee Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today announced the latest release of McAfee® Total Protection Service, the industry’s first Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution offering always-on guard protection without additional investment in on-premise infrastructure.

Customers Recognize Cost Savings of Fifty Percent

SANTA CLARA, CA, July 20, 2009 -- McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today outlined details of its Security-as-a-Service strategy, designed to provide consumers, small to mid-sized businesses and large enterprises with a comprehensive set of security products delivered as a service in the cloud. This strategy builds on McAfee’s core strengths in threat prevention, its diverse software-as-a-service portfolio and industry-leading global threat intelligence, powered by McAfee Avert Labs.

MILAN, Italy and FRAMINGHAM, Mass., June 18, 2009 -- Responsiveness of the IT organization in delivering against customer-centric and business performance targets is a critical success factor for retailers now, according to a recently published survey report from IDC Retail Insights. Although cost containments and solid financial justifications for new IT investments rank high in the current IT agenda, reducing IT costs is a major issue, especially for small organizations across Western Europe as well as for U.K. retailers, the new research indicates.

Report Covers Growth in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) Region

Singapore and Hong Kong, June 17, 2009 -- IDC expects the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) market to take off significantly in 2009, despite a challenging year for IT market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) region. According to IDC's latest report "Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) Software-as-a-Service Market Size and Forecast, 2009-2013: The Growth Has Yet to Peak", the regional SaaS market is expected to reach US$298 million in 2009, which is an increase of 18% from 2008.

MessageLabs Service Provides Businesses Protection, Management and Control of Public IM Tools

CUPERTINO, CA, June 16, 2009 -- Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the launch of MessageLabs Instant Messaging Security Service (IMSS), a comprehensive instant messaging (IM) security, control and management service enabling businesses to adopt a safer, auditable use of public IM networks.

Tradebeam Doubles Performance and Cuts Transaction Times in Half with Akamai's Web Application Accelerator

CAMBRIDGE, MA, June 4, 2009 -- Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, announced today that TradeBeam, the leading SaaS platform for Global Trade Management, has improved the performance and availability of its Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings, and allowed the company to avoid more than 20 percent in additional capital expenditures to build international data centers through Akamai's Web

Ariba converges best-in-class SaaS technology, spend management expertise and supplier network services in a single, web-based solution, enabling companies to quickly, easily and cost-effectively deliver results

SUNNYVALE, CA, June 3, 2009 -- Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), the leading on-demand spend management solutions provider, sees the future of enterprise applications, and it doesn’t involve technology, intelligence and services being delivered separately.

New Application Federation Gives Developers Unique Flexibility to Build and Connect Web Apps to Intuit's Platform

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. June 4, 2009 -- Software developers can now easily make their Web applications available to millions of Intuit Inc.'s (Nasdaq: INTU) small business customers through Federated Applications, a new capability of the Intuit Partner Platform.