SaaS Blogs

This post is not specifically SaaS-related, but it is technology related, and it literally hits close to home for us at Apprenda.
Earlier today, Google announced its acquisition of On2 Technologies, a video technology company and maker of video compression technologies for the web and mobile networks. On2 Technologies is located in Clifton Park, New York […]

Below is a link to an interview conducted by Phil Wainewright with Mike Seckler, co-founder of Employease and Apprenda board member.  In the interview, Phil and Mike highlight some of the considerations and obstacles that ISVs must tackle to be truly successful.  The 8-minute podcast is well worth a listen for new ISVs and SaaS […]

Hello everyone,
We (Sinclair and Matt) are in Barcelona at Microsoft’s TechEd EMEA Developer conference. We’re exhibiting Apprenda’s SaaSGrid platform at booth B15. Stop by if you’re here at the conference or in Barcelona. It’s a good chance to talk more about any conversations we’ve had here on SaaSBlogs, see a demo of SaaSGrid, or just […]

We’ve been here at PDC 2008 in Los Angeles all week and as many of you already know, this week has been all about delivering software as a service and cloud computing.  Ray Ozzie’s keynote really set that tone and kicked off the week. Microsoft’s Azure announcement is exciting - and it will be interesting […]

This post simply serves to provide a link to a post on another site, but I felt it very appropriate to shine the spotlight on a brilliant post by Ben Yoskovitz on Instigatorblog.com entitled ‘Lessons Learned Running A SaaS Business‘. While we tend to focus on the relative “newness” of SaaS, it’s always important […]

Hello everyone,
Before his first post is published here on SaaSBlogs.com, I want to introduce our new co-author Abe Sultan.  Abe is a frequent commenter here on SaaSBlogs and throughout the SaaS blogosphere.  I’m also happy to disclose that Abe holds the VP of Business Development position at our company, Apprenda. We’re very much looking forward to writing further articles with […]

If you read this blog and/or subscribe to our SaaSBlogs RSS feed, than we already know that you have an interest in SaaS.  Now, if you’re a software engineer on top of that, then we urge you to head on over to www.apprenda.com/careers and check out the currently available positions:

Software Engineer - SaaSGrid (disclosure: as mentioned […]

I like a good mystery just as much as the next guy, and this story’s got it all.  If you haven’t got the time or interest to read the whole forum thread, here’s the synopsis:  Jatol.com (no hyperlink provided because of said mystery), a notable web hosting company seemingly popular with development crowds has simply […]

The SaaS world is abuzz around Google yet again with yesterday’s news that Google will acquire on-demand communications security firm Postini Solutions for $625 million.  The acquisition is aimed at bolstering enterprise security and management confidence in the Google Apps online suite, and seems to be a direct mirror of Microsoft’s Exchange Hosted Services strategy which was […]

Are today’s SaaS enablement technologies robust enough to support business to business SaaS?  It’s a question I ask myself everytime I am introduced to a new ‘mashup engine’ or ‘online SaaS IDE’.  Granted, there are some very impressive products out there right now, Bungee Labs’ BungeeConnect and CogHead for example.  But initial impressions aside - are […]