From the Blogs

These are stories aggregated from the blogs and news feeds of EuroCloud UK members.  Please note this material is published by individual member companies and may not reflect the views of EuroCloud:
Signing contracts moves to the cloud
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The history of online document signature is a perfect microcosm of how processes evolve digitally. The third generation is when innovation really takes hold. A Special Offer From Our Sponsor Get Ready for Tomorrow Today with Cisco    The way the world consumes and shares data will dramatically change in the next five years. Is your network ready to handle the load? Friend and follow Cisco across the web as we show you how to prepare for the future. socialmedi...
In this ancient fable, find out how three little clouds fared when they set off to make their fortune, leaving behind the familiar enterprise network where they’d grown up.
Will Adobe wreck EchoSign?
Monday, July 18, 2011
Remember Buzzword? If Adobe’s previous SaaS acquisitions are anything to go by, today’s news is less cause for celebration than commiseration with EchoSign’s users and fans over the next few years. A Special Offer From Our Sponsor Get Ready for Tomorrow Today with Cisco    The way the world consumes and shares data will dramatically change in the next five years. Is your network ready to handle the load? Friend and follow Cisco across the web as ...
The elephants not in the SaaS room
Friday, July 15, 2011
Why are VMware and Citrix, the two biggest technology beasts of the cloud infrastructure layer, not making their presence felt in the SaaS vendor community, even though they clearly have a huge role to play in its fortunes?
Safe-deposit box SaaS
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
To insist on a private SaaS instance dedicated just for your own use is exactly the same as going to deposit your money in a bank but insisting the bank never lends it out to anyone else.
Building up cloud in Europe
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Winners of the EuroCloud Awards for customer success stories provide some valuable case studies for policy makers in Europe to consider as they open up public consultation on a strategy for cloud computing
The paradox at the heart of ‘public’ cloud provision is that any provider has to own and manage their own private cloud to deliver a secure, reliable service.
SAP's four dimensions of SaaS success
Thursday, June 30, 2011
SAP served up an insight into the principles behind its on-demand strategy in a keynote at EuroCloud’s annual member congress this week in Luxembourg.
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Standardizing the business data model
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Effortless integration with partner cloud applications could give Intuit’s ecosystem a big economic advantage in the small business market. Does that mean everyone will end up converging on the vendor’s business data model?