PaaS for SaaS: Oracle’s platform provides evergreen Fusion Apps
Oracle's cloud story has many facets. The common thread, however, is the glue in between, or platform (PaaS). That, according to Cormac Watters, EVP Applications EMEA at Oracle, is where everything comes together. In other words, "the strength of Oracle is all of it." What does he mean by this?
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SharePoint Embedded: develop internal apps with Microsoft 365 features
Microsoft has introduced its new cloud-based app development platform SharePoint Embedded in public preview. This platform allows companies to develop dedicated applications that store their content in their own existing Microsoft 365 environments.
The new cloud-based SharePoint Embedded platfor... Read more
Asigra SaaSBACKUP promises simple, enterprise-grade backups for all SaaS data
SaaSBACKUP is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that allows all solutions to connect with an API to protect all data within the SaaS application.
SaaS data is receiving increasing attention from backup and recovery solution providers. Almost all relevant players offer backup services for the major... Read more
Cloud infrastructure market grows slower, Microsoft Azure gaining on AWS
The combination of a robust US dollar and a sluggish Chinese economy led to a decline in growth for the cloud infrastructure market. Down to 21% from the previous year's 36%. Despite the slowdown, Synergy Research reports that the market still surpassed $61 billion for the quarter, with 12-month tr... Read more
Gartner forecasts massive growth in public cloud service spending
Gartner forecasted a massive increase in the cloud service market in the coming years.
Since the introduction of SaaS in the global market, cloud services have been used by organizations worldwide. The cloud's popularity is on the rise. According to a study by Gartner, the use of cloud services ... Read more
SnapLogic raise $165 million to fund AI and data integration
The funding will hopefully accelerate their AI-powered data and app integration capabilities
The enterprise automation company, SnapLogic, recently announced that it had raised $165 million for a one billion dollar valuation. Their AI integration PaaS should benefit the most from this turn of ev... Read more
IBM’s serverless roadmap just upped its intensity
Serverless computing has already taken a journey. The early days consisted of services that were implemented in lightweight mobile or web apps. In a recent briefing with analysts, IBM told of its plans for serverless services in its cloud.
The future is pointing away from simple function service... Read more
AWS WorkSpaces can now be accessed from a browser, except on Linux
Microsoft’s cloud desktop plans are in the crosshairs after Amazon Web Services added browser access to its WorkSpaces desktop-as-a-service offering. Browser access will only work for WorkSpaces running Windows.
Linux users have been left out in the cold and AWS has not said when or if the OS ... Read more
Commvault’s Metallic adds new SaaS workloads and support
The company is adding new data protection features and support for workloads including Salesforce and Microsoft Teams.
Metallic is adding new data protection solutions, features, and enterprise workload support. These include enhanced SaaS application protection with the introduction of Metallic... Read more
Citrix is acquiring Wrike from Vista for $2.25B
The acquisition reflects Citrix's push towards a recurring revenue business model.
Citrix has announced that it will indeed acquire the SaaS project management platform Wrike from Vista Equity Partners, who themselves acquired Wrike only 2 years ago. Citrix will provide the $2.25 billion purchas... Read more