Clarizen has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The BoSS Awards program was announced in January 2009 as the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

Clarizen is a leading provider of collaborative online project management software that allows businesses to easily manage all of their projects and resources in a single environment.

Click here to read more about Clarizen’s award-winning SaaS solution.

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Rally Software is the latest winner of THINKstrategies’ Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Award which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The BoSS Awards program was announced in January 2009 as the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

Rally Software is a leader in Agile application lifecycle management (ALM) dedicated to making distributed development organizations faster and leaner by dramatically cutting the time, cost and effort needed to deliver high quality applications. An example of the business benefits of Rally Software’s SaaS solution is HomeAway Inc., the largest international network of vacation rental websites, with more than 360,000 paid listings of rental … Read More »

There have been a series of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)/cloud computing research reports and industry rumors which have emerged over the past few days and weeks which I haven’t had a chance to comment on because of my hectic travel and work schedule.

I’d ordinarily try to dedicate a standalone blog post to each of them, but don’t have the time and don’t want to give them more attention than they deserve. But, I have had a number of clients and friends ask me for my opinion on these developments, so here’s a quick round-up of my thoughts.

Will Oracle Buy Salesforce.com?  This rumor popped up again this week in a Wedge Partners research report summarized on Barron’s Tech Daily website. I suggested this scenario two years ago, and still think there is a chance that Larry Ellison will make a hostile bid for … Read More »

NTRglobal has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The BoSS Awards program was announced in January 2009 as the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

NTRglobal is a leading provider of remote support and management of enduser devices for IT service desks and managed service providers (MSPs). NTRadmin is a SaaS services solution for automating IT tasks with NTRadmin customizable BOTs and remote network management which enables IT system administrators to control, monitor and secure hardware and software assets regardless of geographical location.

A case study example … Read More »

THINKstrategies, Inc. announced today that Daptiv has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The BoSS Awards program was announced in January 2009 as the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

Daptiv is a leading provider on-demand, collaborative business solutions, including Project Portfolio Management (PPM) capabilities. A case example of the measurable business benefits of Daptiv’s on-demand PPM capabilities is Chase Paymentech Solutions, LLC.

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TimeTrade Systems has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

TimeTrade Systems is a provider of SaaS-based, customer self-service appointment scheduling solutions for enterprises and individuals.

TimeTrade’s Enterprise Scheduling Application, TESA, provides large organizations, who must schedule thousands of appointments a year, the ability to provide self-service or assisted-service scheduling through SaaS.
 
An example of the business benefits of TimeTrade’s SaaS solution is Bosley, the leader in surgical hair restoration. The company has over 100 patient service representatives (PSRs) and must schedule more than 9,000 appointments per month at 88 offices through a single call center. For each appointment, the schedules of 26 physicians and 50 senior counselors’ have to be coordinated.
 
Bosley implemented an on-premise version of Siebel for CRM … Read More »

Savvis, Inc. has been named the first managed services winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The BoSS Awards program was announced in January 2009 by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations, including increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

Savvis is an outsourcing provider of managed computing and network infrastructure for IT applications. A case example of the business benefits of Savvis’ services is Wall Street Systems, a provider of treasury, trading and settlement software, which decided in 2006 to make a strategic shift in direction and move from a standard licensing model to the new SaaS delivery model.

Click here to learn more … Read More »

SPS Commerce is the latest winner of the new Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The BoSS Awards program was announced in January 2009 as the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

SPS Commerce is a leading supplier of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), business-to-business (B2B) integration, connecting partners in a supply chain. SPS Commerce.net is a suite of outsourced, SaaS services that improve the way trading partners manage and fulfill orders in the retail supply chain. 

Click here to read about the measurable business benefits SPS Commerce’s SaaS solution generated for one of the company’s corporate customers.

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THINKstrategies announced today that Xactly Corporation has been named the latest winner of the new Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which was launched in January 2009 to promote the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

Xactly Corporation is a leading provider of on-demand sales performance management solutions. The company’s flagship product, Xactly Incent, enables sales and finance executives to design, implement, manage, audit and optimize sales compensation management programs easily and affordably.

A case example of Xactly’s business benefits is Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software and support services

Click here to read about the announcement which details the quantitative business benefits Xactly Incent generated for Ingres

Click here to learn more about the BoSS Awards or to submit a nomination for an award.

ActionStep has been named the first international winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program. 

The BoSS Awards program was announced earlier this month by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing measurable business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

ActionStep is a multi-dimensional SaaS vendor based in Auckland, New Zealand. Its end-to-end, Web-based, business system includes Marketing, CRM, Sales, Operations, Accounting, and HR management solutions for multi-divisional, multi-currency businesses.

A case example of the company’s business benefits is Lumberlink, a small timber trading company based in Auckland which buys and sells internationally.

By switching to ActionStep’s SaaS solutions, Lumberlink has been able to reduce its administrative headcount; improve cashflow by shortening the time to complete back-office documents needed for payment; and increase sales volumes through smoother transfer of sales information to … Read More »