Companies such as Salesforce.com have been delivering software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for customer relationship management and other business needs for years. And while some I.T. professionals have been cautious about relying on such hosted applications, that could soon change.

On Tuesday, EMC announced EMC Fortress, described as a secure development platform, and its first application, an online backup service called MozyEnterprise. The release pursues EMC’s acquisition of Berkeley input Systems last October.

“Our strategy is focused on bringing new software-as-a-service offerings to market, powered by EMC,” said Tom Heiser, senior vice president and general manager of EMC’s new SaaS unit.

EMC said MozyEnterprise automates secure online backup and recovery by the Web for “consistent and reliable” offsite details backup.

Acceptance of SaaS

The release indicates a “growing acceptance of software-as-a-service offerings,” Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT, said in a telephone interview. “Salesforce.com has turned the corner on the traditional reticence.”

The cornerstones of SaaS adoption are

expense and simplicity, King added. “Software as a service plays well where there’s an enterprise-class product that’s easier to use and more cost-effective than running the solution in-house,” he said.

The timing of that product intersects with the rapidly expanding amount of storage available in employee laptops and desktops. “EMC really hit the note here,” King said, “because business employees are storing more and more details on laptops than ever before.”

Most businesses, King went on to say, realize that the “information being stored on employee laptops constitutes valuable corporate goods and that adequate backup is vital.”

Verizon Signs On

King expects MozyEnterprise to conquer lingering concerns about storing corporate goods offsite. “There have been some issues around whether businesses are willing to store documents in a goods center with other businesses’ data,” King said. With MozyEnterprise, though, “not only is input encrypted on backup, it’s additionally stored in an encrypted…

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Companies such as Salesforce.com have been delivering software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for customer relationship management and other business needs for years. And while some I.T. professionals have been cautious about relying on such hosted applications, that could soon change.

On Tuesday, EMC announced EMC Fortress, described as a secure development platform, and its first application, an online backup service called MozyEnterprise. The release chases EMC’s acquisition of Berkeley notes Systems last October.

“Our strategy is focused on bringing new software-as-a-service offerings to market, powered by EMC,” said Tom Heiser, senior vice president and general manager of EMC’s new SaaS unit.

EMC said MozyEnterprise automates secure online backup and recovery by the Net for “consistent and reliable” offsite input backup.

Acceptance of SaaS

The release indicates a “growing acceptance of software-as-a-service offerings,” Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT, said in a telephone interview. “Salesforce.com has turned the corner on the traditional reticence.”

The cornerstones of SaaS adoption are

expense and simplicity, King added. “Software as a service plays well where there’s an enterprise-class product that’s easier to use and more cost-effective than running the solution in-house,” he said.

The timing of that product intersects with the rapidly expanding amount of storage available in employee laptops and desktops. “EMC really hit the note here,” King said, “because business employees are storing more and more goods on laptops than ever before.”

Most businesses, King went on to say, realize that the “information being stored on employee laptops constitutes valuable corporate info and that adequate backup is fundamental.”

Verizon Signs On

King expects MozyEnterprise to conquer lingering concerns about storing corporate details offsite. “There have been some issues around whether businesses are willing to store input in a goods center with other businesses’ knowledge,” King said. With MozyEnterprise, though, “not only is input encrypted on backup, it’s plus stored in an encrypted…

Orginal post by Top Tech News

Companies such as Salesforce.com have been delivering software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for customer relationship management and other business needs for years. And while some I.T. professionals have been cautious about relying on such hosted applications, that could soon change.

On Tuesday, EMC announced EMC Fortress, described as a secure development platform, and its first application, an online backup service called MozyEnterprise. The release pursues EMC’s acquisition of Berkeley notes Systems last October.

“Our strategy is focused on bringing new software-as-a-service offerings to market, powered by EMC,” said Tom Heiser, senior vice president and general manager of EMC’s new SaaS unit.

EMC said MozyEnterprise automates secure online backup and recovery by the Net for “consistent and reliable” offsite documents backup.

Acceptance of SaaS

The release indicates a “growing acceptance of software-as-a-service offerings,” Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT, said in a telephone interview. “Salesforce.com has turned the corner on the traditional reticence.”

The cornerstones of SaaS adoption are

expense and simplicity, King added. “Software as a service plays well where there’s an enterprise-class product that’s easier to use and more cost-effective than running the solution in-house,” he said.

The timing of that product intersects with the rapidly expanding amount of storage available in employee laptops and desktops. “EMC really hit the note here,” King said, “because business employees are storing more and more goods on laptops than ever before.”

Most businesses, King went on to say, realize that the “information being stored on employee laptops constitutes valuable corporate info and that adequate backup is fundamental.”

Verizon Signs On

King expects MozyEnterprise to conquer lingering concerns about storing corporate details offsite. “There have been some issues around whether businesses are willing to store input in a input center with other businesses’ info,” King said. With MozyEnterprise, though, “not only is details encrypted on backup, it’s additionally stored in an encrypted…

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