SaaS garners more vendor interest

Interest in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model is growing to the point that by 2012, almost 85% of new vendors will be focused on SaaS services, according to new research from analyst firm IDC, states Business Week.

Also by 2012, some two-thirds of new offerings from established vendors will be sold as SaaS, the IDC said.

SaaS revenue numbers will jump up accordingly in the next few years, rising from $13.1 billion in 2009 to $40.5 billion by 2014, according to the analyst firm.

Hosted solutions provider NaviSite is using a combination of Oracle's Sun servers and Oracle software to run its mission-critical systems, reports Market Watch.

With more than 1 500 customers in 10 data centres across the US and UK, NaviSite needed to expand its virtualisation platform to meet the growing infrastructure demands of its customers, while delivering performance and availability.

The company says it's deployed a combination of Oracle's Sun Sparc Enterprise servers, running Oracle Solaris, and Oracle's Sun Fire x86 clustered systems, running Oracle Enterprise Linux, along with Oracle software, to form an integrated and optimised technology platform.

Up to 4 000 Telstra workers will have new reporting lines today under a revamp headed by chief operations officer (COO) Michael Rocca, according to IT News.

The restructure continues the gradual consolidation of Telstra's IT and network operations. It brings together the design and deployment of Telstra's fixed and wireless networks into one unit, and promotes multimedia and content delivery as a means of differentiating Telstra from its rivals.

Rocca said the restructure was an "inevitable" response to convergence between IT and networking technologies. "We could all see it happening. More and more, there is a blurring between IT and networks. It is essential we had one architectural view across networks and IT.”