Don't let Gmail outages turn you off SaaS
How reliable are online e-mail systems like Gmail? Are they a viable alternative to traditional, on-premise e-mail systems? CIO asked Michael Osterman, president of Osterman Research, who has studied the messaging and communications facets of software, both the installed on-premise variety and SaaS since his company's founding in 2001.
Google extends Apps Premier credit for Gmail outages
Due to the three outages that Gmail suffered earlier this month, Google will extend a credit to all paying customers of its hosted Apps suite and has vowed to improve its problem-notification methods.
Microsoft Office Live Small Biz suffers outage, lost e-mail
Microsoft Corp. loyalists could be forgiven for feeling a little smug after all of the publicity over outages and lost e-mails at online services run by archrivals Apple Inc.'s MobileMe and Google Inc.'s Gmail. But Microsoft, it turns out, isn't invulnerable. Some users of Microsoft's Office Live Small Business have also reported intermittent e-mail outages, according to interviews and postings at discussion forums for the Web service, which is used by more than a million small companies.
Oracle integrates CRM On Demand with Siebel
Oracle has developed prebuilt integration software for its CRM On Demand product and the on-premise Siebel CRM, providing customers with a single view of their CRM data, the company announced Wednesday.
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