Thursday, February 25, 2010

LeewayHertz entices high-tech entrepreneurs & IT Scholars at the EDC, IITD

LeewayHertz offers promising career opportunities for IITD scholars

New Delhi, India – February 25, 2010 – Leewayhertz’s participated at the Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC, IITD) on February 20, 2010 for talent acquisition and corporate exposure to end up grabbing focus of budding entrepreneurs.

LeewayHertz welcomed IITD students to be a part of the company, one of those initial Official iPhone developers by Apple. The company has recently earned the recognition to be India’s TOP 50 Emerging Tech Companies’ recognized by NASSCOM in 2009. It has delivered over 100 iPhone applications in the major markets across the world including US, UK, Canada and Australia. After a reigning success in the iPhone domain, LeewayHertz is all set to launch iPad applications for its forward-looking entrepreneurs and consumers awaiting iPad retail debut due on 27 February 2010. Undoubtedly, IITD professionals have found obvious reasons to begin their career by working on the advanced technologies at LeewayHertz.

The talent acquisition campaign of LeewayHertz has attracted huge gathering of IITD students with its rapid growth and stronghold position in the industry. Budding technical professionals of IIT-ians have found prospective platform at LeewayHertz Technologies as to jumpstart of their career. Emerging technology integration and association with major players of high-tech industries of LeewayHertz offers promising career launch and greater technical exposure to IITD students. Moreover, technical training process, industry familiarity, hands-on experience in iPhone, iPad, Amazon Web Services, SaaS and Cloud Computing at LeewayHertz will enhance technical knowledge of budding tech-savvy potentials of the country.

About LeewayHertz Technologies
LeewatyHertz is a software development and technology consulting company with offices in US and India. Core areas of focus of the company include iPhone and iPad application development, Amazon Web Services and Cloud Computing software solutions. Today, we stand among the ‘India’s TOP 50 Emerging Tech Companies’ recognized by NASSCOM in 2009.

Press Contact
Mansi Takyar
LeewayHertz Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
825 S. Waukegan Rd. A8 #141
Lake Forest, IL 60045-2665
United States
T: +1-312-212-3848
F: +1-847-556-9535

India Development Center
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Janak Puri
New Delhi – 110 058
India
T: +91-11-45629645, 91-9999568995
Website: www.leewayhertz.com

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

10 SaaS Companies To Keep on Your Radar For 2010

10 SaaS Companies To Keep on Your Radar For 2010


Everyday I hear about more and more companies hiring again here in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Seems like startups are growing strong, especially in the on demand software space. This is a list of 10 up-and-coming SaaS companies that will most likely rule the road in 2010. (This is a follow-up to an article I wrote last week entitled ” 7 SaaS Startups To Watch Closely.” I have added 3 more companies to the list making it 10.)

1.

Coupa is for Spend Management, helping companies big and small get a better idea of what they are spending money on. Coupa has raised $7.5 Million in Series C financing from EL Dorado Ventures and is leading the charge with Coupa Sam a cartoon action hero. This innovative company has over a 100 customers and growing quickly!

2.

MyOnlineToolbox is construction estimate and invoice software for contractors and tradesman to manage jobs. The company won 2008 Dell Top 10 Innovator as well as a recent 2009 Forbes America’s Most Promising Company.


3.

Gist Inc. helps build strong relationships by connecting the inbox to the web to provide business-critical information about the people and companies that matter most. Gist is backed by Vulcan Capital & Foundry Group.


4.

Accept is for idea and portfolio management, designed to help businesses quickly bring their best product ideas to market, raised $17 million in Series B financing from StarVest Partners, Jefferson Partners and the Entrepreneurs Fund.


5.

Apptio is for IT financial management, raised $14 million in Series B financing from Andreessen Horowitz Fund, Shasta Ventures, Greylock Partners and Madrona Venture Group.


6.

Jobvite for job recruitment, raised $8.25 million in Series B financing from ATA Ventures and CMEA Capital.


7.

NextBio is used by life science researchers at universities, and businesses such as Eli Lilly, Merck, and Johnson & Johnson, to find and share information, raised $8 million in Series C financing in a round led by Newbury Ventures.


8.

Sonian, is for data management, raised $5.6 million in Series A funding from Prism VentureWorks and Summerhill Venture Partners.


9.

HealthHiway, a Bangalore, India-based SaaS for hospital patient data and billing, raised $4 million from Greylock Partners.


10.

OptionEase, is for fair market value accounting and compliance, raised $3.5 million in Series A financing from Miramar Venture Partners and others.



Pulled from: http://dreamsimplicity.com/software-discussions/258-10-saas-companies-to-keep-on-your-radar-for-2010.html

Written by Matt Childs
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

SaaS Newswire on a run!

we are gaining traffic and followers on Facebook and Twitter everyday from people following software news and finding what they want at SaaS Newswire