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What is Platform as a Service?

Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a paradigm for delivering operating systems and associated services over the Internet without downloads or installation. PaaS is sometimes called "cloudware" because it moves resources from privately owned computers into the Internet "cloud." Platform as a Service (PaaS) is an outgrowth of Software as a Service (SaaS), a software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider and made available to customers over the Internet.

With PaaS, operating system features can be changed and upgraded frequently. Geographically distributed development teams can work together on software development projects. Services can be obtained from diverse sources that cross international boundaries. Initial and ongoing costs can be reduced by the use of infrastructure services from a single vendor rather than maintaining multiple hardware facilities that often perform duplicate functions or suffer from incompatibility problems. Overall expenses can also be minimized by unification of programming development efforts.


Why Do We Need Platform-as-a-Service?

As noted in an earlier blog post below, we were at the Office 2.0 Conference, where LongJump CEO, Pankaj Malviya, participated in a panel discussion along with representatives from Salesforce and...
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Interop Panel on PaaS, SaaS, and the Taxonomy of On-Demand Apps

If you happen to be in Vegas in the coming weeks, you may want to stop by Mandalay Bay where our very own CEO Pankaj Malviya is taking part in a discussion panel at Interop Las Vegas on May 19th @...
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Service Providers See Huge Promise in Delivering Services in the Cloud

In a recent article by Telephony Online, entitled ASP to SAAS to Clouds — Oh my!, Rich Karpinski looked at how service providers are attempting to offer cloud-based solutions as part of their menu...
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Visual Workflow Designer Making a Splash

LongJump’s introduction of its new Workflow Designer had some great comments from the media. Its ability to map, route and automate business processes is something everyone can easily understand...
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GigaOm: The Long Tail of IT

Our CEO, Pankaj Malviya, has been published on GigaOm recently discussing the how IT and PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) solutions can work hand in hand.
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Agile Software Development and PaaS - Like Peanut Butter for Chocolate

While agile software development is centrally about the project management aspects of programming, and a flexible, unencumbering methodology to get to a better end product, few tools in the process...
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The Birth of a Silo: Another Expensive IT Application Project

Why are Hollywood blockbusters so expensive to produce? They often run $100-million or more to make. The reason is that every movie project is a product; fully conceived and produced from the lines...
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Economics of Platform-as-Service and Cloud Computing

The fundamentals of IT economics are not strong.  We have heard from dozens of IT organizations charged with building web-based business applications for their constituents that meeting all of...
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