on-demand Business Appications without software

asr note:
- google apps on Infrastructure applications side (email, word, excel, collaboration tools )
- appexchange/force.com/salesforce.com on Busuiness applicaitons side
These two categories will cover entire spectrum of the on-demand software applications and they are dozens of other companies "coming up/serving" in these two categories ( see below LongJump etc. from the url.

But there are also a slew of startups that have focused on allowing people to easily create and deploy database driven applications - DabbleDB, Zoho Creator, LongJump, Coghead and WyaWorks, among others.

Finally, Focus on Innovation, Not Infrastructure
Force.com is the world’s first Platform as a Service (PaaS), enabling developers to create and deliver any kind of business application, entirely on-demand and without software. It’s a breakthrough new concept that is making companies radically more successful by letting them translate their ideas into deployed applications in record time.

- Mouse over flash boxes , you see all services offered
- See on the above page: Platform-as-a-Service vs. Traditional Platforms

- see the visual editor and controller in the video for UI and code editing, they are good examples how a best 'web based developer' platform should look like in this video http://www.salesforce.com/campaigns/zdnet/index.jsp
- Pricing is a flat $25/month/user.
- Electronic Arts Builds Extensive Global Talent Acquisition Platform on Robust Salesforce and AppExchange Solution

Salesforce Enters Custom Application Market With Force.com
- see these in the above techcrunch blog DabbleDB, Zoho Creator, LongJump, Coghead and WyaWorks, among others.

- appexchange
-Jasper4Salesforce - Exception reports, reports on any combination of standard and custom objects and fields, drag & drop ad hoc, create highly complex and ready-to-print reports.
- HR applications
- High Tech :: Software

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