Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) by LongJump

In the last couple of years there has been a lot of interest in why on-demand applications are better than their conventional software counterparts. ZDNet’s Phil Wainewright does a great job of identifying six important characteristics of software are service:

• Ready to run: The idea that on-demand applications require no installation and minimum setup in order use
• Pay as you go: The idea that you only pay for what you use. LongJump’s “Pay as your grow” approach provides even greater flexibility in allowing you to pay based on the number of users or the amount of storage your applications use.
• Short learning curve: The idea that on-demand application require a minimal amount of training. Additional resources like LongJump University and support help accelerate the learning curve further.
• Codeless customization: The ability to customize applications without coding or development. This one of the core value propositions of the LongJump platform.
• Loosely coupled integration: The idea that on-demand applications have adopted a loosely coupled, service-oriented approach to integrating with external system.
• Constant monitoring and feedback: The idea that a company like LongJump can and does improve the quality and applicability of their platform by listening to and learning from customers.

In general, many of these characteristics apply to on-demand application offerings. The LongJump’s platform, however, offers other unique benefits that continue to speak to the advantages it has over conventional software:

• Inter-application integration: The ability for applications to share information between each other
• Collaboration and community: LongJump tries to leverage the web as a collaborative platform for sharing information between team members and this notion is evident in many of its applications.
• Website Integration: LongJump understands that no application is an island and that customers need to be able to integrate their LongJump applications with their existing websites or other online properties. As a result, LongJump provides a growing range of “cut-and-paste integration” options to users.