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Why Platform Clouds Need to Be More Like App Stores

The app store model, pioneered by companies like Handango and popularized by Apple, has become the preferred method for distributing software on everything from desktops to post-PC devices. We’re also seeing this model in the cloud, mostly through software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, such as the Google Apps Marketplace. But what’s been missing so far is a platform-as-a-service that allows you to add components through an app store interface. In the world of enterprise software, SaaS app markets are subverting the binary distinction between “best of breed” solutions that do one thing...

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Published By: Tech Crunch - Saturday, 28 July, 2012