Platform as a service Updates

FireScope Announces Out-of-the-Box Integration with Service-Now
ServiceNow provides flexible cloud-based applications and a platform as a  service (PaaS) for incident and problem management. ServiceNow's cloud services coupled with FireScope's cloud solutions and services provide adisruptive combination to help<http://www.marketwatch.com/story/firescope-announces-out-of-the-box-integration-with-service-now-2012-07-02>

DataMotion Files Provisional Patent for Technology that Enables Easy and ...
Like all DataMotion data-delivery services, this new capability will  leverage the DataMotion Platform, a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that makes it simple for organizations to reduce the cost and complexity of exchanging sensitive <http://www.marketwatch.com/story/datamotion-files-provisional-patent-for-technology-that-enables-easy-and-secure-doctor-patient-email-interaction-2012-07-02>

Survey: Cloud's Future Burns Bright as Corporate Confidence Grows

Platform-as-a -service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) will  grow significantly within the next five years; PaaS will increase from 405 to 725 and IaaS will grow from 51% to 66%. The top 3 areas in which "cloud formations" are coming <http://www.idevnews.com/stories/5297/Survey-Clouds-Future-Burns-Bright-as-Corporate-Confidence-Grows>


Streaming APIs Take Integration to a Higher Level
Of course, all this starts to beg the question: What is the difference  between a SaaS platform that can easily customized and extended and a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering where developers build applications? Rosenbaum concedes that the  <http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/streaming-apis-take-integration-to-a-higher-level/?cs=50715>