Cloud Computing - Application Development

SaaS (Software as a Service) is an application hostedcross-device browser plug-in that helps companies
on a remote server and accessed through the Internet.design, develop and deliver applications and
A simple example of SaaS is the Microsoft Hotmail,experiences on the Web. A free download that installs
gmail and Yahoo mail. In all these cases a vendor suchin seconds, Silverlight enables a new class of rich,
as Microsoft as in case of Hotmail hosts all of thesecure and scalable cross-platform experiences
programs and data on a remote location which isHow do you watch live TV on Desktop using EPG
available on demand through the (cloud) internet whichIt is Time Shifting and Place Shifting Device Software,
can be accessed by a browser.which is the New Wireless solution for high quality
SaaS (Software as a Service) is an application hostedhome viewing, multicasting and remote viewing. Watch
on a remote server and accessed through the Internet.your TV on a PC anywhere in your house and watch
There are two major categories of SaaSvideo anywhere in the world via the internet. This
1. "Business Applications" such as CRM, ERP, Projectsolution is based on MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 (True
Management, Retail Point of Sale, Banking, Insurance,HD) Video standards, WDM Driver Model, Direct Show
CAD/CAM, Word Processor, Spreadsheet, DatabaseFramework, UDP Hole punching NAT Traversal P2P
applications etc.Connection technique and Wireless streaming
2. The other category is customer oriented servicestechnologies (Unicast/Multicast). Besides Video
for which user has to pay subscription fee or can bePlayback (Live/Recorded), it also support various
free with an advertising running on them typical eg issalient features e.g. EPG, Recording, Time shifting,
web mail.Virtual Remote Control for Set top box, transcoding
What is sliverlight?and export to iTunes/ iPod, WMV and DVD burning
Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform andetc.