Salesforce.com was the early leader in the Software as a Service arena back in 1999. The founders felt traditional software development would eventually be replaced with web based services.
Microsoft Office Live is Microsoft’s free online collaboration software service. The service gives users the ability to store information in their online account to access from any device anywhere in the world.
Google Apps is a group of hosted applications from Google.
Currently there are two versions of the Apps software. The Free Standard Edition and the $50/User Premier Edition. The main difference between the two versions is security and support.
Azure SQL Services is a scalable data platform built on Microsoft SQL Server hosted on Microsoft’s infrastructure. These SQL Services allow remote storage of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
The Azure Live Services provide the services for handling user data. This includes authentication and profile information that is available for use in your applications.
The Microsoft Azure .NET Services is the developer oriented component of the Windows Azure Platform. This component allows developers to create applications that sit in the Microsoft Cloud.
The Windows Azure Services Platform is Microsoft’s full force entrance into the Cloud Computing world.
Today we have official launched CloudComputingWatch.com. Look for posts about everything related to Cloud Computing. Please email news about Cloud Computing to david[at]cloudcomputingwatch.com