Top 10 Web Platform 2008 ( 2 )

Continuing from Top 10 Web Platform 2008 ( 1 )

6. Android
Google open mobile platform OS, Android, an explosion at the scene this year as rival Apple iPhone closed platforms. Google spent a lot of time this year, encouraging developers to create applications for Android - and rewarding them for the cold, cash from the Android developer "(see our previous coverage here). This has led many third-party applications and numerous shops App. The first Android phone - "T-Mobile G1 with Google" - was launched in September, followed by a second Blackberry-phone, as in December. Android Apps show steady growth, and we can expect that the ramp in 2009 as more phones come to market.

Android went open source in October, which has set Google apart from Apple managed platform. While the iPhone is our main platform in 2008, Google has the opportunity to challenge on the mantle in the next year.

7. Amazon Web Services
The leading edge of the Amazon Web Services stack was first presented to the world in 2006, and it continues to be impressive in 2008 - albeit with a more practical orientation. Amazon Web Services essentially became more mature, offering v'08 and shored their support services.

Amazon Web Services, headed by Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), was the first major cloud computing platform, and today his credentials to the backend of many beginners. Earlier this year, we noted that Amazon Web Services now account for more than the capacity of all the Amazon global websites combined. Then, in April, Amazon has announced a prize to support the package to pay for some of its basic infrastructure services. S3, EC2 and simple queue service (SQS) each received a gold and a silver level of treatment. In October, Amazon EC2 announced that comes out of beta, and that it now supports Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server (for example, goes for Linux distributions and OpenSolaris). At the same time suggested that the Amazon Service Level Agreement for EC2 and promised the availability of 99.95%.

8. Live Mesh
Live Mesh service launched in April, as the invitation-only "Technology Preview". This is Microsoft attempt to link all our data together. Live Mesh to synchronize data between multiple devices (currently PCs only Windows, but theoretically it will extend to mobile and other devices in the future), as well as on the web desktop that exists in the cloud. It can synchronize data between devices used by individual users, as well as the establishment of a joint space for multiple users.

In fact, Live Mesh is a set of channels (which can be expressed as ATOM, JSON, FeedSync, RSS, WB-XML, or POX). Each piece of data entered into a user's Mesh - be it a file, folder, message, the user authorization, a new device - is provided as part of the information in the channel. Forage and then synchronize with other devices that are part of the Mesh following rules on how to sync each particular piece of information (for example, file synchronization with the users May 1, 2 and 3, while the B file may be said synchronization Users 1 and 2).

9. Fire Eagle
Earlier this year, Yahoo announced that closed beta period of its location platform Fire Eagle has ended and that the service is open to all. A number of high-profile services, including Brightkite, Movable Type, Dopplr and Pownce introduced Fire Eagle through the numerous Yahoo API, provides access to the service.

As we wrote on Fire Eagle, when the beta was first announced, it provides an API kits in five different programming languages, he received permission protocols are available for web, desktop and mobile applications, and is using open standards community built oAuth to facilitate faster, more secure mashups. Thus, the platform is the mobilization of the universal open standards.

Note: See also our coverage of Yahoo! Internet Location Platform, the collection of geographical depth based API.

10. Mozilla Weave
This year, Mozilla Weave announced a new Web platform that will keep users' browser metadata in a cloud conditions for access anywhere. Weave is a "basis for the integration of services, which will, in accordance with Mozilla", focus on finding ways to improve the efficiency of the users of Firefox, increase user control over personal information, as well as provide new opportunities for developers to create innovative Internet experience. "

The basic idea is that browser metadata (things stored in your profile as Firefox bookmarks, history, RSS-feeds, the user names and passwords, etc.), pushed into a cloud, and stored by Mozilla. These data are available for users where they are online, and users can share information with friends, relatives or third parties, while retaining control over how, when and if the information is shared.

Was not to make Top 10
There were many other Web-based platform, which impressed us during the year. Google browser Chrome is very promising (but we felt it was too early to say at the beginning of 10), Google Gears helped take the world offline, online, meebo created intriguing platform based on its core capabilities chat, Bungee Labs has developed a great platform for mashups, Salesforce. com has been a strong year again, and many others. It seems that all major Internet companies now have a platform that is ideal for developers and users alike. Check out our previous posts list of 10 prospective web-based platform for other examples.

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