Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced a new Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), codenamed “Cocomo,” that can let developers easily add real-time social capabilities into Web applications via “cloud” computing. Using Cocomo and Adobe® Flex®, developers can include collaboration features like real-time audio/video and chat in their existing applications, or build entirely new ones such as multi-player games or social media applications that run cross-platform using Adobe Flash® Player or Adobe AIR™.
SAN FRANCISCO (Business Wire EON) November 16, 2008 --
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced a new Platform-as-a-Service
(PaaS), codenamed “Cocomo,” that can let developers easily add
real-time social capabilities into Web applications via “cloud”
computing. Using Cocomo and Adobe®
Flex®, developers can include collaboration features like real-time
audio/video and chat in their existing applications, or build entirely
new ones such as multi-player games or social media applications
that run cross-platform using Adobe
Flash® Player or Adobe
AIR™.
Cocomo is comprised of Flex client components, a hosted services
infrastructure, and a simple but powerful development model. Now,
developers can rapidly build rich user experiences for real-time
applications in a matter of days instead of months. Further, because
Cocomo was designed with security in mind, developers can confidently
build multi-user applications that are easier for people to use and
trust.
Adobe uses Cocomo in Adobe
Acrobat® 9 software and Adobe
Reader® 9 software, as well as Acrobat.com, to provide end users
with access to real-time collaboration within and around PDF
documents. This capability can enable users to drive a group’s
navigation through a PDF document in real-time, helping ensure everyone
is literally, and figuratively, on the same page.
Real-time social features that can be added to Web applications include:
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Robust Data Messaging
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VoIP Audio
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Webcam Video
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Real-Time File Sharing
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Text Chat
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Contextual Presence
The Cocomo public beta is available immediately for free sign-up at http://www.adobe.com/go/cocomo.
Quotes:
Erik Larson, director of marketing and product management, Adobe’s
Business Productivity Business Unit
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“In releasing Cocomo, we are making another leap forward towards
enabling developers to deliver rich Internet applications powered by
Adobe platform technologies. Cocomo extends our strategy to give
developers the power to create rich real-time social applications that
will change the way people communicate and collaborate with each
other.”
Kevin Chesney, chief executive officer, Acesis
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“Cocomo allows us to rapidly include real-time collaboration features,
with rich video and audio, within Acesis Medical Review, all while
meeting the stringent security requirements of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Our customers can
be confident they are not exposing sensitive information during the
medical peer review process, because the data never leaves the control
of our system. And, because we can rely on Adobe to manage and
maintain the hosted servers for real-time communications, our
engineering team can concentrate on developing and delivering new
features that help doctors improve patient care and prevent medical
errors.”
Sean Corfield, vice president of engineering and chief systems
architect, Broadchoice, Inc.
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“We think that Cocomo has the potential to revolutionize collaboration
application development. It’s quite flexible and will support a broad
range of application needs, and it provides a remarkably easy way to
incorporate audio and video conferencing into an application.”
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