Mob. Readinglist. Proxy. Podcast. Geni - Genealogy - Free Family Tree. JW FLV Media Player. Salesforce to Launch “UI as a Service”; Offers Glimpse Into Link. Salesforce.com has announced that they will be launching Visualforce, which it describes as “User-Interface-as-a-Service,” as part of the company’s “Summer ‘08” release.
I spoke with Ariel Kelman, senior director of platform product marketing at Salesforce earlier today to get the skinny on this buzzword laden news, and while business software may not be our MO here at Mashable, Visualforce is something to pay attention to, as it’s potentially a technology that could be emulated by platforms far and wide. User Interface as a Service “User Interface as a Service” (UIaaS) is essentially what the title implies: versus building a UI from scratch, Visualforce allows developers to utilize pre-built components to create their UI within Salesforce applications.
In case you're not familiar with Salesforce, their platform, AppExchange, is like the Facebook Platform for business software, but with more users, and with some serious money involved.