Numecent unveils 'NaaS' Cloudpaging platform

BANGALORE, INDIA: Numecent, a cloudpaging company, introduced new cloud service, tremed 'NaaS or native-as-a-service'.

Built on the company's cloudpaging technology, Numecent's NaaS platform enables ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) and developers to deliver inventory of applications from cloud - piracy and friction free - with optional subscription and without any change to source code.

"NaaS is to cloud-delivered native applications, what SaaS is to Web-applications. As the delivery of digital goods moves unstoppably towards the cloud, companies offering SaaS have been reaping enormous economic benefits with their Web applications" said Osman Kent, co-founder and CEO of Numecent. "However, until the advent of NaaS, most ISVs with native applications have been unable to participate in this new economy due to technical, financial and resourcing barriers.

With the tools and the services provided, ISVs can 'cloudify' and optionally 'SaaSify' Microsoft Windows-based applications and deliver them from NaaS platform almost instantly, with zero installation of the cloudified application on client devices. Data can remain local to users.

"A white-label offering, NaaS is a multi-tenant platform hosted on AWS (Amazon Web Services) and provides a global footprint with a fully integrated CDN (Content Delivery

Network).

This workflow does not require any changes or access to source code and can be outsourced to certified professionals in Numecent's ecosystem. Cloudpaged applications can even be run offline at the ISV's discretion while under full license control

"Last year we showed how cloudpaging solves the download and installation problems by making cloud delivery almost instantaneous," said Art Hitomi, co-founder and CTO of Numecent. "This year, cloudpaging also solves the problem of subscription licensing from the cloud. With NaaS, we are now delivering all three benefits in a unified and effortless cloud service."