TiE Oregon presents Software & Internet SIG - Business Platforms for Apps January 21, 2009

If you are on Facebook playing Texas Hold'Em, added LinkedIn applications leveraging your connections, or reviewed sales, marketing, HR or other applications at force.com, appexchange, you are already in touch with the evolving world of Application Integration Platforms which have opened up new software opportunities for business and monetization.

Come join us for an overview of these Business Platforms, contribute to the discussion and learn:

* How are they different from other services such as Google App Engine and Amazon EC2?
* How does an application plug into these platforms?
* What data do they make available to application developers?
* What are the success and failure factors for such applications and business models?

Official Website: http://www.oregon.tie.org/TGS/EM/viewevent/viewEventPT?id_event=2914&from_where=chapter_homepage