BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Platform
- a product used as a basis for building more complex products or delivering services. For example, a communications network is a platform for delivering knowledge or data.
Wiktionary Definition for: Platform
- #A raised stage from which speeches are made and songs are sung.
- #A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
- #A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train.
- #(''automobiles'') A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
- #(''computing'') A particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and / or a partular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.
- Ex:''That program runs on an X-Window-System '''platform'''.
- Ex:''Typical PCs use the x86 '''platform'''.''
Additional Resources
- Apple Launching a New Platform War With the Mac
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs will deliver another sermon to the Mac faithful at the Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC, but amid all the pyrotechnics about the iPhone, App Store and third party software goodies keep in mind the big picture: There’s a platform war about to start. It’s...
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Nokia Qt LGPL switch huge win for cross-platform development
- Nokia has announced plans to make the open source Qt toolkit available under GNU's Lesser General Public License LGPL. This change could significantly boost Qt adoption, redefine the economics of cross-platform programming, and dramatically reshape the landscape of commercial application development on the Linux desktop. Qt is a popular cross-platform...
- News items 2009-08-07
- AMD, HP Combine to Launch ?Yukon` Platform for Ultraportable Laptops
- Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to launch its much anticipated ?Yukon? platform for lower cost, ultraportable laptops at the 2009 CES and the chip maker has lined up Hewlett-Packard as the first PC vendor to offer a consumer laptop based on the new platform. The AMD Yukon platform, which the...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Red Hat Delivers New JBoss Java Application Platform for the Cloud
- Red Hat has announced the delivery of its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0, a core middleware component of the company's JBoss Open Choice strategy that represents the next generation Java application platform and will be integral to Red Hat's cloud foundation, the company said.Red Hat has announced the delivery of...
- News items 2009-09-01
- Platform-As-a-Service Needs an Audience
- Software as a service has turned into platform as a service (as if we needed another “aaSâ€) and as this application battle royale gets underway developers need to think about these efforts in terms of audience. For instance, Bill Appleton, CTO of DreamFactory, which makes cloudwareâ€"rich Internet...
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- AMD, HP Combine to Launch 'Yukon' Platform for Ultraportable Laptops
- Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to launch its much anticipated ?Yukon? platform for lower-cost, ultraportable laptops at the 2009 CES, and the chip maker has lined up Hewlett-Packard as the first PC vendor to offer a consumer laptop based on the new platform. The AMD Yukon platform, which the company...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Microsoft's Teamprise Acquisition Takes Visual Studio Cross-Platform
- Microsoft announces that it will purchase the Teamprise technology and other Teamprise-related assets from SourceGear to deliver cross-platform support for Microsoft's Visual Studio tool set.Microsoft has announced that it will purchase the Teamprise technology and other Teamprise-related assets from SourceGear LLC to deliver cross-platform support for Microsoft?s Visual Studio tool...
- News items 2009-11-09
- AOL's Platform-A Lands Verizon Deal, No. 1 Network Ranking
- Not a bad day for AOL's Platform-A ad network. First, the company announced a major deal with Verizon, in which Platform-A will rep all of its online advertising, as well as most of its mobile advertising: Under the terms of the agreement, Verizon will leverage Platform-A’s ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Announcing Final Releases of Platform Update for Windows Vista Technologies
- Today we are announcing the final release of the Platform Update for Windows Vista . The Platform Update for Windows Vista features a set of runtime libraries which add support for new technologies making it easier for developers to develop for Windows 7 and Windows Vista without impacting...
- News items 2009-10-27
- IBM Debuts Public Service Platform
- A combination of software and services specifically designed to meet the unique challenges of government, the IBM Government Industry Framework utilizes elements of IBM?s entire software portfolio including WebSphere, Rational, Tivoli, Lotus and Information Management products while leveraging the full range of IBM server and storage products.IBM debuted a new...
- News items 2009-10-30
- PayPal's (Partially) Open Platform to Usher in New Payment Models & Apps
- PayPal is opening up substantial parts of its global transactional engine, with the new open platform dubbed "PayPal X," company executives announced this morning at PayPal's X Innovate 2009 developer conference in San Francisco. PayPal developers and users now have access to a slew of new APIs, ranging from an...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Microsoft to cut Live Framework and Services from its Azure cloud platform
- When Microsoft showed off its comprehensive Azure cloud "layer cake" diagram back at the Professional Developers Conference PDC in 2008, to me, it had somewhat of a slapped-together feeling. Up until last fall, Microsoft was building two "cloud" developer platforms in parallel that were meant to provide programmers with a...
- News items 2009-08-21
- PLAN B.(Chicago Board of Trade trading platform change from Project A to a/c/e completing alliance with Eurex)(Brief Article)
- In another step to complete its alliance with Eurex, the CBOT will change its trading platform from Project A to a/c/e, which is the same trading platform that Eurex uses for its markets. This common platform will provide traders with access to both In another...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- LG turns to Ericsson for 3G mobile platform.(News)
- Ericsson Mobile Platforms AB and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced that LG will license an HSPA platform from Ericsson for "ultra-small,'' mass-market 3G phones. Ericsson's U360 platform includes a reference design, platform software, ap Ericsson Mobile Platforms AB...
- Research articles 2007-02-12
- Pixo uses Conexant platform.
- CUPERTINO, Calif.--Pixo Inc. said it has integrated the Pixo software platform with Conexant Systems' hardware platform to create a reference design for GPRS wireless phones. The Pixo platform features a ... CUPERTINO, Calif.--Pixo Inc. said it has integrated the...
- Research articles 2000-09-18
- Brazil: Petrobras complains about platform construction delay.
- Brazil: Petrobras considers taking actions against Maritima due to the P-40 offshore platform construction delay. Maritima denies the delay,but market sources say that the platform will not be finished in due time. The P-40 platform will be used to d Brazil: Petrobras considers taking actions against...
- Research articles 2000-05-22
- PLATFORM LSF ACTIVECLUSTER TO CREATE VIRTUAL SUPERCOMPUTER.(Platform Computing Inc's Platform LSF ActiveCluster)
- Platform Computing Inc. has announced that Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, one of the world's top comprehensive cancer research, teaching and treatment facilities, has selected Platform LSF ActiveClusterTM to harness idle compute cycles from d Platform Computing Inc. has announced that Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, one...
- Research articles 2002-05-01
- James Hay increases fund platform.
- Abbey-owned Sipp and wrap platform expands. Maryrose Fison Sipp and wrap platform provider James Hay has launched three new funds onto its platform. Sipp and wrap platform provider James Hay has launched three new funds onto its platform. The...
- Research articles 2008-03-27
- VMware Puts New Muscle into vSphere Cloud Platform
- The world's largest virtualization software and services company will be adding four new modules to the vSphere 4.0 platform that was launched last May. These are new tools for capacity planning, storage configuration, operational expense planning and data recovery/business continuity.SAN FRANCISCO -- VMware CEO Paul Maritz, in his Day 1...
- News items 2009-09-01
- AMD reveals future platform lineups
- AMD has announced new details on its platform roadmap at the 2009 Financial Analyst Day, where senior executives, including president and Chief Executive Officer Dirk Meyer, discussed AMD's strategy for sustained success and growth in 2010 and beyond. In 2009, AMD achieved all of its major milestones. It transformed into...
- News items 2009-11-12
