Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) unveils 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.

Cocomo Experiment : The YouTube LivingRoom

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.

Useful Links:

Cocomo sign-up : http://www.adobe.com/go/cocomo
Cocomo example of Yahoo! Maps mashup : http://blogs.adobe.com/collabmethods/2008/03/cocomo_yahoo_maps_editors_pick.html
Cocomo example of YouTube Livingroom mashup : http://blogs.adobe.com/collabmethods/2008/05/_another_cocomo_experiment_the.html
Collaborative methods blog page : http://blogs.adobe.com/collabmethods/

In releasing Cocomo, Adobe is making another leap forward towards enabling developers to deliver rich Internet applications powered by Adobe platform technologies.