Users can also access snapshots of data stored in the cloud, spread data across multiple cloud platforms, on-demand insights into cloud storage costs on a volume-by-volume basis, and virtualized storage array capabilities.
Pichai envisages that it will include "assistive" search, "especially on mobile," suggesting that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the platform for on-demand services accessed from any device – including smartphones.
Uber started its platform with on-demand black car services.
It's basically a self-service platform with on-demand human experts.
And BookRenter offers partners analytics platform and on-demand reporting capabilities, to give them intelligence on what's selling.
Adding e-commerce offerings to its platform, including on-demand food delivery, gives Yelp another potential source of revenue.
Nuflick – Based in Mexico City, Nuflick is a platform of on-demand indie films and film festivals focused on the Mexican and Latin American market.
The Ikea-owned platform for on-demand labor also posted an update from its chief executive officer Stacy Brown-Philpot about the incident.
CBS, based in New York, reached an agreement with affiliated television stations this year allowing the network to pursue agreements to distribute shows on new platforms, including on-demand services, a network spokesman, Dana McClintock, said in an interview.
Thanks to a growing number of platforms offering on-demand services in more places around the world, there's now massive demand for workers to perform services and deliver goods to users.
Complex sign-ups are a matter of the past and the digital platforms for on-demand economy enable purchase on a tap of a single button, conveniently and 24/7 from any corner of the world.
