Software AG has picked up cloud PaaS (platform-as-a-service) vendor LongJump in a bid to give small and medium-sized companies a way to rapidly develop applications with less involvement from IT. Terms of the deal, which was announced Thursday, were not disclosed. LongJump's platform gives users a set of models and templates for building applications, with no need to code, according to Software AG's announcement. Applications can be deployed on public and private cloud services, as well as on premises and through mobile devices.