Cambridge, UK based software-as-a-service (SaaS (News - Alert)) company Socium Ltd. has been selected for the SaaS lot of the government procurement service’s G-Cloud program. According to the supplier, the company’s online validation service has been selected as an approved service on the G-Cloud framework, which is a cross government initiative.

In essence, £60 (US $94.8) million G-Cloud Framework includes Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), SasS and Specialist Cloud Services to cover all aspects cloud computing.

Socium said that as a successful applicant, the company will be able to include details of its cloud based Online Validation Service in the CloudStore, which will be a catalog of suppliers and services on the G-Cloud Framework. Serving as an e-marketplace of cloud services, CloudStore allows public sector buyers to easily see and compare services best suited to their needs, said Socium.

According to Socium, its Online Validation Service provides an independent, simple and easy to use way of validating spatial data against a set of standard or user-defined business rules. By providing the service in the cloud, Socium eliminates the need for users to invest in software or infrastructure, whilst still being able to benefit from state-of-the-art technology, said the SaaS supplier.

In a statement, Duncan Guthrie, managing director at Socium said, “We are delighted to have been selected as an approved supplier on the G-Cloud framework. We are already working closely with local government organizations across the country and look forward to being able to increase these relationships further through the G-Cloud.”

He added, “The Online Validation Service is proving very popular with government users because it enables them to easily overcome their spatial data challenges, but without the time or costs involved in purchasing and maintaining traditional software solutions. Many councils are also talking with us about specific data problems they are facing so that we can create, free of charge, new rules in the service for them and other Socium users to access.”