Friday, 21 March 2014

Platform as a Service

What is 'Platform as a Service' (abbreviated as 'PaaS'?. It is one of the categories in cloud computing services. In PaaS, software developers are provided with a platform and required environment to develop software and service over the internet. Cloud Computing has tremendously changed the process of developing and running applications. The Cloud is the host for PaaS services and consumers can easily access these services via internet browser. Thus, due to PaaS, a new software can be delivered as fast as opening a web browser. Also, there is no trouble of hardware and software infrastructure in PaaS. 

                                       (Source :- comparethecloud.net)

Summarizing the above information about PaaS, PaaS is basically a cloud computing model in which apps that are hosted in the cloud are made available or distributed to the consumers over the web. So, it is very obvious that PaaS is extremely beneficial for the developers. With the help of PaaS, the alteration and upgradation of the OS features can be done on frequent basis. Also, software development teams located in different countries can work on a same development project through PaaS. There are many other advantages of PaaS. Few additional advantages are mentioned below:-
  1. Overall expenditure is minimized as there is no need to invest money in hardware infrastructure and maintenance. Consumers are able to rent the virtual infrastructure which is beneficial in terms of both practice and costs. Thus, the team can concentrate only on development as no hardware maintenance is required.
  2. With the help of some PaaS features, even a non developer can develop applications by using a web browser's one click functionality.
  3. It makes the development process more flexible. Developers or consumers can choose the features they need in PaaS making the overall process more flexible. Thus, PaaS offers Flexibility
  4. Once adopted features can be altered later if it the need of time. Thus, PaaS offers Adaptability.
  5. PaaS offers a great security to the organisations. This security also involves data security, recovery and backup.

                                                             (Source:- rightyaleft)

Lets focus on PaaS market scenario on global basis. According to the MarketsandMarkets,
the global PaaS market is estimated to grow from $1.28 billion in 2013 to $6.94 billion in 2018 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 32.54% in this period. In terms of geographies, North America continues to be the biggest market for PaaS solutions. For more information about the PaaS market, follow the link mentioned below:-


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