What is Platform as a Service (PaaS)?

What is Platform as a Service (PaaS)?

Platform as a service (PaaS) is a complete development and deployment domain in the cloud with resources that enable you to deliver everything. From simple cloud-based apps to sophisticated, cloud-enabled enterprise applications. You buy the resources you need from a cloud service provider on a pay-as-you-go basis and access them over a secure Internet connection.

PaaS includes infrastructure like servers, storage, and networking. They also include middleware, development tools, business intelligence (BI) services, database management systems, and more. PaaS supports the complete web application lifecycle; from building, testing, deploying, managing, and updating.

With PaaS you avoid the expense and difficulty of:

• buying and managing software licenses
• the underlying application infrastructure
• middleware
• container orchestrators
• development tools  

You manage the applications and services you develop. The cloud service provider in most cases manages everything else.

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Common PaaS scenarios

Organizations most of the time use PaaS for these scenarios:

Development framework. PaaS provides a framework. Developers can build upon developing or customizing cloud-based applications. Like an Excel macro, PaaS lets developers create applications using built-in software components. Cloud includes features such as scalability, high-availability, and multi-tenant capability; reducing the amount of coding that developers must do.

Analytics or business intelligence.  Tools used as a service with PaaS allow organizations to analyze and extract data finding insights, patterns and predicting outcomes to improve forecasting, product design decisions, investment returns, and other business decisions.

Other services. PaaS providers may offer other services that enhance applications. Such as workflow, directory, security, and scheduling.

Advantages of PaaS

Cut coding time. PaaS development tools can cut the time it takes to code new apps with pre-coded application components built into the platform; like workflow, directory services, security features, search, and so on.

Add development capabilities without adding staff. Platform as a Service can give your development team new capabilities without you needing to add staff having the required skills.

Develop many platforms—including mobile—without difficulty. Some service providers give you development options for many platforms like computers, mobile devices, and browsers making cross-platform apps quicker and easier to develop.

Use affordable sophisticated tools. Use sophisticated development software, business intelligence and analytics tools with a pay as you go model.

Support development teams in separate locations. You can access the development environment over the Internet allowing you to develop teams to work together on projects even when team members are in remote locations.

Manage the application lifecycle. PaaS offers all the capabilities needed to support the complete web application lifecycle; Building, testing, deploying, managing, and updating within the same integrated environment.

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