Understanding PaaS and tips to ensure high-performance PaaS Cloud Apps The basic requirements for any app (no guesses there) are scalability, speed and efficiency. Of course, the competition is so high these days that to remain competitive, you need those apps to be something extraordinary. PaaS (also known for Platform as a Service) is a cloud computing model enables delivery of application over the Internet. In the PaaS model, the cloud provider provides the hardware and software tools that are needed to make the application available to users. The cloud service provider offers the hardware and software as a service. PaaS users are not required to install in-house hardware and software needed to run the applications.
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Understanding PaaS We already have given you the definition of PaaS. It’s important to understand why should you choose PaaS. PaaS can free your enterprise from installing in-house hardware and software that are required to run new application. If you work with a trusted and dependable PaaS provider, it is their responsibility to provide an optimized environment wherein users can install applications and data sets. IaaS is preconfigured hardware while PaaS goes a step further to include operating environment and application services that can help build cloud apps. It can increase your enterprise deployment speed and agility, it can lower the complexity of app lifecycle, supports continuous delivery, automates admin tasks, and reduces infrastructure operational costs.