Platform as a service (PaaS) is a cloud computing model. It expands upon infrastructure as a service (IaaS)—compute, storage, and networking—with middleware such as development and deployment environments, database management systems, business intelligence (BI) services, and more.
It’s the digital embodiment of the popular axiom, “You don’t have to reinvent the wheel.”
Take one of the most significant differences between software products and everyday physical goods: how easily they can be replicated or recreated. Creating new physical goods—even physical goods you’ve made hundreds or thousands of times—requires raw materials, capital, and labor. Software, on the other hand, can be replicated with the click of a button and available for use immediately.
Keep that distinction in mind as we take a closer look at PaaS and how it makes setting up and developing software applications easier.
Platform, in this case, refers to the software environment layer that is applied on top of the infrastructure to build applications. In most instances, PaaS is provided by an IaaS provider (though technically, PaaS can also be obtained through a different service).
IaaS offers the physical building, servers, and network capabilities that form your infrastructure. PaaS provides the operating systems, programming tools, and other ancillary tools required to deploy and operate applications.
Some of the most common types of middleware offered by PaaS providers include:
PaaS makes it easier to manage the various software licenses and other services you need to build applications. You can focus on building applications and your PaaS provider will manage the rest.
Often, PaaS is used when you need to build an application based on existing software or framework. Analytics and other data science tools are commonly used PaaS offerings. Modules for data management, workflow management, security, and scheduling are also commonly used.
Using a PaaS solution makes it possible to:
Pure1® is an AI-driven data storage management solution from Pure Storage®. It offers complete visibility into your storage implementation and helps improve your ability to acquire, manage, and optimise your organisation’s infrastructure.
Benefits include:
Even better, Pure1 is capable of managing your end-to-end solution implementation in a hybrid-cloud environment, making it easy to manage storage for your applications with high efficiency, at a lower cost. Forecast future requirements and take any necessary actions to support your solutions—without any bottlenecks.
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