Cloud computing has revolutioned the way we source and consume IT services. From storage to application development cloud has become a way of life. There are many benefits of developing applications ...

“Cloud is the new hardware” is one of my favorite catchphrases of the moment. The idea that we can assume a fully automated, wildly scalable compute, storage, and network infrastructure is ...

My editor recently mentioned a conversation he had with consultants who noted that the architecture of Salesforce.com’s Force.com PaaS (platform as a service) embeds a lot of service-oriented ...

Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) emerged as a leading force in the ever-evolving quest to streamline software development. PaaS dates back to 2006 with Force.com, followed by Heroku, AWS Elastic Beanstalk ...

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Cliff De Wit, Chief Innovation Officer at Microsoft SA. While the operating environment for modern businesses has been dramatically reshaped by a number of technology trends in the last few years, few ...

In a move aimed at making it more appealing for developers and business decision makers to use its cloud platform as a service (PaaS), Microsoft is bringing together its separate Azure app services ...

Sluggish the Internet of Things (IoT) apps can cause work productivity to take a hit. One way to keep productivity high with IoT apps is by testing them with a Platform as a Service (PaaS). The ...

Even most non-techies probably have an idea of what cloud computing is by now, but when you start getting into IaaS vs. SaaS vs. PaaS even those of us in the industry can struggle. In a nutshell, ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a new service called OpsWorks, which manages apps at any scale. But more interesting is the disruptive influence the move will have on the fledgling platform as ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...