4001. Cloud Services
SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS

Cloud Services

1. Cloud Services

1.1 Keep Concepts

  • SaaS: Software as a service
  • PaaS: Platform as a service
  • IaaS: Infrastructure as a service

1.2 Summary of Key Differences

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1.3 Common Examples of SaaS, PaaS, & IaaS

Platform Type Common Examples
SaaS Google Apps, Dropbox, Salesforce, Cisco WebEx, Concur, GoToMeeting
PaaS AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Windows Azure, Heroku, Force.com, Google App Engine, Apache Stratos, OpenShift
IaaS DigitalOcean, Linode, Rackspace, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco Metapod, Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine (GCE)

2. On-Demand vs On-Premise

3. References