It is the third article of the series "Cloud computing - not only for big boys".
In cloud computing world everything is service . So we say cloud employs a service - oriented deployment model.
There are 3 main type of services provided by the cloud and now they became the buzz words of cloud computing
In cloud computing world everything is service . So we say cloud employs a service - oriented deployment model.
There are 3 main type of services provided by the cloud and now they became the buzz words of cloud computing
SaaS (Software as a Service)
1. It is the most popular and well known service provided by the cloud
2. Here software is provided as a service over a network like Internet
3. No more software installation, configuration . All is done at cloud and you just need a browser to access it.
4. No more software licences . Payment is done in subscriptions
Some of well know SaaS are Google Docs , Zoho Office Suite
Check out more SaaS services here
PaaS (Platform as a service)
1. It is least known but emerging cloud service
2. It provides a platform for building different kind of software
3. It includes an operating system , middle-ware etc.
4. You can use a nice Operating system over Internet !. Check out a cloud OS here
Well know PaaS are Google App Engine , Amazon EC2
IaaS(Infrastructure as a service)
1. More useful for start-up companies who don't want to invest in high-end servers
2. It provides the storage facility for the users
3. One of the simple example of IaaS is storing our mails in GMail servers.
