Cloud computing architecture comes in many different flavors, three of which are popular among enterprises attempting to launch and manage websites, microsites and apps including, IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.

With IaaS, it is up to the consumer to architect for scale and failover. PaaS solutions have upper bound limitations by client that limit how much compute resources a consumer can request making ...

For example, past a certain scale SaaS and PaaS might require their own specialized infrastructure to operate more effectively than if they were run on an IaaS solution, Brooks said. It's also ...

IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS clouds continue to evolve Cloud Computing News. PaaS is today where cloud computing was in 2008/2009: poised for growth, subject to increasing hype, and expanding from an original ...

SaaS, PaaS, IaaS – these are the three essential models of cloud services to compare, otherwise known as Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a ...

By using cloud-based IaaS or PaaS, SaaS startups can achieve gross margins in the 80 to 90 percent range, allowing them to compete on equal terms with established vendors of installed software.

PaaS is somewhere in between IaaS and SaaS. It’s not a finished product, like SaaS, and it’s not a tabula rasa, like IaaS. PaaS gives your application developers hooks and tools to develop to ...

In theory, PaaS, IaaS and SaaS are designed to do two things: cut costs and free organizations from the time and expense of purchasing equipment and hosting everything on-premises, DiDio said.

IaaS focuses on managing virtual machines, and the risks are little different than with other cloud types -- here, the main risk is rogue or unwarranted commandeering of services.

Failing to take account of these new skills and continuing management costs is the single biggest factor that causes IaaS projects to collapse or fail to meet their goals. DISCOVER: 3 factors to ...