What is Platform as a service?
Platform as a service (Paas) allows you to develop and run applications by providing a platform so that you don't have to face complexity in maintaining infrastructure. It basically deals with managing infrastructure typically linked with developing and launching an application. The platform as a service solutions can be provided in two ways. It can be offered as a public cloud service where the software deployment is controlled by user with minimal configuration options. In this form, the provider offers the network, storage, server, database and other service to host the application. It can also be provided as a private network inside a firewall. It can be of many types- public, private and hybrid, PaaS for quick development, Open PaaS, System types and many more.
Features:-
- Broad network access
- Resource pooling
- On demand self service
- Measured service
- Rapid elasticity
Benefits:-
- You don’t have to access reserved resources working with PaaS.
- PaaS allows testing on cloud
- Cost effective solution