https://blog.smarttechventures.au/tags/azure-software/Recent content in Azure Software on Chris McKelt - Remembering ThoughtsHugo -- 0.147.2enMon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0800https://blog.smarttechventures.au/articles/posts/choosing-a-cloud-platform-offering/Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0800https://blog.smarttechventures.au/articles/posts/choosing-a-cloud-platform-offering/<h2 id="cloud-terms">Cloud Terms</h2> <p>Firstly some terminology courtesy of <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16820336/what-is-saas-paas-and-iaas-with-examples" target="_blank">Stackoverflow</a></p> <p><strong>IAAS (Infrastructure As A Service) :</strong></p> <ul> <li>The base layer</li> <li>Deals with Virtual Machines, Storage (Hard Disks), Servers, Network, Load Balancers etc</li> </ul> <p><strong>PAAS (Platform As A Service) :</strong></p> <ul> <li>A layer on top of IAAS</li> <li>Runtimes (like .net/java runtimes), Databases (like MSSql, Oracle), Web Servers (IIS/tomcat etc)</li> </ul> <p><strong>SAAS (Software As A Service) :</strong></p> <ul> <li>A layer on top on PAAS</li> <li>Applications like email (Gmail, Yahoo mail etc), Social Networking sites (Facebook etc)</li> </ul> <h1 id="iaas">IAAS</h1> <ul> <li><a href="http://aws.amazon.com/" target="_blank">AWS</a></li> <li><a href="http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/" target="_blank">Azure</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.digitalocean.com" target="_blank">Digital Ocean</a></li> <li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/" target="_blank">Google Cloud</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="paas">PAAS</h1> <ul> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hanuk/archive/2013/12/03/which-windows-azure-cloud-architecture-paas-or-iaas.aspx" target="_blank">Azure</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dotcloud.com/" target="_blank">DotCloud</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.salesforce.com/paas/" target="_blank">SalesForce</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.openshift.com/" target="_blank">OpenShift</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.m-brace.net/" target="_blank">m-brace</a></li> <li><a href="https://appharbor.com" target="_blank">AppHarbour</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.heroku.com/" target="_blank">Heroku</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="saas">SAAS</h1> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mexia.com.au/azure-app-service-the-new-cloud-integration-platform/" target="_blank">Azure</a></li> <li><a href="https://appharbor.com/page/how-it-works" target="_blank">AppHarbour</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.heroku.com/" target="_blank">Heroku</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.salesforce.com/saas/" target="_blank">SalesForce</a></li> </ul>