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The key takeaways are that SaaS, PaaS and IaaS are the three main cloud computing service models, with SaaS providing applications, PaaS providing platforms to build applications, and IaaS providing basic computing infrastructure like servers and storage.

SaaS provides ready-to-use applications to users, PaaS provides platforms for developers to build and host applications, and IaaS provides basic computing resources like storage, servers and networking that users can use to build their own infrastructure.

Some examples of SaaS companies are Salesforce, Google Apps and Dropbox. Examples of PaaS include AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Microsoft Azure and Google App Engine. IaaS providers include Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, DigitalOcean and Linode.

CASE STUDY ON COMPARISON OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE,

PLATFORM AS A SERVICE, AND SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

INTRODUCTION:

Cloud computing is a technology in which hardware and software resources such as


special applications, CPU, Storage and many other are provided to users as a service in basis
of pay as you use and through the internet. Cloud computing provides internet based
platform which are widely used for computer technology. The cloud computing technology
has many features such as pay as you use, high scalability, easy to access, lowering business
risks and maintenance expenses, reducing operating cost.
Cloud computing is based on several service models such as Software as a service
SaaS, Platform as a service PaaS, Infrastructure as a service IaaS and many more. Cloud
Computing service model facilitates the user by providing access to the offered services,
application and resources through the internet. These service models are compared from
various angles in order to clearly define their origin, working, advantages, disadvantages and
limitations
SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS):
SaaS is a software that is deployed over the Internet rather than installed on a
computer. It is often used for enterprise applications that are distributed to multiple users.
SaaS applications typically run within a Web browser, which means users only need a
compatible browser in order to access the software. All software and hardware are provided
and managed by a vendor, so you don’t need to install or configure anything. The application
is ready to go as soon as you get your login and password.

PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PAAS):


Platform as a Service, often simply referred to as PaaS, is a category of cloud
computing that provides a platform and environment to allow developers to build applications
and services over the internet. PaaS services are hosted in the cloud and accessed by users
simply via their web browser. The virtual run-time environment makes the process of testing
and developing applications easy.
INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS):

It’s a cloud service where vendor would provide their infrastructure such as servers,
ram, storage units to anyone who needs it based on their demands comes under this
service. Amazon Web Services is maybe the best-known provider for an IaaS-style cloud
service, but there are numerous others in the market.

COMPARISON TABLE:

SAAS PAAS IAAS

Users are provided with Users are Users are


applications that are accessible provided with a provided with
anytime and from platform for virtualized
Characteristics
anywhere, these developing apps hardware and
applications are provided in hosted in the storage on top
one-to-many mechanism. cloud. of which they
can build their
infrastructure.

Typical level
control
Usage and usage- Limited Full
granted to administration.
related configuration. administrati
cloud on
consumer
Consum User and configuration Test, develop, Configure and
er cloud services manage and setup bare
deploy cloud infrastructure,
activities
based solutions install, manage
and cloud and monitor any
services required software
Email, CRM, website Service and Virtual
testing, Virtual desktop, application machine,
Services
Wiki, Blog, automation test, operating
development, system,
integration message queue,
and network,
deployment storage, CPU,
memory,
backup service

Saleforce.com, Google Google Amazon EC2


documents,Clarizen.com,Faceboo AppEngine, and S3, Gogrid,
Vendors
k, Gmail, Hotmail, Quicken Microsoft RACKSPACE,
online, Netsuite, , IBM® Azure, Yahoo IBM
developer BlueHouse,
Network, Linode,
MSFT, VMWare
Heroku,
Engine Yard,
force.com
Data By the customers By the developer By the vendor
manageme
nt
Applicatio By the customers By the developer By the vendor
n
manageme
nt
Used by Business Users Developers and System
deployers Manager
Security Requires transparency in Addition Should consider
service provider’s security al virtual and
policies to be able to determine security physical severs
the degree of sensitive is security policy
corporate data. required conformily.
.

SUGGESTION:
After studying the comparison of three popular clouds delivery models- SaaS, PaaS
and IaaS in the form of a tables, I come to know that cloud computing is the largest buzz in
the world of computer now a day. It gains Popularity in almost every field like in information
technology and in educational systems. Also no doubt cloud computing has a vast future
scope but still it suffers from many security issues.

REAL TIME EXAMPLE OF SAAS,PAAS AND IAAS:


SAAS PAAS IAAS
❖ Concur ❖ AWS Elastic ❖ Microsoft Azure
❖ Salesfore Beanstalk ❖ Cisco Metapod
❖ Dropbox ❖ Force.com ❖ Amazon Web Services(AWS)
❖ Google apps ❖ Heroku ❖ Rackspace
❖ GoToMeetings ❖ Windows Azure ❖ DigitalOcean,Linode
❖ Gmail ❖ Google App Engine
❖ Apache stratos

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