Over the last years, software development of new Web Apps designed to be run in the Cloud has gone under a major shift, moving away from the “usual suspects” Java, C#, .NET, PHP, etc,.. to the so called PaaS environment (Platform As a Service). In a nutshell, PaaS is the ability to leverage an underlying cloud based infrastructure (also called IaaS) to build Web Apps offered as a Service (also called SaaS). Large SaaS providers were the pioneered in the PaaS world, as an attempt to increase their application wallet share through an ecosytem of partners solutions built on top of their existing infrastructure.
For a Software developer, the key driver to move to PaaS is that it offers the ability to build and deploy customized software solutions at a fraction of the cost of a traditional software build. Recently one of our vendor mentioned to me that it took them only 6 months to re-develop their whole HR suite using the Force.com platform (compared to the 8 years it took them to build it originally in Java !)
If you are a Business owner you may already use an Application from one of the leading PaaS provider (CRM, Accounting, etc,..) but you may want to check out what’s available from other PaaS providers or simply understand how each other Apps can integrate and be complementary.
This is why at GetApp.com we have also organized Apps by Platform eco system, so you can browse them quickly and jump for one PaaS to another to evaluate their Apps offering.
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So what’s your favorite PaaS ?
