Last week, Amazon Web Services launched Amazon Connect, ... Both Microsoft and Google started with SaaS, moved to PaaS, then IaaS. AWS seems to be going in the opposite direction.

IaaS, short for Infrastructure as a Service, is a cloud computing model that offers on-demand access to compute, storage and networking resources. Instead of buying hardware, customers can rent IT ...

But, the line is blurring, thanks to new offerings from Amazon Web Services and Standing Cloud, ... Microsoft is attempting to blur the line between IaaS and PaaS as well.

He added the PaaS-focused players like Microsoft and Google had been slower to expand into the IaaS market than AWS had been to extend from IaaS into PaaS. Editorial standards.

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.

Amazon Web Services’ Reinvent conference this week is sold out — not surprising, given AWS’s strong adoption by small and medium-sized businesses for infrastructure cloud services (IaaS) and ...

This article explores the journey from PaaS to IaaS, highlighting the benefits, challenges and strategic considerations involved. ... (AWS), Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

SaaS, PaaS, IaaS – these are the ... Prominent providers and offerings: AWS Elastic Beanstalk, RedHat Openshift, IBM Bluemix, Windows Azure, and VMware Pivotal CF. IaaS: Infrastructure as a Service.

Microsoft Azure, originally a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering, only expanded into IaaS in April 2013, making it seven years younger than AWS. Its PaaS and IaaS offerings “operate and feel ...

Amazon Web Services holds a 45 percent share of the worldwide public market for Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) — greater than Microsoft, Google and IBM’s shares combined, according to a ...