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Platform As A Service ( PaaS ). April 23, 2010. Presented By: Joe Palian Expedient Sales Engineer. Agenda. Where Does PaaS Fit in t o the Cloud? Infrastructure as a Service ( IaaS ) Infrastructure Provided and Supported On Demand (Virtualization, Network Capacity)
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Platform As A Service (PaaS) April 23, 2010 Presented By: Joe Palian Expedient Sales Engineer
Where Does PaaS Fit in to the Cloud? • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) • Infrastructure Provided and Supported On Demand (Virtualization, Network Capacity) • Platform as a Service (PaaS) • Deployment and Scalability of Application Platforms (LAMP, .NET) • Software as a Service (SaaS) • Software Provided and Supported On Demand (Salesforce.com) Components of Cloud
Application • Application Server • Application Server • Operating System • Operating System • Abstraction Layer • Abstraction Layer • Hardware • Hardware • SaaS • PaaS • IaaS • Application Cloud Components Compared
What is Your Value as an IT Department to Your Company? • How Does Your Executive Leadership View Your Department? • Are you a Pure Cost Center? • Lack of Appreciation for Complexity • Enabling IT for your business • Concentrate Your IT Resources That Directly Benefit Your Company • Applications and Implementations that can help reduce costs for your company • Applications and Implementations that can help earn revenue for your company • You Cannot Provide This Value, Battling Day to Day Infrastructure Fires Benefits of PaaS
Benefits of PaaS • Quick and Affordable Provisioning of Servers or Services, Connections and Storage • Provisioning Becomes Sole Responsibility of the Provider • Don’t Worry About Power, Cooling, Racking, Stacking, Cabling • Don’t Worry About Network, Hardware, VMware, Windows, LINUX Expertise • Don’t Worry About Hardware Redundancy (Virtual, Network) • Don’t Worry About Licensing • Don’t Worry About Resource Management • Cheaper Startup Costs • Don’t Worry About Hardware End of Life • Don’t Worry About Power Utilization • Environment Quickly Scalable and On Demand • No Colocation Footprint Required • Less Dependency on Hardware Makes DR Planning Easier • Less Dependency For Infrastructure Staffing and Training Benefits of PaaS
Expedients Answer • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) • Infrastructure Provided and Supported On Demand (Virtualization, Network Capacity) • VMware • Firewalls, VPN, Load Balancers, Backup, SAN, Switching, Internet Connectivity, Power/Cooling • Platform as a Service (PaaS) • Deployment and Scalability of Application Platforms (LAMP, .NET) • .NET, LAMP Hosting • Linux OS, Microsoft OS, Virtual Desktop, SAN Management, VMware, Microsoft Applications, Security - PCI • Software as a Service (SaaS) • Software Provided and Supported On Demand (Salesforce.com) • Exchange Expedients Role in the Cloud