If IT had a hammer: Choosing among IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
August 19, 2013
Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Mark Eisenberg.
There is a tendency in the technology world to assume we should use the latest innovation to solve all problems. We often express this by paraphrasing the law of Maslow’s Hammer: "If you are holding a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." Cloud computing is no exception; everything is going to the cloud — or so we are told.
To follow the metaphor, whichever piece of the cloud the vendor has provided becomes the hammer, and all of a company’s workloads and applications become the nails. The question is which distribution model — IaaS, PaaS or SaaS — is right for your needs…
Software as a Service (SaaS) is the classic "make versus buy" decision; if you can buy a service that meets the majority of your needs then that is the most economical flavor of cloud. But don’t let the fear of building an application push you into buying something that does not fit your business needs. Your business processes are your fundamental differentiators in the market, so don’t compromise them to fit an off-the-shelf option…
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