Will PaaS die? No, but neither will the PaaS model dominate

Grazed from ComputerWorldUK. Author: Forrester.

James Staten and I wrote this vision of the future of cloud computing. The full report is available to Forrester clients at this link. The research is part of Forrester’s playbook to advise CIOs on productive use of cloud computing and is relevant to application development and delivery leaders as well.

This research charts the shifts taking place in the market as indicated by the most advanced cloud developers and consumers. In the future, look for the popular software-as-a-service (SaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) models to become much more flexible by allowing greater customisation and integration…

Look for more pragmatic cloud development platforms that cross the traditional cloud service boundaries of SaaS, platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and IaaS. And look for good private and public cloud options — and simpler ways of integrating private-public hybrids. The key takeaways from this research are:…

Read more from the source @ http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/app-dev-and-programme-management/2012/11/cloud-keys-an-era-of-new-it-responsiveness-and-efficiency/index.htm