PaaS – A Cloud Technology and its Applications

PaaS Service: 

Platform as a service is a cloud-based solution provided by a service provider that enables the coders to design and develop the applications without any hindrance related to infrastructure and database. Several users can access the service for the smooth running of existed and new applications with optimized performance and proper utilization of resources. PaaS hide the elemental substructure from the programmers and end-users, its model is based on the idea of server less systems and supplier manages all the operations related to client programs and resources. PaaS can be implemented as a public, private and hybrid cloud solution. 

PaaS Applications: 

1. Application Development: Companies can use PaaS to create and run new applications without any new foundation and all the micro services will be managed by the system itself. Security of data can be handled by using different types of PaaS methods such as private PaaS can be used to ensure data security.
2. Business Decision Making: Several tools can be used to analyze the current trends of the market and can predict future demand and supply figures. Market behavior can help to make the best decision for the financial growth of the organization.
3. Master Data Governance: PaaS will follow the processes and policies laid down for the critical data of the company. Single point reference to be given to data, which may include banking transactions or customer records.
4. Communication Mediums: PaaS also adds a new feature for programmers to design applications for the delivery of messages through different applications with audio and video features. 

Features of PaaS technology: 

Main features of PaaS are: 

1. It provides a platform on which applications can be deployed, without putting extra efforts and it is a money-saving solution in terms of setting and maintaining the infrastructure, which includes machines, databases, and servers.
2. A huge plus point for coders that it helps in faster development and delivery of applications, which is the best solution for businesses that need to launch the products quickly.
3. PaaS framework gives the freedom to technologists to test new software, operating systems, and new methodologies, as they don’t need to ask for extra cost on the infrastructure. In addition to this, upgrade the system to the new patch level is easier by using PaaS technology.
4. It is a tool to upgrade the skills of developers by adopting new techniques and principles in their applications and can write optimized programs to achieve better results.
5. PaaS enables collaborative work so that people from remote locations can work on the same applications without any hardware and software issues.
6. To implement agile methodologies, Platform-as-a-Service is the best base to make these implementation projects smoother and network issues can be avoided. Services published using cloud techniques are always up-to-date.
7. For launching the application on a small scale, many free options are given by PaaS such as Dokku, OpenShift and AWS elastic. It can give high monetary savings.
8. The usage of PaaS can cut down the requirement of human resources as administrative and monitoring tasks will be taken care of by the vendor.