Cloud Computing Platforms (PaaS): High-impact Emerging Technology - What You Need to Know: Definitions, Adoptions, Impact, Benefits, Maturity, Vendors

Cloud platform services, also known as Platform as a Service (PaaS), deliver a computing platform and/or solution stack as a service, often consuming cloud infrastructure and sustaining cloud applications. It facilitates deployment of applications without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software layers.

This book is your ultimate resource for Cloud Computing Platforms (PaaS). Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Cloud Computing Platforms (PaaS) right away, covering: Cloud computing, Amazon Relational Database Service, Amazon Simple Queue Service, Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Web Services, AppScale, Azure Services Platform, Caspio, CloudControl, Cordys Process Factory, Engine Yard, Force.com, FreedomBox, Google App Engine, Heroku, Hybrid Web Cluster, OrangeScape, Platform as a service, Rackspace Cloud, Rollbase, Squarespace, Sun Cloud, Vertebra (cloud computing framework), Wolf Frameworks.

This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Cloud Computing Platforms (PaaS). It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Cloud Computing Platforms (PaaS) with the objectivity of experienced professionals.