Platform-as-a-Service offers a cloud computing environment equipped with a solution stack to create your own applications. Whereas IaaS concerns infrastructure (servers, databases, etc.) and SaaS are fully developed solutions, PaaS enables users to build their own software with tools and libraries from the provider. Read on to learn more about the benefits of PaaS and the key players.
HPCC Systems Community Edition is the free version of the Enterprise Edition business intelligence software solution. The Community Edition comes with source code, available through a versioning control system and periodic snapshots. Binary versions will be made available for important milestones.
HyTrust CloudControl is virtual and private cloud security software that provides users with access control, forensic logging tools and policy enforcement functionality. The platform protects the user’s hypervisor through automated security and compliance in VMware environments, provides visibility into and control of the environment, and provides users with security and policy enhancements without impacting the user’s GUI.
ActiveState Stackato is a private PaaS on which users can create and manage applications written in Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl, Node.js, Scala and Clojure. Stackato allows deployment to private or third-party clouds.
AppFog is cloud-based application development software that provides multi-language support as well as a wide application technology range including PHP, NodeJS, Ruby, Python, Java, .NET, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. The platform supports popular runtimes and frameworks, automates load balancing procedures and facilitates application scaling processes.
Cloud Foundry is an open source Platform as a Service developed by VMware and using vSphere virtualization. Its core focus is Ruby, and is also deployed on paas.io, Appfog and ActiveState.
CloudFloor CloudControl uses DNS-based traffic-shaping and direct synchronized control of cloud resources to monitor cloud performance relative to your goals.
Blackboard Xythos offers document management and collaboration capabilities with a 2.0 web interface. Blackboard Xythos makes it easier to share content through the web while developing workflows and imaging support for within business.
Joyent SmartMachines offer virtual environments for real-time web apps with full transparency to the underlying OS, SmartOS. SmartMachines’ high-performance, on-demand environments are scalable and user-friendly.
QP7.Enterprise is a content management platform designed to help business users and developers create websites, applications and services. The platform provides its users with templates, libraries and modular code re-use as well as many pre-packaged developmental tasks and granular workflows.