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Introduction of PaaS into your business model

By adopting PaaS models, DevOps and developers benefit from freedom and ease of use thanks to the level of abstraction in management

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The pandemic caused by Covid-19 has profoundly and in many cases disturbingly changed the lives of billions of people and the business models of companies around the world. Among the most relevant effects for the latter is an apparent acceleration of digital transformation, coinciding with an increasing adoption of the cloud to respond to the needs that arose from the situation arising from the massive use of smart working, the development of the e Commerce, the demands of more complex logistics, etc. As a result, the cloud computing market as a whole has seen double-digit global growth, exceeding 40% in 2021 alone, according to several analysts. compared to the previous year.

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A quick scan of the data immediately reveals the role of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), which has made a global leap. It is therefore interesting to examine the possible reasons for the success of PaaS among companies, based on an analysis of the characteristics of this approach.

What is PaaS?

PaaS solutions provide an out-of-the-box platform on which to install, configure, and use your applications, with your chosen vendor managing the hardware, virtualization layer, and operating system.

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One of the key benefits of PaaS is its ability to improve a company's productivity. Developers in particular can reap real benefits from technologies and services, including:

Database: Here you have the option of quickly implementing various mechanisms without any knowledge of administration.

Artificial Intelligence: Pre-trained machine learning and deep learning models allow development teams significant resources to build applications that integrate specific AI capabilities without the high cost of purchasing, managing and maintaining performance, significant computing power, storage capacity , and network capacity that these applications require.

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Kubernetes and other Microservices: These have become excellent choices for deploying applications because they offer dynamism and modularity, but are complicated to deploy and maintain, so choose an "...as a service" offering without initial configuration to allow the company to focus on core business.

Storage: In addition to the well-known file system, object-based storage provides better synergies with application development and is strongly associated with massive and decentralized data storage. By using this solution as a service, you avoid a CAPEX cost model, easily and freely scalable without upfront investments and without restrictions.

So why adopt PaaS solutions?

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One of the strengths that marked an improvement in IT administration was the incorporation of technology as a service.

In the past, corporate IT teams had to take care of everything, hardware, operating systems, installing services, and then developing the applications or websites themselves.

Today we also have to consider the different challenges that organizations face in the IT and cloud world, such as: E.g. compliance with various regulations, unpredictable costs, data security, data sovereignty.

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With that in mind, virtualization and improvements in API development have enabled organizations to package these services in a way that is ready to use. These advances have led to an evolution in cloud usage thanks to PaaS solutions.

The advantages of PaaS

PaaS enables companies and developers to take advantage of all the important benefits of the cloud. It also enables resource sharing between multiple development teams, avoiding over-allocation of multiple assets of the same type in separate silos.

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IT system governance and time-to-market are compromised when managed by different teams, especially in cases where the deployment requires budgeting, deployment, etc., permissions, in some cases with the risk of not having them aligned with the priorities of other business areas. By adopting PaaS models, DevOps and developers benefit from freedom and ease of use thanks to the level of abstraction in management and the possibility of generating automatisms for the creation of resources. This results in an accelerated time to market, allowing you to streamline the implementation of database services, development environments, or storage solutions.

In terms of budget, the paradigm shift from an investment model to a pay-per-use “OPEX” model allows for better cost control. In addition, it allows management of peak loads and test platforms for solutions that would otherwise require an upfront investment, with all that that entails.

Finally, PaaS systems can be used to create applications that are offered to other customers and users in Software as a Service (SaaS) mode. SaaS application requirements, including scalability and the ability to manage multiple tenants, can be met by the cloud computing capabilities of a PaaS system.

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The requirements for an ideal solution

A suitable PaaS solution should have some specific features to offer the best of both the IaaS and the PaaS world, such as:

Have on-demand capabilities that include instant and automated access and delivery;

Ensuring a flexible approach to allow customers to choose a public, private or hybrid cloud solution;

Rely on a reliable cloud;

Better integration of IaaS and PaaS components such as computing power, storage and database;

Have interoperability features and an open approach, with the adoption of standards that enable multi-cloud and eliminate the risk of vendor lock-in;

Contain security features that meet the highest standards;

Adapt to new and legacy workloads to minimize disruption to business continuity.

Lenildo Morais

The article has been written by Lenildo Morais, Master in Computer Science, University Professor, Researcher and Project Manager.

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