On 6/12/2011 12:26 PM, Tom Limoncelli wrote: > Ive stopped using the term cloud except when being generic or ironic. > I use SaaS, IaaS and PaaS so that I say exactly what I mean. > > SaaS: Software as as Service: Salesforce.com, EventBright.com, Google > Apps, etc. > IaaS: Infrastructure as as Service: Amazon EC2, Eucalyptus, etc. > PaaS: Platform as a Service: Google App Engine and similar systems. > > Alternatively... > SaaS: It's a web site! > IaaS: It's a VM! > PaaS: It's a framework!
I am stealing this. Every single word of it. I will quote you liberally, from here, to Timbuktu (and beyond). This may be the clearest definition I've seen yet. *applause* -- Cloud computing? Please. I remember mainframes. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
