I believe most analysts consider the storage tier part of "Infrastructure" in IaaS. Same goes for virtual network appliances.
On Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:21:16 Grant Shipley wrote: > I would actually lump S3 and Glacier under SaaS. Its a service thats > provided for you with software on the backend to manage it all. All S3 and > Glacier really are is a set of up API(s) you can use to access the service. > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:14 AM, S. Dale Morrey <[email protected]>wrote: > > Don't forget Storage as a Service, S3 & Glacier for example. That doesn't > > really fall under your categories as far as I can tell. > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Grant Shipley <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > Let's clear up what cloud actually means then. There are three types of > > > cloud computing: > > > > > > IaaS - Infrastructure as a service <snip> > > > PaaS - Platform as a service <snip> > > > SaaS - Software as a Service <snip> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
