IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS

When your ecommerce business grows

Black_Raven (James Ng)
The Startup

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If your ecommerce business is progressing to the Cloud, you need to be familiar with these three main types of cloud computing:

  • IaaS — Infrastructure as a Service
  • PaaS — Platform as a Service
  • SaaS — Software as a Service

These are all experiencing a surge in popularity as more businesses move to the Cloud. Gartner forecasts worldwide public cloud revenue to grow 17% in 2020. With growth rates like these, cloud computing will soon be the industry norm, and many businesses are phasing out on-prem software altogether.

Utilizing cloud computing is a great way to future-proof your business.

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Definition of On-Prem, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS

It was actually not so long ago, that every company’s IT systems were on-prem (located at the company’s premises), and clouds were only those white fluffy stuff in the sky.

Today, you can utilize the Cloud platform for nearly all your systems and processes…

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