How to Understand Heroku and PaaS Systems
Executive Summary Cloud service providers that are highly concentrated in IaaS tend to get most of the emphasis. A purpose-built PaaS can be critical in getting the most from IaaS concentrated cloud services. Introduction Cloud services like AWS/GCP and Azure provide some PaaS options, but it is generally not their focus. Purpose built PaaS solutions tend…
How to Understand Virtual Machines Versus Containers
Executive Summary Containers are becoming more popular and, in some cases supplanting virtual machines. This article covers the distinctions between virtual machines and containers. Introduction A container may run within a virtual machine or on “bare metal.” And they can be ported between virtual machines (say on different IaaS providers) or between a virtual machine…
How to Interpret The IaaS Model vs Traditional Enterprise Software
Executive Summary IaaS offers elastic databases in the cloud. Lock-in generalizes outside of databases. AWS offers a way around the on-premises software sales workflow, which focuses on getting the customer pregnant. Introduction AWS IaaS Options Enterprise software is slowly and haltingly moving towards an environment with more choice than has existed previously. As much as…