Service Models (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS)

Platform as Service (Definition)

The capability provided to the consumer is to deploy onto the cloud infrastructure consumer-created or acquired applications created using programming languages, libraries, services, and tools supported by the provider.

Infrastructure as a Service (Definition)

The capability provided to the consumer is to provision processing, storage, networks, and other computing resources where the consumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications.

Software as a Service (Definition)

The capability provided to the consumer is to use the provider's applications running on a cloud infrastructure. Accessible through client interface or program interface

Infrastructure as a Service Example (Click to see)

Using our AWS is an example of IaaS. This is enabling us to run our own operating software and install applications into the provided memory.