Cloud Gossip

Today on the show: Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Software as a Service. What are these cloud service models and how do they compare? Nice of you to join us! Prologue## The famous cloud advocate David Chappell has defined three most important events of post-dotcom boom IT world. The first event was the IPO of Salesforce Dot Com in 2004. It proved that the Software-as-a-Service is a serious business model. The second event was the launch of Amazon Web Services in 2006, which was the first public cloud platform. And the third event was the release of the original Apple iPhone in 2007. It started the mobile-first era with the phones eventually becoming tiny computers in our pockets. The common enabler behind all these 3 important events was the cloud. So, the cloud in all its forms has been instrumental in major developments in the IT world. So, it's important to understand what exactly the cloud is and what are its different variations. ##SaaS, PaaS or IaaS We will start the episode by defi