BCA SEM - V

CEC - 0304503
Introduction to Cloud Computing

Prof. Vidhi Thakkar

Prof. Nirav Suthar
 UNIT – 3 INDEX
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SaaS 
Infrastructure of Service (IaaS)
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PaaS 
Definition of IaaS
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IaaS 
Characteristic of IaaS
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Software as a Service (SaaS) 
Benefit of IaaS
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What is SaaS? 
Example
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Why SaaS?
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Who can use SaaS?
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Categories of SaaS
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Usage of SaaS
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Characteristic of SaaS
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SaaS Example
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Platform as a Service (PaaS)
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The Traditional and New Model

Definition of PaaS

Types of PaaS
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Characteristics of PaaS

Example of PaaS
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Advantages of PaaS
 Types of Cloud Services
 Cloud models come in three types:

SaaS (Software as a Service)

IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

PaaS (Platform as a Service).

 Each of the cloud models has their own set of benefits

that could serve the needs of various businesses.
 Choosing between them requires an understanding of
these cloud models, evaluating your requirements and
finding out how the chosen model can deliver your
intended set of workflows.
 Types of Cloud Services

 SaaS
 SaaS is known as 'On-Demand Software'.
 SaaS or Software as a Service is a model that gives quick
access to cloud-based web applications.
 The vendor controls the entire computing stack, which
you can access using a web browser.
 These applications run on the cloud and you can use
them by a paid licensed subscription or for free with
limited access.

 SaaS does not require any installations or downloads in

your existing computing infrastructure.
 This eliminates the need for installing applications on
each of your computers with the maintenance and
support taken over by the vendor.
SaaS
Why SaaS?
 Why SaaS?

No upfront payment

Web browser is sufficent to access the
application

Quick deployment or is readily established for
use

Better scalable
 Who can use SaaS?
 SaaS is typically accessed by users using a thin client, e.g. via a web
browser.
 SaaS has become a common delivery model for many business
applications, including

Office software, messaging software,

Payroll processing software,

DBMS software,

Management software,

CAD software,

Development software,

Virtualization,

Accounting,

Customer relationship management (CRM),

Management Information Systems (MIS),

Enterprise resource planning (ERP),

Invoicing, human resource management (HRM), etc
 SaaS has been incorporated into the strategy of nearly all leading
enterprise software companies.
 When to use SaaS?
 There are many different situations in which SaaS may
be the most beneficial option, including:

 If you are a startup or small company that needs to

launch ecommerce quickly and don’t have time for
server issues or software
 For short-term projects that require collaboration
 If you use applications that aren’t in-demand very
often, such as tax software
 For applications that need both web and mobile
access.
 Categories of SaaS
 Line of enterprise service and customer oriented service
 SaaS can be divided into three categories:

 Packaged software
 Collaborative software
 Enabling and management tools
 Categories of SaaS
 Packaged software:
 This is the biggest area of the SaaS market.
 Packaged software comes in many different flavors: customer
relationship management, supply chain management,
financial management, and human resources, to name the
most common.
 These integrated offers focus on a specific process, such as
managing employees’ benefits, salaries, and annual
performance reviews.
 These products tend to have several characteristics in
common: They’re designed with specific business processes
built in that customers can modify.
 They have moved in great numbers to the cloud because
customers were finding the platforms too hard to manage.
 Categories of SaaS
 Collaborative software:
 This increasingly vibrant area of the market is driven by the
ubiquitous availability of the Internet, combined with the fact
that teams are located all over the world.
 This area is dominated by software that focuses on all sorts of
collaborative efforts including Web conferencing, document
collaboration, project planning, instant messaging, and even
email.
 In a sense, it was inevitable that these platforms would move
to the cloud: These tasks occur throughout the organization
and need to be easily accessed from many locations.
 Categories of SaaS
 Enabling and management tools:
 Think about the development tools that developers need when
creating and extending a SaaS platform; also think about the
testing, monitoring, and measuring that a customer and the
developer need.
 Also consider the compliance issues related to the use of this
type of software in the real world.
 These issues are included in this third category.
 Advantages of SaaS
 Advantages of SaaS

 SaaS is easy to buy because the pricing of SaaS is based on

monthly or annual fee and it allows the organizations to
access business functionalities at a small cost, which is less
than licensed applications.

 SaaS needed less hardware, because the software is hosted

remotely, hence organizations do not need to invest in
additional hardware.

 Less maintenance cost is required for SaaS and do not

require special software or hardware versions.
 Disadvantages of SaaS
 Disadvantages of SaaS

 SaaS applications are totally dependent on Internet

connection. They are not usable without Internet connection.

 It is difficult to switch amongst the SaaS vendors.

 SaaS Examples
 CRM, Office Suite, Email, games, etc. are the software
applications which are provided as a service through
Internet.
 Google Apps, Dropbox, Salesforce, Cisco WebEx, Concur,
GoToMeeting
 The companies like Google, Microsoft provide their
applications as a service to the end users.
 PaaS
 PaaS evolved from software as a service (SaaS), which
uses the Internet to host software applications.
 PaaS is the center of the five layers of cloud
computing.
 The two layers above PaaS are the client (hardware
and software) and application (including SaaS) layers.
 Below the PaaS are the infrastructure – including
infrastructure as a service (IaaS) - and server
(hardware and software) layers.

 The PaaS service delivery model allows a customer to

rent virtualized servers and associated services used to
run existing applications, or to design, develop, test,
deploy and host applications.
 The Traditional Model v/s PaaS
 Traditional Model

Set up the application server (e.g. Apache, Nginx, etc.)

Set up MySQL database

Setting up the run-time platform like PHP, Ruby, etc.

Something isn’t working. - Diagnose, re-configure/re-
setup, try again.

Dependencies… right, have to setup those up too.

Setup FTP to deploy your code.

Setup security and firewall.

It worked on localhost, why isn’t it working now!!!
 The Traditional Model v/s PaaS
 PAAS

HTTP Caching Server will allow your application to load
significantly faster as static contents will be loaded from
cache.

Redundancy, Fail-over, Backups are built into the system
end-to-end. DNS, load balancers, caching server, application
server, and the databases all run on multiple servers in
different availability zones such that if failures do occur there
will be little or no downtime.

Scale out your application by adding more servers to run
your application.

No setup or configuration of servers. You don’t need to
setup any server software like Apache, MySQL, FTP, and you
don’t have to worry about firewalls or security.

Easily deploy your application to all the serves with a
single command.
The Traditional Model v/s PaaS
 Defination of PaaS
 The acronym PaaS stands for Platform as a Service.
 PaaS is an extension of the SaaS (Software as a
Service) model, which allows for the use of applications
hosted remotely.
 Platform as a service (PaaS) is a cloud computing model
in which a third-party provider delivers hardware and
software tools -- usually those needed for application
development -- to users over the internet.
 A PaaS provider hosts the hardware and software on its
own infrastructure. As a result, PaaS frees users from
having to install in-house hardware and software to
develop or run a new application.
PaaS
 Types of PaaS
 There are several types of PaaS, including public, private
and hybrid.
 Public PaaS is derived from software as a service
(SaaS), and is situated in cloud computing between SaaS
and infrastructure as a service (IaaS).
 A Private PaaS can typically be downloaded and
installed either in a company's on-premises data center,
or in a public cloud. Once the software is installed on one
or more machines, the private PaaS arranges the
application and database components into a single
hosting platform.
 Hybrid PaaS is typically a deployment consisting of a
mix of public and private deployments.
 Characteristics of PaaS
 PaaS has many characteristics that define it as a cloud
service, including:

 It is built on virtualization technology, meaning

resources can easily be scaled up or down as your
business changes
 Provides a variety of services to assist with the
development, testing, and deployment of apps
 Numerous users can access the same development
application
 Web services and databases are integrated
 Examples of PaaS
 AWS Elastic Beanstalk
 Heroku
 Windows Azure (mostly used as PaaS)
 Force.com
 OpenShift
 Apache Stratos
 Magento Commerce Cloud.
 Advantages of PaaS
 Cut coding time. PaaS development tools can cut the time it takes
to code new apps with pre-coded application components built into
the platform, such as workflow, directory services, security features,
search and so on.

 Add development capabilities without adding staff. Platform

as a Service components can give your development team new
capabilities without your needing to add staff having the required
skills.

 Develop for multiple platforms—including mobile—more easily.

Some service providers give you development options for multiple
platforms, such as computers, mobile devices and browsers making
cross-platform apps quicker and easier to develop.

 Use sophisticated tools affordably. A pay-as-you-go model

makes it possible for individuals or organisations to use
sophisticated development software and business intelligence and
analytics tools that they could not afford to purchase outright.
 Advantages of PaaS
 Support geographically distributed development teams.
Because the development environment is accessed over the
Internet, development teams can work together on projects even
when team members are in remote locations.

 Efficiently manage the application lifecycle. PaaS provides all

of the capabilities that you need to support the complete web
application lifecycle: building, testing, deploying, managing and
updating within the same integrated environment.
 mPaaS
 Mobile Platform as a Service (mPaaS) is the paid
provision of an Interactive Development Environment
(IDE) for the creation of mobile apps.

 Typically, no coding skill is required.

 An mPaaS IDE usually features an object-oriented drag-

and-drop interface to simplify development of HTML5 or
native apps with direct access to a device’s sensors, GPS,
accelerometer, camera, microphone and other functions.

 MPaaS often supports multiple mobile operating systems.

 Companies like Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine, AWS

Elastic Beanstalk, etc provide platforms.S
 cPaaS
cPaaS stands for Communications Platform as a Service. A
CPaaS is a cloud-based platform that enables developers to add
real-time communications features to their own applications
without needing to build backend infrastructure and interfaces.

Traditionally, real-time communications (RTC) have taken

place in applications built specifically for these functions.

For example, you might use your native mobile phone app to
dial your bank, but have you ever wondered why you can't
video chat a representative right in your banking app?

These dedicated RTC applications - the traditional phone, Skype,

FaceTime, WhatsApp, etc. - have been the paradigm for a long
time because it's costly to build and operate a communications
stack, from the real-time network infrastructure to the
interfaces to common programming languages.
 cPaaS
 A CPaaS offers a complete development framework for
building real-time communications features without
having to build your own.

 This typically includes software tools, standards-
based application programming interfaces (APIs),
sample code, and pre-built applications.

 CPaaS providers also provide support and product

documentation to help developers throughout the
development process.

 Some companies also offer software development

kits (SDKs) and libraries for building applications on
different desktop and mobile platforms.
 IaaS
 Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a type of cloud
computing model that allocates virtualized computing
resources to the user through the internet.

 The IaaS technology helps the users to avoid the cost

and complexity of purchasing and managing their
own physical servers.

 Every resource of IaaS is offered as an individual service

component and the users only have to use the particular
one they need.

 The cloud service provider manages the IaaS

infrastructure while the users can concentrate on
installing, configuring and managing their software.
 IaaS
 As the cloud buyers rent a space in the virtual data
center of the IaaS provider, they get the access to the
virtual data center through the internet.

 IaaS provides the raw materials and basic

infrastructure for IT and ensures affordability as the
users only have to pay or the resources they use.

 The cloud service providers enable the users to rent the

virtual servers and storage while forming networks in
order to tie them all together.

 While renting from a cloud IaaS provider, users are

essentially renting hardware along with the provisioning
software that automates it.
IaaS
 Defination of IaaS
 Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a service model that
delivers computer infrastructure on an outsourced basis
to support enterprise operations.

 Typically, IaaS provides hardware, storage, servers and

data center space or network components; it may also
include software.

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is also known as

hardware as a service (HaaS).
 How it works?
 In the IaaS technology, the cloud service provider hosts
the IaaS infrastructure components that are traditionally
present in a data center including network hardware,
servers, storage and the virtualization of the
hypervisor layer.

 The IaaS provider also provides a wide range of services

to accompany the infrastructure components.

Cloud

Virtualized Hardware

Cloud Servers
 How it works?
The Cloud

 Just like all the cloud computing services, IaaS provides the
users the access to computing resources in a virtualized
environment.
 This is done through a public connection usually through the
internet.
 IaaS provides the users the access to the virtualized
environment for establishing their own IT platforms.
 How it works?
Virtualized Hardware

 IaaS provides resources that are especially belonging to virtualized

hardware which is also known as the computing infrastructure.
 The offerings in an IaaS environment include network connections,
virtual server space, load balancers and IP addresses.
 How it works?
Cloud Servers

 In physical terms, the cloud service provider extracts the pool of

hardware resource from a group of servers and networks that are
usually spread across various data centers and the cloud service
provider is responsible for managing all the resources.

 IaaS provider also offers relative services to the users for supporting
the infrastructure components that include monitoring, detailed
billing, security, load balancing, clustering along with storage
services like data backup, replication and recovery.
 Characteristics of IaaS
 Resources are provided as a service.

 Allows for dynamic scaling and elasticity.

 Has a variable cost, usage based pricing model (pay per go

and pay per use).

 Has multi-tenet architecture, includes multiple users on a

single piece of hardware.

 IaaS typically has enterprise grade infrastructure.

 Advantages of IaaS
Dynamic: Users can dynamically opt & configure devices
such as CPU, storage drive, etc.

Easy Access: Users can easily access the vast cloud

computing power.

Renting: Flexible and efficient while renting IT

infrastructures.

Full control of computer resources along with portability.

 Disadvantages of IaaS
 Internet connection is a must.

 IaaS depends on virtualization services.

 This service restricts user-privacy & customization.

 Example of IaaS
 AWS EC2
 Rackspace
 Google Compute Engine (GCE)
 Digital Ocean
 Magento 1 Enterprise Edition*.
SUMMARY
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