According to 451 Research analyst Carl Brooks, for a technology solution to qualify as "as a Service," it has to meet the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definition ...

IaaS providers offer customers an on-demand self-service platform that enables them to deploy and manage applications without purchasing or maintaining hardware or software. Jump to: If you think ...

Be aware that some IaaS providers define PaaS as functionality to onboard and manage applications. We feel that’s nonstandard and misleading; PaaS is really about providing an application ...

Jonathan Whiteside, CTO of L.A-based Building Blocks, expanded on Vogelpohl’s definition, stating that, “IaaS gives you total control by managing your own infrastructure in a public cloud ...

Infrastructure as a Service computing models provide the basic building blocks of IT to customers in the cloud. While IaaS offerings vary widely, they include services that meet the core needs for ...

The government has refreshed its cloud-first policy, dropping infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) out of its definition to encourage the use of true cloud. In 2012, Cabinet directed agencies to use ...