The document describes the three main cloud computing service models:
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offers compute, storage, and networking resources that mimic traditional data centers, giving system administrators control but also responsibilities for management.
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) offers middleware and servers for software developers, providing less control but also less management responsibilities.
- Software as a Service (SaaS) offers fully-managed applications to end users on a pay-per-use subscription basis with no management responsibilities.
Learn how you can achieve a sophisticated level of standardization, configuration compliance, and monitoring using a combination of AWS Service Catalog, AWS Config, and AWS CloudTrail.
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Learning Objectives:
Understand how to use AWS services to enable governance while providing self-service
Learn to codify your business policies to promote compliance
How to improve security without sacrificing developer productivity
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Though service-oriented architecture advocates "everything as a service" (with the acronyms EaaS or XaaS,[62] or simply aas), cloud-computing providers offer their "services" according to different models, of which the three standard models per NIST are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).[61] These models offer increasing abstraction; they are thus often portrayed as a layers in a stack: infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service, but these need not be related.
Learn how you can achieve a sophisticated level of standardization, configuration compliance, and monitoring using a combination of AWS Service Catalog, AWS Config, and AWS CloudTrail.
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As your teams and infrastructure grow, it becomes more difficult to track IT resource changes as well as identify who made changes and when. It also becomes harder to enforce standards for your infrastructure resources, resulting in configuration drift and potential security issues. On AWS, you can easily standardize infrastructure configurations for commonly used IT services while also enabling self-service provisioning for your company. Once these resources are provisioned, you can then track how these resources are connected and monitor configuration changes and drift. In this session, we will discuss how you can achieve a sophisticated level of standardization, configuration compliance, and monitoring using a combination of AWS Service Catalog, AWS Config, and AWS CloudTrail.
Learning Objectives:
Understand how to use AWS services to enable governance while providing self-service
Learn to codify your business policies to promote compliance
How to improve security without sacrificing developer productivity
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Though service-oriented architecture advocates "everything as a service" (with the acronyms EaaS or XaaS,[62] or simply aas), cloud-computing providers offer their "services" according to different models, of which the three standard models per NIST are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).[61] These models offer increasing abstraction; they are thus often portrayed as a layers in a stack: infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service, but these need not be related.
AtlasCamp 2016: Art of PaaS - Lessons learned running a platform for hundreds...Robin Fernandes
Presented at AtlasCamp 2016. Recording: https://youtu.be/dc2nqzgqH24?list=PLaD4FvsFdarSqTPKnsNqrnk2ZRuuhLtYE
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At Atlassian, we've taken on this challenge with Micros, our internal Platform as a Service that helps developers across Atlassian easily deploy and run microservices in AWS. Running this platform involves constant decisions to strike the right balance between stability, progress, governance and flexibility. We'll tell you the lessons we've learned – both technical and non-technical – walking these tightropes.
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The cloud has become a focal point for businesses ranging from small enterprises to global corporations, encompassing a vast expanse of online capabilities.
Read this Article here: https://medium.com/@ciente/saas-vs-paas-vs-iaas-whats-the-difference-ef591e39e3bc
Learn more: https://ciente.io/blog/
Follow for more Articles here: https://ciente.io/
AWS User Group Presentation.
Hosted by PolarSeven - http://polarseven.com
5th October 2016
Session 1: Presentation
Jason Umiker:
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This presentation educates you about Cloud Computing, Cloud computing services and in it SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service), IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), Types of cloud computing and Cloud security.
For more topics stay tuned with Learnbay.
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Learn how to build a scalable, compliance-ready, and automated deployment of the Microsoft “backoffice” servers for 100K users running on AWS. In this session, we show a reference architecture deployment of Exchange, SharePoint, Skype for Business, SQL Server and Active Directory in a single VPC. We discuss the following: (1) how the solution is automated for 100K users, (2) how the solution is enabled for compliance (e.g., FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI), and (3) how the solution is built from modular 10K user blocks. Attendees should have knowledge of AWS CloudFormation, PowerShell, instance bootstrapping, VPCs, and Amazon Route 53, as well as the relevant Microsoft technologies.
Review and Classification of Cloud Computing Researchiosrjce
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Design and realization of microelectronic systems using VLSI/ULSI technologies require close collaboration among scientists and engineers in the fields of systems architecture, logic and circuit design, chips and wafer fabrication, packaging, testing and systems applications. Generation of specifications, design and verification must be performed at all abstraction levels, including the system, register-transfer, logic, circuit, transistor and process levels
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One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
AtlasCamp 2016: Art of PaaS - Lessons learned running a platform for hundreds...Robin Fernandes
Presented at AtlasCamp 2016. Recording: https://youtu.be/dc2nqzgqH24?list=PLaD4FvsFdarSqTPKnsNqrnk2ZRuuhLtYE
Connect has taken you on a journey to SaaS. Over the past few years, you've learned how running a service is deeply different from building a plugin. You've discovered tips, tricks and patterns to evolve your service while keeping it running 24/7. Now, you're managing not just one service, but a multitude – and perhaps you're wondering what needs to change as you head towards dozens or even hundreds of services.
At Atlassian, we've taken on this challenge with Micros, our internal Platform as a Service that helps developers across Atlassian easily deploy and run microservices in AWS. Running this platform involves constant decisions to strike the right balance between stability, progress, governance and flexibility. We'll tell you the lessons we've learned – both technical and non-technical – walking these tightropes.
Building Serverless Microservices Using Serverless Framework on the CloudSrini Karlekar
Presentation that provides an overview of Serverless computing model, differentiates between Serverless Architectures, FaaS, PaaS and the Serverless Framework. It drills down the idea by helping you build a compelling example of 'Shazam for Celebrities' using the Serverless Framework, AWS Lambda, AWS Rekognition, Twilio and IMDb. It uses the user's mobile SMS/MMS for the presentation tier, Twilio in the middle-tier to bridge the SMS world and AWS Gateway and a set of AWS Lambda functions written in Python making use of AWS Rekognition for image processing. The code is at http://bit.ly/FaCeS-Sls
The cloud has become a focal point for businesses ranging from small enterprises to global corporations, encompassing a vast expanse of online capabilities.
Read this Article here: https://medium.com/@ciente/saas-vs-paas-vs-iaas-whats-the-difference-ef591e39e3bc
Learn more: https://ciente.io/blog/
Follow for more Articles here: https://ciente.io/
AWS User Group Presentation.
Hosted by PolarSeven - http://polarseven.com
5th October 2016
Session 1: Presentation
Jason Umiker:
Art of PaaS - Lessons learned from running Micros, a platform for hundreds of microservices on AWS
This presentation educates you about Cloud Computing, Cloud computing services and in it SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service), IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), Types of cloud computing and Cloud security.
For more topics stay tuned with Learnbay.
AWS re:Invent 2016: How to Launch a 100K-User Corporate Back Office with Micr...Amazon Web Services
Learn how to build a scalable, compliance-ready, and automated deployment of the Microsoft “backoffice” servers for 100K users running on AWS. In this session, we show a reference architecture deployment of Exchange, SharePoint, Skype for Business, SQL Server and Active Directory in a single VPC. We discuss the following: (1) how the solution is automated for 100K users, (2) how the solution is enabled for compliance (e.g., FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI), and (3) how the solution is built from modular 10K user blocks. Attendees should have knowledge of AWS CloudFormation, PowerShell, instance bootstrapping, VPCs, and Amazon Route 53, as well as the relevant Microsoft technologies.
Review and Classification of Cloud Computing Researchiosrjce
IOSR journal of VLSI and Signal Processing (IOSRJVSP) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that publishes articles which contribute new results in all areas of VLSI Design & Signal Processing. The goal of this journal is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to focus on advanced VLSI Design & Signal Processing concepts and establishing new collaborations in these areas.
Design and realization of microelectronic systems using VLSI/ULSI technologies require close collaboration among scientists and engineers in the fields of systems architecture, logic and circuit design, chips and wafer fabrication, packaging, testing and systems applications. Generation of specifications, design and verification must be performed at all abstraction levels, including the system, register-transfer, logic, circuit, transistor and process levels
MySQL can help SaaS vendors compete more effectively by providing capabilities and characteristics SaaS users care about most: Data and Service Level Protections, Performance and Scalability, Vendor Experience and Reliability, Manageability and Flexibility. This paper uses an easy to follow Q&A format that will help you assess MySQL's (or any database's) strengths as a SaaS database. A MySQL® White Paper
Comprehensive Information on Platform as a ServiceHTS Hosting
Platform as a service (PaaS) is a type of cloud service model. In PaaS a platform is delivered by a service provider to its clients for the purpose of developing, running and managing applications without having to build and maintain the necessary infrastructure.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
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During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
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- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
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Speakers:
Bob Boule
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Gopinath Rebala
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
7. Ref: AWS Introduction and History - AWSome Day Online Conference - APAC
Traditional vs Cloud IaaS
8. Cloud Data Centre
8
Virtualized Compute
Virtualized Storage
Virtualized Network
Server Server Server
Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor
Resource
Pooling
Compartments
IaaS Customer 1 IaaS Customer 2
Hardware
PaaS Customer 3 PaaS Customer 4
9. Ref: AWS Introduction and History - AWSome Day Online Conference - APAC
Foundation
Services
Platform
Services
10.
11. IaaS
11
⬡ Offers Compute, Network & Storage
in manner that are like those in typical
data centers
⬡ Used by System Administrators
⬡ Pay for what you allocate
⬡ Most Control – more things to
manage
⬡ Patching/updating of OS and
13. Cloud Data Centre
13
Virtualized Compute
Virtualized Storage
Virtualized Network
Server Server Server
Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor
Resource
Pooling
Compartments
IaaS Customer 1 IaaS Customer 2
Hardware
PaaS Customer 3 PaaS Customer 4
14. Ref: AWS Introduction and History - AWSome Day Online Conference - APAC
Foundation
Services
Platform
Services
15.
16. PaaS
16
⬡ Offers middleware, application servers,
database servers
⬡ Used by Software Developers
⬡ Pay for what you use
⬡ Less Control – less things to manage
⬡ Patching/updating of OS and
middleware by Cloud Service Provider
18. SaaS
18
• Many of the software we used today are SaaS.
• People just pay for them and use their function without concerning
themselves of how it works.
Google
Drives/Sheets
etc.
19. SaaS
19
⬡ Offers “software” services /
applications
⬡ Used by End-users
⬡ Pay-per-use/subscription
⬡ Fully managed by Service Provider
20. SaaS
20
⬡ Offers “software” services /
applications
⬡ Used by End-users
⬡ Pay-per-use/subscription
⬡ Fully managed by Service Provider
⬡ From an IT professional point-of-view,
it is how to leverage IaaS/PaaS to
provide SaaS
<make sure share audio for Zoom is enable>
Alright, I'll be presenting on my LO1a, which is to: "Describe the main service models of Cloud Computing.""
The learners for this course are establishment or mid career IT professionals. Individuals who do not already know each other.
The introduction part of the course would have talk about virtualization and common challenges that was faced by the learners.
<Pause for class to be ready>
Shall we begin?
<RESET TIMER>
Let's start off with the three main service models for Cloud Computing, which are:
Infrastructure-as-a-Service, or I-a-a-S,
Platform-as-a-Service, or P-a-a-S or you'll hear people pronounce it as PaaS, and...
Software-as-a-Service, S-a-a-S or <pronounce "SaaS">.
So what are these service models?
Let's watch a video to learn more about them:
All right, let's look at the three service models in more details.
At very base of Cloud Computing is the Infrastructure-as-a-Service model, which covers pretty much things you would expect in a traditional data centre - the IT infrastructure, or the Compute, Storage and Networks.
Platform-as-a-Service or PaaS builds on top of IaaS and adds the Operating System and Middleware, such as Application Servers and Database Servers as part of its services.
Finally, SaaS, which leverages on the PaaS or IaaS to offer software services as Products (or in this slide, Hosted Applications) to end-users.
So how do we decide which services to use?
Well, part of the answer is knowing who, brings what to the table.
This is define by what we call the Shared Responsibility Model.
In traditional IT infrastructure, that is, when everything is on-premise, everything is taken care of by the IT infrastructure team.
This means, the hardware, the Operating System, you know, Linux or Windows, the Runtime, such as your application servers or databases, the data, and of course, the application, like, for example, the SAP or the System used by Finance.
In the IaaS, PaaS and SaaS model, you'll see that more of these responsibility is taken off the IT team and handled by the Cloud Service Provider.
We'll go through these service models one by one.
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
<Pause>
The left of this slide shows the traditional infrastructure, so you have things such as your storage, your servers, your network and of course, security on top of everything.
In Infrastructure-as-a-Service, what the cloud service provider provides is very similar to what you are used to in the traditional data centre - just that they are typically virtualized.
So, you will see things such as Virtual Machines, which is what,
Azure, the Cloud from Microsoft, calls them,
Amazon Web Services, or AWS likes to calls them Elastic Cloud Compute, i.e., EC2,
where as Google calls them as Compute Engines.
For Network, instead of router and switches, you get the functional equivalent in the form of Virtual Networks (VNet) for Azure,
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for Amazon and Google.
Of course, the equivalent for firewalls are provide as Security Groups, Network ACL, etc.
What is important is to recognize that they are the same thing, but by different name.
This is an diagram of how a Cloud Data Centre would be implemented.
You'll have the physical hardware, and on top of which will be the hypervisor, such as VMWare, Nutanix, OpenStack, which will present the hardware resources as virtualized storage, network and compute.
That is, you can think of it as taking all the physical hardware and pool them together to form one giant storage, network or compute, that can be partition into many smaller pieces for individual customers.
Each piece can be virtually isolate from each other, even though they might be sharing the same hardware.
By multiple customers sharing the same hardware pool, you get the benefit of resource sharing and pooling. Because as we know, not everybody needs the same resource at the same time.
This is the various services from AWS.
AWS calls these Foundation Services, which offers a bit more than purely IaaS.
I've circled those that are part of the IaaS offering based on our understanding from the Shared Responsiblity Model.
You have things like EC2, Elastic Load Balancer, VPCs, S3, etc.
For Azure, they are placed under Infrastructure Service in this diagram.
So you get things such as the Virtual Machines, Storage, and various network services, such as your Virtual Networks, Load Balancers, etc.
So to summarize IaaS:
IaaS offers Compute, network and storage in manner that are like those in typical data centers.
Their target audiences or users are System administrators.
The charging model is by what resources are allocated, like for example, how much CPU, RAM and Storage. Whether the resources is fully utilized or not, you pay the amount based on what you said you needed.
The advantage is that there are no long term commitments and it is easier than traditional IT infrastructure to add or remove resources when needed.
Of the 3 models, this give you the most control, which also means most work - you have to take care of the OS, middleware or runtime, data and application.
Since you're taking care of the OS and middleware, it also means you're responsible for patching or updating of the system.
Platform-as-a-Service
Alright, let's move on to Platform-as-a-Service or PaaS
Let's revisit how the Cloud Data Centre might be setup to provide Platform-as-a-Service.
Well, the key to all cloud services is basically resource sharing.
Typically, this means that the services are run on-top of the virtualized Compute, Storage and Network.
But for some, they might prefer to run it on a separate resource pool from their IaaS offering or even as on bare metal servers, depending on the application, for performance reasons.
So instead of having the users, deploy their database or application servers individually, the cloud service provider deploys them and make it available for all its users to use.
Typically, database servers are expensive, so the cloud service provider could host a database server and sell database instances to customers, or an application server could be deployed to run many applications on top of it, and customer pays based on what they use.
This is offering from AWS.
They have classified most of their Platform-as-a-Service offerings under their Platform Services, with some in the Foundation Services that I'll consider to be PaaS as well.
There' a long list, so I wouldn't go them, but they make it easier for a Software Developer to build applications by providing components they might need.
Likewise, for Azure, you'll find them under the Platform Services.
There's quite a lot of offerings as well, ranging from Databases or Data Services to Developer Services, to make it easy for developers to adopt DevOps in their workflow.
So to summarize PaaS:
PaaS offers middleware, application servers, database servers, or what the diagram over here refers to as "runtime" for the application.
It's typically used by Software Developers, because they wouldn't need to take care of the lower level details such as installing and setting up the Operating System, Middleware, etc., but just deploy their code into the platform and run.
Unlike IaaS, PaaS usually charges based on actual consumption, like how much actual CPU time is used.
Since the Operating System, Middleware is taken care of by the Cloud Service Provider, and also, to allow things to run properly, the Cloud Service Provider has to standardize across many users, there is less control available to the user.
The good part of it is that, it also means you don't have to manage the patching or updating of the Operating System and Middleware.
Software-as-a-Service
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Easy way to identify Software-as-a-Service -
Unlike IaaS or PaaS, they are offerings for end-users, like consumers, finance, teachers and home-makers.
In fact, the zoom session that we're using today is a SaaS offering.
You pay a subscription to use Zoom, and you just use it without caring about how many servers or how much bandwidth is needed, to allow you to stream yourself to your audience.
Or GMail or Google Sheets, you'll just go to gmail.com or sheets.google.com and not worry about what's going on behind the scene.
So for SaaS, you'll typically just use the software or hosted applications without caring about how the underlaying IT is supporting it.
Summary for SaaS:
Saas offers "software" or services to end-users, that is, not necessary IT professionals.
Typically, users pay a pay-per-use fee or subscription for these services.
And, they are fully managed by the Service Provider, not necessary the Cloud Service Provider like Amazon, but the company offering the service,
like Zoom, who in turn will liaise with the Cloud Service Provider such as Amazon, Azure or Google to make sure that their services run without interruption.
You might notice that I didn’t show the service offerings from AWS or Azure for SaaS but jumped straight to the summary. Why is that so? Anyone?
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The reason I didn’t show the offering from the Cloud Service Providers is because typically, SaaS is offered not by the Cloud Service Providers but by Application Providers.
As an IT professional, your company might want to offer its product as SaaS, and your task will most likely be to look at how to leverage on the scalability of IaaS or PaaS to make that happen.
Alright, that's the end of the Three Service Models. Thank you!
Can I get each of you to name one of the service model.