Also known as: Platform As A Service (PaaS) · PaaS · Platform As A Service PaaS
La plataforma como servicio proporciona un entorno en la nube para desplegar aplicaciones usando lenguajes, bibliotecas, servicios y herramientas compatibles del proveedor. El usuario controla la aplicación desplegada y parte de la configuración, mientras que el proveedor gestiona la infraestructura subyacente.
‘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. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure including network, servers, operating systems, or storage, but has control over the deployed applications and possibly configuration settings for the application-hosting environment.’ NIST definition.