IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

IaaS, PaaS and SaaS are the three cloud service models. IaaS provides the infrastructure (virtual machines, network, disks), PaaS a platform to deploy code without managing the system, SaaS a ready-to-use application. The higher you go, the less you manage yourself.

Example

IaaS: virtual machine; PaaS: application hosting platform; SaaS: online email

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