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What is Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)? |
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In a nutshell, it is a delivery model that offers all the
necessary tools needed by developers to build, deploy and scale up Web applications and services – over the Internet. If software as a service gives users applications on tap, IaaS gives developers the power to develop those software applications on the Internet as well.
As an integrated solution, IaaS enables development teams to collaborate and more. It offers facilities like testing, deployment and storage, along with other tools needed by online applications developers.
It also offers flexibility to today’s fast-changing business needs. It enables hosting, once the application is ready to be deployed, and afterwards, scalability, when more end-users log on to the application.
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What does it offer to businesses? |
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Besides cost savings, teams can work more closely
together and move faster in a project, bypassing the usual lag that bogs down teams which struggle with a development platform.
IaaS also brings with it ready online hosting and easy deployment. Besides that, applications can be scaled up should more end users come onboard.
These applications can also be made highly-customised, so each company tailors them to its needs.
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What is the future for IaaS? |
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As part of the SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture), IaaS
will be a part of the future, where applications are delivered over the Internet on-demand. This is different from the current situation, where users buy “static” software, install them on their computers and update with patches.
As more companies turn towards software- and computing-on demand, the need for online development of applications will drive the takeup of IaaS.
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Who are Alatum’s platform providers? |
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At the core are SingTel and some world leading technology providers, which together offer both the number-crunching power as well as storage facilities needed by enterprises.
Whether it is compute power as a service, using an X86 or IA64 CPU, or storage as a service, with a SAN-based solution powered by fibre connectivity, Alatum has the hardware and the expertise.
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