rPath Press Release: False Promise of PaaS and Impact on Businesses

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To add context to the discussion and why I perceive rPath’s use of the term PaaS is actually a misuse of the term, I am posting a press release I got from them on May 9th 2012 with the above title and the content below.

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Is PaaS (Platform as a Service) an all-encompassing solution or is PaaS a false promise for the types of applications that run businesses today? The promise of removing the complexity of underlying infrastructure, OS and middleware to allow developers to focus on application deployment seems perfect. However, when analyzing from the lens of diverse platforms, the limitations are obvious and PaaS is not designed for complex enterprise applications.

So how can a business overcome the challenges presented by a PaaS-centric approach while maintaining custom OS and middleware stacks on demand at PaaS-like speed and efficiency?

I’d like to offer Shawn Edmondson, VP of Product Strategy at rPath, the App Logistics company for private and hybrid clouds that transforms IaaS into enterprise PaaS by deploying, configuring and maintaining OS and middleware platforms on demand. Shawn is an excellent resource on PaaS, how to deliver PaaS-like speed and efficiency while addressing the need of complex enterprise apps, how to rapidly deploy and scale real enterprise applications, and what this means for businesses.

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I will let the intelligent readers figure things out.