IaaS PaaS and SaaS are all crucially important for the business world.
However, depending on your business’s industry and type you may only benefit from IaaS and SaaS. For example, a company in the Foods & Beverages industry can definitely benefit from hosting its website through IaaS and could definitely benefit from various SaaS applications, such as Salesforce.
On the other hand, it is natural for some types of software and application development businesses to rely on IaaS and PaaS, or even solely on PaaS. Especially software and application development startups have a lot to gain from exclusive PaaS utilization, in terms of cost-efficiency, productivity and speed to market.
However, this strategic decision should include the consideration of the quality of the chosen PaaS Provider. Specifically, startups which have limited resources and need to have increased adaptability to achieve quick and reliable application and software development, should not choose a third-party vendor. PaaS resellers have no access to the cloud infrastructure and an unnecessary organisational level is added, eventually affecting resolution times, communication and overall productivity.
For this type of startups it is necessary to work with a high-availability PaaS provider, whose cloud infrastructures have no single points of failure. This will truly allow your new project to stand on a steady, fruitful ground from which to build towards success.
