Comparing PaaS offerings in light of SaaS development: A comparison of PaaS platforms based on a practical case study

Computing

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 669-724

  Walraven, Stefan ^a   Truyen, Eddy ^a   Joosen, Wouter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Development support; PaaS comparison; SaaS applications

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; MIDDLEWARE; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS); WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; CLOUD APPLICATIONS; CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS; COMPUTING PLATFORM; DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT; ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS; GOOGLE APP ENGINES; PAAS COMPARISON;

PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PAAS);

EID: 84904062720     PISSN: 0010485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00607-013-0346-9     Document Type: Article

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