Platform as a Service and the Newton: One of These Things is Just Like the Other

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Gerald Carter

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Abstract

Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings, like the Apple Newton, launched at a time when technology had not matured to the point necessary to cross the chasm to the early majority and into mass markets. Successes did exist, but were limited to specialized applications already targeted at a vendor’s existing platform. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and its successor of software defined entities, are necessary intermediate steps towards decoupling application development from operational overhead. This talk will explore what the future will look like when developers can once again focus solely on applications and interfaces and turn a blind eye to operations.