For the entrepreneur who wants to implement a significant digitally-based service or sell products to customers on-line, the need to get the application written and implemented quickly is a strong one. The thought of creating and maintaining an information technology infrastructure is daunting. Purchasing hardware, finding a space with appropriate power requirements, installing software, managing leases and licensing agreements, backup and recovery … the list is long, and getting it all done will be time-consuming.
Luckily, there are several services available to the business that wants to get its new application up and running in minimal time. These include Software as a Service (SaaS), Database as a Service (DBaaS) and cloud storage.
