Evolution of as-a-Service Era in Cloud

TL;DR

This paper explores the evolution of as-a-Service models driven by cloud computing, highlighting new service modalities beyond traditional cloud stacks to address Big Data challenges efficiently.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive inventory of emerging as-a-Service modalities that extend beyond traditional cloud computing frameworks.

Findings

Identification of new as-a-Service models in cloud environments

Analysis of how these models address Big Data challenges

Overview of the evolution from traditional to advanced cloud services

Abstract

Today, a paradigm shift is being observed in science, where the focus is gradually shifting toward the cloud environments to obtain appropriate, robust and affordable services to deal with Big Data challenges (Sharma et al. 2014, 2015a, 2015b). Cloud computing avoids any need to locally maintain the overly scaled computing infrastructure that include not only dedicated space, but the expensive hardware and software also. In this paper, we study the evolution of as-a-Service modalities, stimulated by cloud computing, and explore the most complete inventory of new members beyond traditional cloud computing stack.