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The Future of PaaS


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The PaaS of the future probably doesn't look anything like the PaaS of the past. AI should help bring in an era where we can abstract much more than just infrastructure to align technology and business. 

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IS PAAS READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP? 

  • Where could PaaS evolve to now?
    • Can new PaaS services abstract the developer, and just focus on business logic and business ideas? 
    • What languages or design patterns would be mandated? (web only, mobile only, web + mobile? )
    • Can we template “best practices” enough to be reliable?
    • Can we template compliances needed to handle financial transactions, customer data, etc.?
    • Can troubleshooting become an automated service?
  • Where was PaaS in the past? (Heroku, Google AppEngine, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes)
  • Language specific
  • Cloud specific
  • Abstracting the infrastructure and security


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