Platform as a service (PaaS) is the delivery of a computing platform and solution stack as a service. It facilitates deployment of applications without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software layers, providing all of the facilities required to support the complete life cycle of building and delivering web applications and services entirely available from the Internet - with no software downloads or installation for developers, IT managers or end-users.

PaaS offerings include workflow facilities for application design, application development, testing, deployment and hosting as well as application services such as team collaboration, web service integration and marshalling, database integration, security, scalability, storage, persistence, state management, application versioning, application instrumentation and developer community facilitation. These services are provisioned as an integrated solution over the web.

The primary goal of this book is to provide the quality education and support materials needed to enable the understanding and application of PaaS Platform and Storage Management in a wide range of contexts.

The PaaS Platform and Storage Management Certification Scheme has been created to support the IT Professional who needs to be a 'niche generalist', especially in a rapidly changing area like PaaS Platform and Storage Management.

This book Covers:

- Platform As A Service: How to Build applications in days or weeks not months.

- PaaS Development: How to Develop On-Demand Apps

- Cloud Platform for ISVs: How to Create and Sell SaaS Applications

- Storage Management: Manage Storage Virtualization and Reduce Costs

- Backup and Recovery: How to Improve Backup & Recovery in Your Virtual Environment

Filled with thought provoking questions to challenge your thinking and understanding, this book is your Real World Guide to PaaS Platform and Storage Management Skills, with Key information and real world examples organized around the actual day-to-day tasks and challenges you'll face in the field of IT Management. Practice what you've learned with challenging PaaS Platform and Storage Management Specialist exam style questions.