Application infrastructure (middleware) is an essential enabling technology for business applications, whether deployed on- or off-premises. This research looks at the segmentation and emerging trends in application infrastructure for cloud computing, also known as cloud platform as a service.

Table of Contents

• Analysis
  • Application Infrastructure for Cloud Computing (Cloud PaaS)
    • Essential Functions of Application Infrastructure
    • Application Infrastructure in the Cloud Computing Context
    • Elastic Sharing
    • Models of Multitenancy
    • The Naming Convention
    • Embedded PaaS Functionality
  • The Market Trends
    • Cloud as a Market-Disrupting Force
    • Native Cloud Solutions vs. Adopted On-Premises Products
    • The Inevitable Consolidation of PaaS Offerings
    • High Productivity vs. High Control
    • Hybrid Architecture Through Integration, Not Homogeneity
    • The Private PaaS
    • The Vendors' Face-Off
  • The Market Landscape
    • Application Platform Services
  • Integration Middleware Services
    • Business Process Management Platform Services
    • DBMS and Data Store Services
    • Enterprise Horizontal Portal Services
    • ALM Services
    • Business Analytics Services
    • Cloud MOM Services
    • Application Security Services
    • Application-Services Governance Services
    • Managed File Transfer (MFT) Services
  • Conclusions: The PaaS Market Is Under Construction

信息来源：Gartner Report - Platform as a Service: Definition, Taxonomy and Vendor Landscape, 2012