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PaaS (platform as a service)

PaaS (platform as a service)

Platform as a Service or PaaS is a computing model that offers a cloud based platform for developing, running, and managing applications. PaaS provides a framework for developers that they can build upon and use to create customized applications. PaaS is appealing because it provides a platform for developers to develop, run, and manage their own apps without having to build and maintain the associated infrastructure. They can also use built-in software components to build their applications, which reduces the amount of code they have to write. Cloud Run and BigQuery are examples of Google Cloud PaaS products. Cloud Run is a fully managed serverless platform for developing and hosting applications at scale, which takes care of provisioning servers and scaling up instances based on demand. BigQuery is a fully managed enterprise data warehouse that manages and analyzes data and can be queried to answer big data questions with zero infrastructure management. So what are the benefits of…

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