An evaluation framework can help enterprise architects and solution architects evaluate and select PaaS offerings. The evaluation framework can be used to shortlist PaaS providers, build questions posed in a Request for Proposal (RFP) document, or generate use case scenarios. This blog post provides an overview of the PaaS Evaluation Framework published in the Selecting a Cloud Platform White paper.
At QCon International Software Development Conference 2011 and Gartner’s Application Architecture Development Integration Summit 2011, WSO2 will be distributing evaluation matrixes comparing Platform as a Service offerings. We compiled scores of detailed requirements and attributes relevant to developers and project architects, and then we distilled the evaluation criteria into seven categories:
- Cloud Characteristics
- Cloud Dimensions
- Production Ready
- DevOps Activities and Phases
- Cloud Architecture
- Platform Services
- Programming Model