And just recently, HP announced plans to launch a cloud
service that will combine PaaS, IaaS and SaaS (software
as a service). It will offer both structured and unstructured
databases, along with data analytics as a service. It will also
offer tools to help developers use software languages such
as Ruby, Java and PHP, as well as ways for users to provision
and manage workloads remotely.
Combining two layers (or even three) of cloud services is
a trend that may grow over time. By adopting some cloud
infrastructure earlier rather than later, organizations will
be better prepared to move more services to the cloud — in
whatever form they happen to take.