Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)
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PaaS solutions: Areas for improvement?
If you were in the room with the product manager from Amazon and Microsoft and could give them advice on how to improve their PaaS solutions, what areas for improvement would you suggest?
I'd ask for better documentation, preferably with all updates dated.
I'd also ask for improved error messages that actually give a clue as to
what is really wrong.
I primarily work with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. My main
business partner has years of expertise with Amazon.
I will just focus on Azure suggestions:
- IaaS deployments are slow with Windows VMs
- Versioning / packaging is too coupled with Visual Studio
- A cloud platform should be fully controllable with only the command line
- otherwise you're killing DevOps
- msbuild is not great at bridging that gap
- Support is iffy compared to what I'm accostomed to with Google (inculding
by phone)
- There are some gaps with hybrid models
- websites can't connect to on premise VMs
- reserved IPs don't work with affinity groups
- I receive connection timeouts periodically when controlling the VMs via
Powershell (and the client network is super fast)
MORE THAN ANYTHING
PLEASE ADD SSH / SFTP SERVICES IN WINDOWS ... something like this:
powershellserver.com
It is very hard to administer a machine across WinRM
I do not use Microsoft products, so I shall only give suggestions for Amazon.
@amazon, please simplify your offerings and don't ask my CC details for the free plan.
Also please allow me to install my custom OS and have interoperability with KVM images.
Oracle Web Administrator at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
2014-07-07T11:37:21Z
Jul 7, 2014
In adopting Cloud Foundry, the “big aha” included the forecasted 50% reduction of effort and increased efficiency within the software development lifecycle (SDLC). - See more at: http://blog.gopivotal.com/cloud-foundry-pivotal/case-studies-2/monsanto-sees-50-app-dev-lifecycle-improvement-with-cloud-foundry#sthash.VOuumEef.dpuf
My company utilizes many of the services that AWS offers for various cloud computing purposes. They are all useful, since they all serve different purposes. I think that is the best thing about AWS - how many areas it covers with its products. But if I have to give an example of a group of products that I utilize almost daily, it would be the analytics services. Solutions like Amazon Anthena, OpenSearch Service, Kinesis, and QuickSight are extremely important and useful for data management and analysis. You can get visualized detailed reports that help you make better business choices. These features are valuable additions to AWS, as it allows you not only to store the data but make full use of it as well.
I do not currently have an AWS certification and I do not really believe you need to have one in order to work with the solution effectively. It may be useful for people to put on their resumes; however you can benefit from all the services that AWS provides perfectly well without it. In fact, I did not even know what Amazon AWS certification was until a few months ago when a colleague said they were preparing to get one. For them, it is essential to showcase their skills and test their knowledge. I understand that, but for me, and for anyone who just wants to take advantage of Amazon AWS services without becoming an expert, it is not necessary.
The three main types of cloud computing are SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
Software as a Service, or cloud application services, uses the internet to deliver software applications to its users via a third-party vendor. Most SaaS applications run directly through your browser, which means you don’t need to download or install anything. You can purchase a basic, easy to set up solution right out of the b...
I primarily work with Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.
I will just focus on Azure suggestions:
- IaaS deployments are slow with Windows VMs
I'd ask for better documentation, preferably with all updates dated.
I'd also ask for improved error messages that actually give a clue as to
what is really wrong.
I primarily work with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. My main
business partner has years of expertise with Amazon.
I will just focus on Azure suggestions:
- IaaS deployments are slow with Windows VMs
- Versioning / packaging is too coupled with Visual Studio
- A cloud platform should be fully controllable with only the command line
- otherwise you're killing DevOps
- msbuild is not great at bridging that gap
- Support is iffy compared to what I'm accostomed to with Google (inculding
by phone)
- There are some gaps with hybrid models
- websites can't connect to on premise VMs
- reserved IPs don't work with affinity groups
- I receive connection timeouts periodically when controlling the VMs via
Powershell (and the client network is super fast)
MORE THAN ANYTHING
PLEASE ADD SSH / SFTP SERVICES IN WINDOWS ... something like this:
powershellserver.com
It is very hard to administer a machine across WinRM
Mike Basil
I do not use Microsoft products, so I shall only give suggestions for Amazon.
@amazon, please simplify your offerings and don't ask my CC details for the free plan.
Also please allow me to install my custom OS and have interoperability with KVM images.
In adopting Cloud Foundry, the “big aha” included the forecasted 50% reduction of effort and increased efficiency within the software development lifecycle (SDLC). - See more at: http://blog.gopivotal.com/cloud-foundry-pivotal/case-studies-2/monsanto-sees-50-app-dev-lifecycle-improvement-with-cloud-foundry#sthash.VOuumEef.dpuf