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PaaS provides an environment in which software developers can easily build, manage, deploy, and scale the applications they build. Examples of early PaaS offerings include Salesforce.com's Force.com and Google's AppEngine. A PaaS need not operate using IaaS (neither Force.com nor AppEngine do so), although many newer services run on the Amazon IaaS service (known as EC2), and the Standing Cloud PaaS can run on virtually any public IaaS.

Standing Cloud implements the following security measures when deploying applications or development environments to supported cloud providers:

The quick answer is that using fully configured boot images, like those available from Amazon and others, is a legacy technique and isn't best practice for cloud or other deployments.

First, keep in mind that we do use boot images — there's no other way to start a virtual machine. However, instead of booting from an image that already has the technology stack configured and the application installed, we begin with an image that is just the base operating system, for many reasons. Here are a few:

The main difference: a test drive allows you to check out — and customize, if you're inclined — any application on our system, with full functionality, at no charge, for as long as you like. Your use is subject to time limitations — specifically, we'll shut down your application after 3 hours, unless you tell us to keep it running. We pay for your test drive server time, so we try to limit that for inactive applications.

Standing Cloud makes it simple to deploy, configure, and manage applications in the Cloud.

For business users, finding and using popular web applications applications like Wordpress, Drupal, Sugar CRM, and many more, is just a few clicks away, no system administration required. For more technical users — like application developers and firms that customize popular CMS, CRM, and other software to create solutions for clients — Standing Cloud streamlines system administration and management, but without the limitations of other Platform as a Service (PaaS) systems.

PaaS provides an environment in which software developers can easily build, manage, deploy, and scale the applications they build. Examples of early PaaS offerings include Salesforce.com's Force.com and Google's AppEngine. A PaaS need not operate using IaaS (neither Force.com nor AppEngine do so), although many newer services run on the Amazon IaaS service (known as EC2), and the Standing Cloud PaaS can run on virtually any public IaaS.

A "standing cloud" is a cloud variant typically found in mountainous areas (like Boulder, our home town) formed by high winds rising quickly to pass over a peak or high ridge. At the high point of this airflow, water condenses and forms a cloud. So the air is moving quickly, but the cloud "stands" in the same place. Many, but not all, standing clouds are called "lenticular" clouds because they appear lens-shaped from the side. See Wikipedia for more information.

We like to think that our service makes downtime and performance problems a thing of the past, but even the unthinkable happens.

We offer support in several forms; here’s a good place to start to explore options. If you have special support needs, contact support, and we'll do our best to accommodate your request.