Platform-as-a-service CEOs bet their futures on mainstream PaaS adoption

Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is by far the smallest sector of cloud, but four PaaS CEOs think it's about to hit the big time.

Hot dev platform AppFog hits 100K apps deployed, up 150% in just 6 months

Young platform-as-a-service (PaaS) startup AppFog has reached a new milestone of 100,000 apps deployed on its service, a sign it is hitting a chord with app developers and businesses.

An ugly duckling no more: Why Platform-as-a-Service is poised for huge growth

Platform-as-a-Service is part of the booming cloud computing sector, one area of the cloud that some analysts and developers have overlooked. But recent research shows that PaaS is no longer the ugly duckling of the cloud industry -- and that it's ready to grow quite a bit during the next few years.

AppFog buys Nodester to bolster Node.js support

Platform-as-a-Service startup AppFog has acquired leading Node.js PaaS Nodester in a move that gives AppFog even greater versatility for the 60,000 developers using its service.

AppFog gives developers an easier way to deploy cloud apps (interview)

For a small Portland, Ore.-based startup, AppFog has managed to build a huge fan base.

AppFog offers a platform-as-a-service for developers building web applications. What that means in simple terms is that if you’ve got a program you want to …

Five common fears of the cloud

Cloud adoption is trending massively up and to the right. Yet many managers and CFOs are still wary about becoming heavily dependent on cloud technologies, mostly due to questions around cost, security, and the challenge of managing many disparate accounts.

Cloud 101: What the heck do IaaS, PaaS and SaaS companies do?

Anyone who who follows technology trends has undoubtedly heard the term “cloud service” thrown around a few gazillion times over the past few months. But if you don’t know the difference between terms such as PaaS, IaaS and SaaS, don’t …

AppFog raises $8M to host powerful web apps in the cloud

Cloud PHP platform provider AppFog on Thursday announced it has raised $8 million to expand its offerings to PHP app developers and hire more staff to bolster what the platform can do.

“We’re going to use this funding to take …