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PaaS vs. iPaaS
This IBM article explains the differences between Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), two cloud-based technologies that support different enterprise IT needs. PaaS focuses on application development by providing developers with cloud-based environments, tools, and infrastructure to build, deploy, and manage software without maintaining underlying hardware. iPaaS, by contrast, is designed to connect applications, data, and systems across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments through integrations, APIs, workflow automation, and data orchestration. The article emphasizes that PaaS and iPaaS are complementary rather than competing technologies, with organizations increasingly using both to improve scalability, agility, automation, interoperability,
