In respect to this, what is PaaS with example?
PaaS (Platform as a Service), as the name suggests, provides you computing platforms which typically includes operating system, programming language execution environment, database, web server etc. Examples: AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Windows Azure, Heroku, Force.com, Google App Engine, Apache Stratos.
Subsequently, question is, which is true about PaaS? True PaaS helps IT users to reach their intended destination quicker with fewer errors, fewer resources and greater benefits. Support existing applications True PaaS systems should enable users to move existing applications to the cloud and support application deployments across both on-premise and cloud deployments.
Keeping this in view, what do you mean by PaaS?
Platform as a service
How many types of PaaS is there?
Just as there are different segments of cloud computing, there are also 4 different types of PaaS. There may actually be more in the future. There are new developments in cloud computing every day. But we can narrow down most PaaS services to four different types of platforms right now, today.