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What is Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)?
IaaS is the raw compute, storage, and networking layer of cloud. Here is the NIST definition, the three pillars, and how ZCP delivers real IaaS.
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What is Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS)?
Metal-as-a-Service turns a rack of physical servers into an API-driven pool. Here is when bare-metal provisioning matters and how ZCP delivers it.
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What is Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)?
PaaS abstracts the runtime so you ship code, not servers. Here is the NIST definition, the trade-offs, and how ZCP delivers managed Kubernetes and Observability.
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What is Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)?
A technical decision-maker guide to the SaaS layer: NIST SP 800-145, the CAPEX-to-OPEX shift, and how SaaS providers run on IaaS underneath.
ZSoftly Team3 min readEngineering
What is software-defined networking (SDN)?
SDN separates the control plane from the data plane. A technical primer on the ONF definition, OpenFlow, and why cloud networking is impossible without it.
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What is sovereign cloud?
Sovereign cloud explained as a category, not a feature. Data residency, operational sovereignty, and corporate sovereignty, and why procurement now asks.
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