Backend as a service (BaaS), is making an appearance as a new "as a Service" cloud or SW development approach to give developers (mostly) a general way or an API into common application enabling infrastructure. It gives web, mobile app and Internet of Things (IoT) developers a way to link their client services and applications to backend cloud processing and storage, as well as providing generic functionalities like user authentication and management, service management and logging, push notifications and integration with social networking services and more for their apps.
With all this going on with a BaaS, it might be easy think it's a mix of cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS geared towards mobile developers and clients, and gives developers a turn-key, if there ever was anything "turn-key", software modules needed to run the general backend services of mobile applications.
Kinvey has a great mobile dev and services ecosystem map, that shows were BaaS is generally positioned and residing.
Why would anyone use a BaaS kind of backend, and not develop their own to suit service specifics? Main reasons seems to be that BaaS makes it
This is a developing area, and merges and some big names VC investments are certain to come through the next 6-9 months.
Some BaaS players you might want to check out:
Erik Jensen, 25.11.2013
With all this going on with a BaaS, it might be easy think it's a mix of cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS geared towards mobile developers and clients, and gives developers a turn-key, if there ever was anything "turn-key", software modules needed to run the general backend services of mobile applications.
Kinvey has a great mobile dev and services ecosystem map, that shows were BaaS is generally positioned and residing.
Why would anyone use a BaaS kind of backend, and not develop their own to suit service specifics? Main reasons seems to be that BaaS makes it
- Easier to cover multiple terminals and form factor, different mobile operating systems and for instance multiple authentication, logging and payment schemas.
- Easier to prototype, quicker to launch and both easier and quicker to scale the backend as an app or mobile service might take off or see seasonal capacity demands
- Possible to outsource or transfer many of the security issues and worries associated with mobile apps, payment and general hacking.
- Easier to also cover Internet of Things kind of devices as most of the mobile BaaS players have IoT enablement on their roadmap also.
This is a developing area, and merges and some big names VC investments are certain to come through the next 6-9 months.
Some BaaS players you might want to check out:
- Firebase
- Parse, recently bought by Facebook
- Kinvey
- Appcelerator
- StackMob
- AppliCasa
- StrongLoop
- Kumulos
- BaasBox
Erik Jensen, 25.11.2013
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