Cloud computing providers offer their services according to three fundamental models: Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PAAS), and software as a service (SaaS) where IaaS is the most basic and each higher model abstracts from the details of the lower models.

Examples of IaaS include: AMAZON CloudFormation (and underlying services such as Amazon EC2), Rackspace Cloud, Terremark, Windows Azure Virtual Machines, Google Compute ENGINE. and Joyent.

Examples of PaaS include: Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Foundry, Heroku, Force.com, EngineYard, Mendix, Google App Engine, Windows Azure Compute and OrangeScape.

Examples of SaaS include: Google Apps, Microsoft Office 365, and Onlive.

Cloud computing providers offer their services according to three fundamental models: Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS) where IaaS is the most basic and each higher model abstracts from the details of the lower models.

Examples of IaaS include: Amazon CloudFormation (and underlying services such as Amazon EC2), Rackspace Cloud, Terremark, Windows Azure Virtual Machines, Google Compute Engine. and Joyent.

Examples of PaaS include: Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Foundry, Heroku, Force.com, EngineYard, Mendix, Google App Engine, Windows Azure Compute and OrangeScape.

Examples of SaaS include: Google Apps, Microsoft Office 365, and Onlive.