To BaaS or not to BaaS: 3 things to consider before you make the call | VentureBeat | Dev | by Jordan Novet
Summary
A very interesting side discussion ensued at an iOS Meetup on mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) that I went to in Palo Alto, Calif., last month. BaaS is a model for providing web and mobile app developers with a way to link their applications to ready-to-use backend services like storage, messaging, management, databases, and location. A general rule of thumb most developers tell me is that if they don’t gain at least a 25 percent time-to-market advantage, it’s not worth the additional resources. Imagine you’re developing an enterprise mobile application where you have to interface with your corporate SQL database sitting behind the firewall or in some private cloud. Paul is a board member of TiE Silicon Valley and was an entrepreneur in residence at Lightspeed Venture Partners before working for Sun, Telebit, and 3Com.