Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR) — Question 283

A company plans to migrate some of its services to the cloud. The company does not want to manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure. It also wants to maintain control over the deployment of its applications and configuration settings of the application-hosting environment.

Which cloud service model meets these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Software as a Service
• B. Infrastructure as a Service
• C. Platform as a Service
• D. Function as a Service

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, Platform as a Service (PaaS), as it allows companies to deploy applications while the cloud provider manages the infrastructure. Options A and B do not provide the necessary control over application deployment, as SaaS is fully managed by the provider and IaaS still requires infrastructure management. Option D, Function as a Service, is more focused on serverless computing and does not offer the same level of application management capabilities.