SaaS – Software as Service
SaaS means “Software as a Service”. Through this Services all the software’s are distributed over the cloud. By using Software as a service no need to install any software all software’s are readily available over the internet. Software as a Service(SaaS) is an substantial cloud service provided to all types of organizations with out any risk of software. SaaS supports Web Services and service oriented architecture (SOA).
Examples of SaaS.
- Gmail.
- Facebook.
- Twitter.
- Flickr.
Advantages of SaaS cloud service.
- Initial cost for hardware setup is reduced.
- Administration can be easily done.
- We can get automatic updates from cloud service providers.
- Patch management from cloud service providers is available.
- All users will find same version of software we update is for all users hence it is compatible, Accessible across the globe on every device.
Top cloud providers (SaaS).
- Abiquo.
- Accelops.
- Akamai.
- App Dynamics.
- Apprenda.
- MegaWare.
- Cloud9.
- Cloud Switch.
- CloudTran.
- Cumulux.
- Eloqua.