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Saas - Related Terminology
- Cloud computing
- Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product,
whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers
and other devices as a utility over a network
- Platform as a Service
- Platform as a service (PaaS) is a category of cloud computing services that provide
a computing platform and a solution stack as a service.
- Infrastructure as a Service
- Infrastructure as a Service is a provision model in which an organization outsources
the equipment used to support operations, including storage, hardware, servers and
networking components. The service provider owns the equipment and is responsible
for housing, running and maintaining it.
- Multi-Tenancy
- Multi-Tenancy refers to a principle in software architecture where a single instance of
the software runs on a server, serving multiple client organizations
- Application Service Provider
- provided businesses with the service of hosting and managing specialized business
applications, with the goal of reducing costs through central administration and
through the solution provider's specialization in a particular business application
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