Demystify the Software as a Service model of Cloud Computing.
Pratik Dhavade
Cloud Security | DevSecOps | Azure Security (AZ-500) | Azure DevOps (AZ-400) | Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing | CI/CD Security | Compliance & Risk (ISO 27001, CIS, PCI DSS)
Demystify the Software as a Service model of Cloud Computing.
SaaS (Software as a service) is a software licensing and delivery model. Wherein application is licensed on a subscription base. Users can access it through a web browser.
SaaS is one of the fundamental pillars of Cloud Computing. It is a process for delivering software, and the administrator of the software centrally hosts one or more applications and makes it accessible to customers over the internet.
SaaS is a conventional model for various business operations in conjunction with virtualization. It includes the taxonomy of cloud computing, in addition to IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service).
SaaS eradicate the compliance for a customer to install and run the application on their computer. This eliminates the expenditure of hardware and maintenance support.
Characteristics of SaaS:
- SaaS makes the software accessible over the internet.
- Applications are available on-demand.
- The application can be scaled up or down on-demand.
- Softwares are automatically upgraded or updated.
- All users run the same version of the software.
Advantages of SaaS:
- Efficient use of software license:
A consumer can have a particular license for numerous mainframes running at distinct locations which diminishes the licensing cost. Also, there are no specifications for licensing servers cause of, software sprint over the vendor’s infrastructure.
- Scalable Usage:
Cloud services such as SaaS offers high scalability which permits customers to access additional services on-demand.
- Automatic Updates:
Instead of purchasing new software, customers can rely on a SaaS vendor for automatic updates. This reduces the strain on the domestic IT crew.
- Platform Responsibility Managed by Vendors:
Entire platform responsibilities such as Backups, Maintenances, Security, Hardware support, Power Management, etc. are implemented through a cloud vendor.
- Network Dependence:
?SaaS applications can be delivered merely when the network is constantly available.
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