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Cloud Computing For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Cloud Computing For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Judith S. Hurwitz, Daniel Kirsch
August 2020
Beginner
320 pages
8h 45m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 9

Using Software as a Service

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Discovering the important characteristics of SaaS

check Looking at multi-tenancy and its benefits

check Finding out why multi-tenancy is important for SaaS

check Understanding the economics of SaaS

check Knowing when SaaS provides a platform for additional applications

While software developers are familiar with using IaaS (see Chapter 8), end users are much more familiar with Software as a Service (SaaS). Software as a Service is the way many business users are first introduced to the cloud. For example, common consumer and business applications like Slack, Google’s Gmail, and Office 365 are SaaS applications. Many SaaS applications are designed to implement a specific business process — ranging from accounting to customer relationship management (CRM), collaboration, and human resource management. Business users have increasingly found that SaaS applications represent a more manageable, flexible, and secure alternative to traditional on-premises applications. ...

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