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SaaS and PaaS in Cloud
Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, you will be able to
Define the characteristics of SaaS and PaaS
Analyze the advantages/disadvantages of SaaS and PaaS
Compare and contrast implementation/ examples w.r.t SaaS and PaaS
This chapter helps to develop an understanding of the high-level differences between SaaS and PaaS. Before the customer has made the decision to consider Cloud services for their application or infrastructure deployment, it is important that they understand the fundamental differences between the core categories of Cloud services available.
6.1 SaaS in Cloud
The idea of using SaaS first popped up in the late 1990s in order to allow sharing end-user licenses in a way that reduced cost ...
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