July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
374 pages
8h
English
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Software as a Service
The following are the key points that describe SaaS:
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Software as a Service (SaaS) offers users the ability to access software hosted on service provider premises, which is provided as a service over the internet through a web browser by a provider. These services are based on subscriptions, and are also referred to as on-demand software.
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SaaS-offering companies include the Google Docs productivity suite, Oracle CRM (Customer Relationships Management), Microsoft and their Office 365 offering, and Salesforce CRM and QuickBooks.
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SaaS can be further categorized as a vertical SaaS that focuses on the needs of specific industries, such as healthcare and agriculture, or a horizontal SaaS that focuses on the software industry, ...