April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
280 pages
8h 37m
English
Software as a Service (SaaS) is a cloud service that provides access to software such as Microsoft Office, Google Apps, and so on. It allows the user to connect to and use the software application over the internet. Most SaaS applications can be accessed directly using a web browser with a plugin, and without performing any large downloads or installations. For example, companies such as Salesforce, Google (Gmail), Microsoft (Office 365), and so on, are all SaaS providers.
Users need to subscribe to the SaaS provider to use their services. The subscription costs are lower than the cost of purchasing the software license and then installing and maintaining it. Using SaaS, organizations are able to mobilize their workforce ...