-aaS

Definition

The -aaS family of acronyms "refers to the on-demand services that have replaced the more traditional one-time, high-investment technologies of the past."

Overview

The key characteristics of an as-a-Service (-aaS) offering include:

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Rapid elasticity: Capabilities can be rapidly and elastically provisioned to quickly scale up and rapidly released to quickly scale down. Ubiquitous network access: Capabilities are available over the network and accessed through standard mechanisms that promote use by heterogeneous thin or thick client platforms (e.g., mobile phones and laptops, etc.). Pay per use: Capabilities are charged using a metered, fee-for-service, or advertising-based billing model to promote optimisation of resource use. On-demand self-service: A consumer can unilaterally provision computing capabilities, such as server time and network storage, as needed without requiring human interaction with each service's provider. Location independent data centres: The provider's computing resources are usually pooled to serve all consumers using a multi-tenant model, with different physical and virtual resources dynamically assigned and reassigned according to consumer demand.

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See also

• Access-Control-as-a-Service
• Analytics-as-a-Service
• Application platform as a service
• Backend-as-a-Service
• Blockchain-as-a-Service
• Business-Process-as-a-Service
• Communications-as-a-Service
• Crime-as-a-Service
• Crimeware-as-a-Service
• Cybercrime-as-a-Service
• Data as a Service
• Data-Center-as-a-Service
• Data Storage-as-a-Service
• Database as a Service
• Desktop-as-a-Service
• Development-and-Test-as-a-Service
• Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service
• E-Mail as a Service
• Enterprise-Content-Delivery-as-a-Service
• Hardware-as-a-Service
• Infrastructure-as-a-Service
• Malware-as-a Service
• Network-as-a-Service
• Platform-as-a-Service
• Security as a Services
• Service delivery platform-as-a-Service
• Software-as-a-Service
• Things-as-a-Service
• Tools-as-a-Service
• Video Surveillance-as-a-Service
• Workplace-as-a-Service
• XaaS