CNIT 18000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Application Service Provider, Offshore Outsourcing, Web 2.0
Document Summary
Software as a service (saas) is a model of software deployment in which an application is hosted as a service provided to customers over the internet. Traditional: compatibility issues, systems are designed on local and wide-area company networks, systems often utilize internet links and resources, development typically follows one of three main paths. Purchase of a software package with possible modification. Use of outside consultants: scalability, many applications require substantial desktop computing power and constraints, security issues. Many it professionals use the term web 2. 0 to describe a second generation of the web that enables people to collaborate, interact, and share information much more effectively. Cloud computing as a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.