Software as a Service

Software-as-a-Service is software which is deployed over the internet and used by someone on a personal computer or local area network. Customers can often use software “pay-as-you-go” by using the cloud provider’s licences, rather than buying licences themselves – which is why Software-as-a-Service is sometimes called “software on demand”. As well as removing the need to buy, install and manage software at the user’s end, it also has the advantage of the software being accessible from anywhere with an internet connection.

The ability to host core services in the cloud has created new opportunities for employers and workers alike
There are many ways to support cloud computing. BPM companies are keen for customers to find the best approach
Beating fraud and saving fresh fruit from landfill are just some of the benefits made possible by inter-organisation tie-ups in the cloud
As the Government tries to make UK cloud-friendly and innovation-ready, are political and cultural barriers really coming down?
Microsoft is pushing System Center and Windows Server as strands of its private cloud philosophy - what does this mean for big data?
Ethical cosmetics company can now collate data and report on its environmental impact with CloudApps software
Bilhar Mann, senior VP of CA Technologies' cloud business unit spoke to sister title IT Pro about the challenges of cloud
Nabil Batlouni, CIO of the New York Stock Exchange's European arm lays out the challenges facing the modern CIO
As part of our CIO series, Jeremy Vincent, CIO of Jaguar Land Rover describes how he's become a fan of cloud
Philippe Paban, VP of supply chain and information systems at Renault explains why cloud has limited appeal
Commerce-as-a-Service offered as means to manage B2C or B2B transactions on any device.
Fast food company looks to cloud to run pizza contact centre.
Study finds small companies embracing cloud, security worries overstated.
Service provider says misleading metrics and complex jargon a barrier to cloud adoption.
Transactional management product for cloud and big data “an industry first” claims mainframe company.

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Netsuite, SaaS, ERP