As a Service (aaS) glossary terms
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AAAS (APPLIANCES AS A SERVICE)
Delivers, installs, repairs, moves, adjusts and picks the appliances up again at the end of the contract. After their use, appliances are repaired and reused, and working components redistributed.
AIAAS (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A SERVICE)
Allows developers to experiment with AI and test different machine learning algorithms without a huge initial investment and with lower risk.
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BAAS (BACKEND AS A SERVICE)
Backend cloud storage and processing for faster application development. Helps developers focus on their app’s features instead of spending time wondering how to scale.
BAAS (BLOCKCHAIN AS A SERVICE)
Allows businesses to use cloud-based solutions to build, host and use their own blockchain apps, smart contracts and functions on the blockchain infrastructure developed by a vendor.
BAAS (BUILDING AS A SERVICE)
Lessens the pressures of time and resources by delegating the responsibility of the design, construction, energy efficiency management, ongoing building operations and financing.
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CAAS (CLOUD AS A SERVICE)
Also known as cloud services, this is an all-in-one service offering that combines Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service technologies in one subscription.
CAAS (CONTAINERS AS A SERVICE)
A complete runtime environment hosted in the cloud. Containers package up an app with all necessities and standardize how it runs. Cloud containers make it even easier to test from anywhere.
CAAS (COUNTRY AS A SERVICE)
E-residency provides access to a variety of digital services in the country.
CAAS (COMMERCE AS A SERVICE)
Allows your customers to avoid having to choose between their rich content and a robust eCommerce platform. This allows more flexibility in content management and delivery, user experience, and SEO.
CAAS (COMMUNICATIONS AS A SERVICE)
An outsourced communications solution that can be leased from a single vendor. Can include voice over IP (VoIP), instant messaging (IM), collaboration and videoconference applications using fixed and mobile devices.
CAAS (COMPILER AS A SERVICE)
The compilation process is broken down into pieces with a public API that lets you examine the syntactic and semantic models built by the compiler during compilation.
CAAS (COMPLIANCE AS A SERVICE)
A cloud service level agreement (SLA) that specified how a managed service provider (MSP) will help an organization meet its regulatory compliance mandates.
CAAS (CONTENT AS A SERVICE)
A service-oriented model, where the service provider delivers the content on-demand to the service consumer via web services that are licensed under subscription.
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DAAS (DATA AS A SERVICE)
When data is siloed off, it is not working as hard as it could. By centralizing data in the cloud, it can be accessed easily and analyzed far more deeply.
DAAS (DESKTOP AS A SERVICE)
See ‘Workspace as a Service (WaaS)’.
DAAS (DEVICE AS A SERVICE)
Leasing of the latest hardware, along with ongoing management and support.
DAAS (DATABASE AS A SERVICE)
Cloud-based software tools are used for working with data, such as managing data in a data warehouse or analyzing data with business intelligence. It is enabled by software as a service.
DRAAS (DISASTER RECOVERY AS A SERVICE)
Leaps into action in the event of a catastrophe to repopulate your network’s data, infrastructure, and applications, ideally before your users even notice a hiccup. More robust than backup aaS.
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EAAS (ENVIRONMENT AS A SERVICE)
Going further than virtual machines or containers, provides test management, test case development, and test execution.
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FAAS (FRAMEWORK AS A SERVICE)
A software framework that provides a customizable foundation for developing apps or systems. It’s not a finished product like SaaS, but it requires less work to implement than a PaaS system.
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GAAS (GAMES AS A SERVICE)
Providing video games or game content on a continuing revenue model, similar to software as a service. These are ways to monetize video games either after their initial sale or to support a free-to-play model.
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HAAS (HARDWARE AS A SERVICE)
See ‘Device as a Service (DaaS)’, ‘Notebook as a Service (NaaS)’.
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IAAS (INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE)
Makes world-class IT infrastructure available to any size of business, with setup and maintenance outsourced to third parties.
IDAAS (IDENTITY AS A SERVICE)
Comprises cloud-based solutions for identity and access management (IAM) functions, such as single sign-on (SSO). These methods allow all users to more securely access sensitive information both on and off-premises.
IOTAAS (IOT AS A SERVICE)
A ‘pay as you go’ service for IoT devices, so you only use the devices and resources you need at the time.
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KAAS (KNOWLEDGE AS A SERVICE)
A computing service that delivers knowledge, which is data with context, to users, as opposed to just data or information.
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LAAS (LAB AS A SERVICE)
Remote-control all lab instruments using a cloud lab without setting foot in the building. Instantly access a fully automated lab without capital expenditure using a cloud lab.
LAAS (LICENCING AS A SERVICE)
A modern approach to software licensing in which a provider enables an organization to support its various software and application licenses without the need for an in-house licensing engine.
LAAS (LINUX AS A SERVICE)
Build a Linux server in the cloud.
LAAS (LOCALIZATION AS A SERVICE)
A cloud-based platform that assists in managing and automating the localization process of digital content, including websites, mobile apps, games, software, and more, for different geographical regions and languages.
LAAS (LOCATION AS A SERVICE)
Businesses sit on an enormous quantity of customer location data without the tools to pull business insight from it. Location aaS lets them rent high-quality location data analysis.
LAAS (LOGGING AS A SERVICE)
An IT architectural model for centrally ingesting and collecting any type of log files coming from any given source or location; such as servers, applications, devices and so on.
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MAAS (MONITORING AS A SERVICE)
Oversees from the cloud how IT infrastructure, systems, and apps are running. Avoids having to purchase and install a potentially costly on-premises monitoring tool.
MAAS (MANAGEMENT AS A SERVICE)
Implementations unify different systems management features and products into a common management environment that spans all system management types.
MAAS (MESSAGING AS A SERVICE)
Reducing the obstacles associated with maintaining legacy SMS/MMS messaging infrastructure, while also enabling seamless integration with RCS and other advanced services over IP/IMS.
MAAS [BARE] (METAL AS A SERVICE)
Designed to help facilitate and automate the deployment and dynamic provisioning of hyperscale computing environments such as big data workloads and cloud services.
MAAS (MOBILE BACKEND AS A SERVICE)
Enables developers & development teams to simplify the creation & management of their app's backend.
MAAS (MOBILITY AS A SERVICE)
An ecosystem designed to deliver collaborative and connected mobility services in a society increasingly embracing a sharing culture, is at the centre of this disruption.
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NAAS (NETWORK AS A SERVICE)
Rented network functionality from a third-party that owns the infrastructure, usually an ISP. Scale up or down on port capacity as needed. Works best for companies with highly variable demand.
NAAS (NOTEBOOK AS A SERVICE)
Enables you to script faster with low-code formulas and templates. Automate all your tasks in minutes.
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OAAS (OPERATIONS AS A SERVICE)
A third-party service that helps businesses design, build, maintain, and monitor the IT infrastructure of their dreams. A new name for a managed service you’ve likely been offering for years.
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PAAS (PLATFORM AS A SERVICE)
Provides not just infrastructure but operating systems, software, databases, and other useful tools.
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RAAS (RANSOMWARE AS A SERVICE)
DIY ransomware kits that would-be criminals can purchase and implement.
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SAAS (SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE)
Centrally hosted software with subscription licences.
SAAS [IT] (SECURITY AS A SERVICE)
Outsourced management of a company’s network security and data regulation/compliance to a third party, like a MSSP (managed security service provider).
SAAS (STORAGE AS A SERVICE)
A cloud business model in which a business leases or rents its storage infrastructure to another business or individuals to store data.
SAAS (SURFACE AS A SERVICE)
A comprehensive end-to-end IT solution as a managed service that allows Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Providers to offer Surface hardware as a managed service offering.
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UAAS (UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AS A SERVICE)
Managed and hosted communications channels, including VoIP, instant messaging, LinkedIn, Skype, phones, Wi-Fi, and social media.
UAAS (UNDERSTANDING AS A SERVICE)
Make it possible for buyers to select much more suitable apps by better understanding their own business requirements.
UAAS (UNIVERSITY AS A SERVICE)
Where higher education courses and degree modules are unbundled and accessed via a monthly subscription, could be a landing spot for the future of higher education and lifelong learners.
UAAS (UPTIME AS A SERVICE)
Take care of the management, maintenance, security and online privacy, monitoring and back-ups of your infrastructure.
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VAAS (VERIFICATION AS A SERVICE)
Similar to SaaS, leveraging the computing power offered by a cloud environment with automated provisioning, scalability, and service composition.
VAAS (VIDEO AS A SERVICE)
Cloud-hosted video conferencing.
VAAS (VIRTUALIZATION AS A SERVICE)
Virtual servers hosted on hardware in secure data-centres.
VAAS (VISIBILITY AS A SERVICE)
Provides a large set of ‘as-a-service’ features for visibility and optimization of your IT infrastructure using best-of-breed tools.
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WAAS (WORKSPACE AS A SERVICE)
Virtual desktop environments with all the business data and applications.
WAAS (WI-FI AS A SERVICE)
A fully cloud-based management system, which allows organizations with limited IT resources to provide secure, reliable, and fast WLAN access across various locations.
WAAS (WINDOWS AS A SERVICE)
An approach Microsoft introduced with Windows 10 to deploy, update and service the operating system. Instead of releasing a new version of Windows every three to five years, it will continually update Windows 10.
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XAAS (ANYTHING/EVERYTHING AS A SERVICE)
A general category of services related to cloud computing and remote access. It recognizes the vast number of products, tools, and technologies that are now delivered to users as a service over the internet.
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