In which cloud service model, Applications are provisioned?
Answers
Cloud delivery models are of three types. They are,
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
SaaS is a cloud delivery model in which a third-party service provider hosts applications and makes them available to clients over the Internet.
Virtual machines are computing resources that are not physically available but virtually available for the users to pay and use as required.
SaaS provides virtual machines.
Hence, ( a ) SaaS delivery model is the answer.
Answer:
Saas – Software as a Service.
Explanation:
This is basically a software licencing and delivery model which provides software licence and host the software in the centralized location. These provides licence to the software which are hosted online rather than downloading and installing it in the local system. Applications like CRM, HRM, Salesforce, billing etc are examples of SaaS. The advantage of using this in an organization is that the overhead of installing the software and maintaining data is avoided. Care needs to be taken while storing confidential data in Cloud.