SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FOR EFFICIENT CLOUD COMPUTING

K.V. K Mahesh Kumar

Abstract: This Research paper explores importance of Software As A Service (SaaS) for efficient cloud computing in organizations and its implications. Enterprises now a days are betting big on SaaS and integrating this service delivery model of cloud computing architecture in their IT services. SaaS applications are service centric cloud computing delivery model used as IT Infrastructure which is multi-tenant architecture used to provide rich user experience with desired set of features requested by the cloud user. This research paper also discusses the importance of SaaS application architecture, functionality, efficiency, advantages and disadvantages.

Keywords: Cloud Computing, Service Delivery Models, Software as a Service, SaaS Architecture

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0301028