Everything as a service

Offerings tagged with the as a service suffix have a number of common attributes, including:

• Low barriers to entry is a common method of offerings, with services typically being available to or targeting consumers and small businesses.
• Little or no capital expenditure as infrastructure is owned by the provider.
• Massive scalability is also common, though this is not an absolute requirement and many of the offerings have yet to achieve large scale.
• Multitenancy enables resources (and costs) to be shared among many users.
• Device independence^[2] enables users to access systems regardless of what device they are using (e.g. PC, mobile,...etc.).
• Location independence^[2] allows users remote access to systems.

This kind of services can be divided into more specific types:

• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

• Cloud computing