As a service explained

" as a service" (rendered as *aaS in acronyms) is a phrasal template for any business model in which a product use is offered as a subscription-based service rather than as an artifact owned and maintained by the customer. Originating from the software as a service concept that appeared in the 2010s with the advent of cloud computing,[1] [2] the template has expanded to numerous offerings in the field of information technology and beyond it. The term XaaS can mean "anything as a service".

The following is an alphabetical list of business models named in this way, including certain forms of cybercrime (criminal business models).

B

Blockchain as a service (BaaS)

C

Crimeware as a service

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D

Database as a service (DBaaS)

With a database as a service model (DBaaS), users pay fees to a cloud provider for services and computing resources, reducing the amount of money and effort needed to develop and manage databases.[4] Users are given tools to create and manage database instances, and control users. Some cloud providers also offer tools to manage database structures and data.[5] Many cloud providers offer both relational (Amazon RDS, SQL Server) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB) databases. This is a type of software as a service (SaaS).

Data management as a service (DMaaS)

Data management can also be done through the "as a service" business model, according to the book Data Management as a Service for Dummies.[6]

DDoS as a service (DDoSaaS)

DDoS-as-a-Service (DDoSaaS) is a cybercrime model in which individuals can hire hackers to execute an distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against a specified target for a fee, typically paid in cryptocurrency, making such attacks more accessible to those without technical expertise.[7]

Desktop as a service (DaaS)

E

Other "EaaS" business models

Under the acronym EaaS, the following business models have been discussed in journals and conferences:

F

Function as a service (FaaS)

G

Ground segment as a service (GSaaS)

GSaaS means outsourcing ground operations to a third-party provider by the satellite operators.[12] [13] [14]

I

IT as a service (ITaaS)

K

Knowledge as a service (KaaS)

L

Lighting as a service (LaaS)

M

Monitoring as a service (MaaS)

N

Network as a service (NaaS)

O

Offshoring as a service (OaaS)

P

Phishing as a service (PaaS)

Phishing as a service allows cybercriminals with little technical skills or without resources to launch sophisticated phishing attacks by providing access to a phishing kit.[15]

Platform as a service (PaaS)

R

Robot as a service (RaaS)

S

Software as a service (SaaS)

See also: Hybrid SaaS.

T

Transportation as a Service

Transportation as a Service (TaaS) is a transportation system where customers have use of a vehicle over just the time they need it and use of the vehicle may also be shared with other customers.

W

Workspace as a Service

Workspace as a Service (WaaS) is a desktop virtualization utilised by companies to offer to employees a complete computer environment with remote accesss.

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: What is XaaS (Anything as a Service)? . SearchCloudComputing . 12 August 2022 . 24 October 2022.
  2. Robin Hastings, Making the Most of the Cloud: How to Choose and Implement the Best Services (2013), p. 3.
  3. Book: Allum . Felia . Gilmour . Stan . Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime . 2021 . Routledge . 978-1-000-48416-8 . 388 . en.
  4. Book: Chao, Lee . Cloud database development and management . 2014 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-4665-6506-7 . Boca Raton . 857081580.
  5. Book: McHaney, Roger . Cloud technologies: an overview of cloud computing technologies for managers . 2021 . 978-1-119-76951-4 . Hoboken, NJ . 1196822611.
  6. Book: Linkin, Peter. Data Management as a Service for Dummies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. 2022. 978-1-119-87093-7.
  7. Book: Basta . Alfred . Basta . Nadine . Anwar . Waqar . Pen Testing from Contract to Report . 2024 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-1-394-17680-9 . 334 . en.
  8. Edge-as-a-Service: Towards Distributed Cloud Architectures. Blesson. Varghese. Nan. Wang. Jianyu. Li. Dimitrios S.. Nikolopoulos. October 27, 2017. Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Computing. 1710.10090. EdgeComp Symposium 2017.
  9. Encryption as a Service (EaaS) as a Solution for Cryptography in Cloud. Hossein. Rahmani. Elankovan. Sundararajan. Zulkarnain Md. . Ali. Abdullah Mohd. Zin. 4th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICEEI 2013.
  10. Vinod . Mawani . Kalleshwar . Kalshetty . Aniket . Kadam . Sagar . Chavan . Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS): Interfacing Android Application with Cloud to Save Smartphone Energy . Spvryan's International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Technology . 5 . 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180422043420/http://spvryan.org/archive/issue6volume2/25.pdf . 22 April 2018 . dead . 25 July 2022 .
  11. 10.1145/3239570. Evaluation-as-a-Service for the Computational Sciences: Overview and Outlook. Journal of Data and Information Quality. December 2018. 1–32. 10. 4. Frank. Hopfgartner. Allan. Hanbury. Henning. Müller. Ivan. Eggel. 53115327 . 1512.07454.
  12. Web site: Ground Segment as a Service – A Quick Overview. February 26, 2023. New Space Economy.
  13. Web site: Leaf Space Completes Two Months of Successful Ground Support for AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 Satellite On-Orbit. November 3, 2022.
  14. Web site: Market perspectives of Ground Segment as a Service. PwC.
  15. https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/microsoft-takes-action-against-phishing-service-platform

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