SmartSaaS: Model and Architecture

Abstract:

This paper proposes a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) maturity model, and proposes an intelligent SaaS framework. The SaaS maturity has two dimensions. Traditional SaaS for business computing can also be extended to include intelligent behavior by having ontology to describe metadata of those data used in SaaS. Then, this paper proposed a new SaaS architecture SmartSaaS, and illustrate its key features. Finally, a conceivable architecture of implementation and technology roadmap were given.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volumes 6-7)
• Pages: 1010-1015
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.6-7.1010
• Online since: September 2012
• Authors: Bin Bin Yang, Jiang Wu, Huan Wang, W.T. Tsai
• Keywords: Architecture Design, Cloud Computing, Intelligent Behavior, Maturity Model, Modeling, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

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