Introduction
All the games we play, save our progress and the applications we use, save files, or any information updated on them. Did you ever wonder where they store all these to display them every time without any glitches? We have a storage facility - “Cloud” depending on the size and the availability of our information. These clouds store our data, and the applications can fetch them whenever necessary frequently.
Cloud Computing is a technology that uses remote servers to store, access, and manage data online. The data can be of any form like audio, video, files, images, text, etc. Cloud computing is highly reliable as we can access the data on the cloud from anywhere and any device. The cloud offers us services based on our requirements and our purpose. Let’s learn about Xaas - Anything as a service in this article.
Xaas - Anything as a service
Xaas is a service provided by the cloud to access everything and anything remotely. Xaas offers various tools, technologies, and services free for all users without any license and subscriptions for primary usage. The companies which need higher facilities and functionality can pay for only what they need using Xaas. Xaas provides:
- Improved spending models.
- Increased application speed and performance.
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Shifting IT resources to high-value projects.
The Xaas services are monitored by a Service Level Agreement(SLA), where the client and the provider will work together to understand the services provided. Xaas describes a general category of all the services accessible remotely. The Xaas is classified into a few categories. Let’s take a look at the most used services.
- Communications as a Service (CaaS)
- Data as a Service (DaaS)
- Database as a Service (DBaaS)
- Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Network as a Service (NaaS)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Storage as a Service (StaaS)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
