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The popularity and rapid adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) by a number of organizations has impacted internal IT / IS departments.
These services provide a virtualization infrastructure that covers data storage, networking, desktop
computing, mobile computing, and so on.
Describe at least three items that an organization’s IT / IS department should consider when an
organization’s strategy calls for the use of SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS.
1. Evaluate the ways that SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS are used to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
and increase Return on Investment (ROI).
2. Examine the impact to the IT support personnel when an organization embarks on the strategy
stated in Question 1.
3. Analyze three considerations that the organization’s management should be aware of.
4. Examine three security issues that could arise from this type of an infrastructure.
5. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do
not qualify as quality resources.
The model of software deployment which uses web for delivering the application is known as
SaaS. This software application usually runs on the computer which has internet facility rather
than only on the computer of customer as it is a web browser application. PaaS can be defined by
the set of tools and services which are usually used for doing coding and deployment of
application more rapidly and efficiently. Moreover, IaaS can be defined by the definition that it
is hardware and software which enables all these tasks by providing servers, network, OS and
Storage.
In the following some items are listed which should be considered by an organization at the time
any wait
2. Device Friendly: it is the ability of getting access to services by using multiple device
3. Utilization of Resources: multiple resources are utilized together for multiple customers.
In the following some ways in which Total Cost of Ownership TCO can be reduced with the help
Return on Investment ROI can be increased by the help of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS by providing
multiple facilities of tenancy, different opportunities for open market and improvements in
competitive services. Some more ways are listed below which can be helpful in increasing ROI.
3. Financial flexibility
When Information Technology department of organizations use to embark on the use of SaaS,
PaaS and IaaS then different opportunities are provided to end users for getting sign up and use
different facilities provided without doing any kind of long wait. Users also able to get access to
all the provided services through different platforms like Desktop, mobile and laptop etc. These
are just few examples quoted that describe the impact of Information Technology.
In the following some considerations are listed which should be kept in mind for the
management of organization.
Make sure that organization has developed the architecture from the starting.
Make sure about the concerns when company replace the existing architecture.
Estimate advantages
Estimate budget
At the time of architecture designing, keep remember to give access to all users
Do pre planning for those software and applications which are enough
In the following some security concerns and issues are listed below which can be occurred
1) Well managed regarding passwords: applications gives access to users for multiple
2) Encryption of all data: it leads to slow performance of system because of encrypting all
the data
3) Dishonest users of the application: there are chances of getting instruction for services
which are not enough secure by some dishonest users of the applications
References
Khurana, S. and Verma, A. G., 2013. Comparison of Cloud Computing Service Models: SaaS, PaaS and
IaaS. International Joural of Electronics and Communication Techhnology, 4(3), pp. 1-4.
McKendrick, J., 2012. SaaS, PaaS and IaaS: three cloud models; three very different risks. [Online]
Available at: https://www.zdnet.com/article/saas-paas-and-iaas-three-cloud-models-three-very-
different-risks/
[Accessed 22 02 2019].
Support, R., 2017. Understanding the cloud computing stack: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS. [Online]
Available at: https://support.rackspace.com/how-to/understanding-the-cloud-computing-stack-saas-
paas-iaas/
[Accessed 22 02 2019].