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Everything as a Service (XaaS)

by Evalyne Ndanu
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Everything as a Service (XaaS) is also known as Anything for a Service. The ‘X’ stands for Anything.

It is considered a subset of Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g. networks, servers, storage, applications and services) than can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal  management effort or service provider interaction.

XaaS is a general category of cloud-based solutions that are deployed remotely and can be accessed on demand.

The ‘as-a-service’ model is increasingly becoming popular and companies are steadily embracing it. The Cloud computing market size is set to grow $623.3 Billion by 2020.

Sub-categories of XaaS,

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

Comparison of the traditional IT solutions against the sub-categories of XaaS:

IaaS, SaaS, PaaS

Traditional IT, IaaS, SaaS, PaaS

Even though these are the main Sub-categories of XaaS, gradually, XaaS has now evolved to include conceivable ‘Everything’, including;

HaaS – Hardware as a Service

BPaaS – Business Process as a Service

SECaaS – Security as a Service

MaaS – Mobility as a Service

DbaaS – Database as a Service

STaaS – Storage as a Service

DRaaS – Database Recovery as a Service

DaaS – Data as a Service

NaaS – Network as a Service

CaaS -Communication as a Service

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