Explain how software as a service (SaaS) works with the help of an example
Here is a simple example of how SaaS might work: A user wants to edit a document, X.doc, and he or she needs word-processing software for this task. With SaaS, the user does not need the software installed on his or her computer. He or she can simply access it from the SaaS provider site. The user can then run the software from the provider's server (and not take up his or her computing resources) or on his or her computer. The location of the X.doc file does not matter. The user can make use of the provider's SaaS service to edit the document, which stays on his or her hard drive (or wherever he or she had it stored—a flash drive, for example). The word processing application is not stored on the user's computer, so the next time the user accesses the word-processing software from the provider's SaaS site he or she might get a newer version of the word-processing software. SaaS deals only with software, not with data and document storage or with hardware resources, such as processing power and memory.
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