What's in a Name? Distinguishing between SaaS and SOA

  • Authors:
  • Phillip A. Laplante;Jia Zhang;Jeffrey Voas

  • Affiliations:
  • Penn State University;Northern Illinois University;SAIC

  • Venue:
  • IT Professional
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Considerable confusion arises in distinguishing between software as a service (SaaS) and service-oriented architecture (SOA). Zachman's framework can help to try to make sense of the alphabet soup of Web services and utilities that form the basis for both SOA and SaaS.