Get Ready For XaaS Everywhere
With the soaring interest in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), we are already
seeing the same metaphor used for other service offerings.
Platform-as-a-Service, or PaaS, is becoming a common place term. Now I've also
seen IaaS, or Infrastructure-as-a-Service. As I like to say, no good idea goes
un-copied. What that means is we should all expect to be overrun by the use of
XaaS terms, where X equals whatever word or phrase any vendor, analyst or
marketer chooses to promote their product or service. If Sausage-as-a-Service
will help sell more processed meats, you can bet someone will jump on the
bandwagon and leverage XaaS to their benefit.
If imitation (being copied) is the most sincere form of flattery, then I'd say SaaS is gaining enough traction that others are coping the XaaS term for their use. But we shouldn't forget, what this all really means to us is that software, infrastructure, data, etc., etc,. are all moving into the cloud, being offered as a service.
So if anyone needs any Blogging-as-a-Service, you know where to contact me. :)
