The next web apps architecture: Challenges for SaaS vendors

IT Professional

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 44-50

  Gagnon, Stéphane ^a   Nabelsi, Véronique ^a   Passerini, Katia ^b   Cakici, Kemal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c International Finance Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

cloud computing; competitive dynamics; Software as a service (SaaS); software industry; Web applications

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS); SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; WEB APPLICATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WEB SERVICES;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 80053611618     PISSN: 15209202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MITP.2011.90     Document Type: Article

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