XaaS

XaaS, or “anything as a service,” comprises the vast array of tools, applications, and technologies that get to market over the internet. In the B2B commerce economy, XaaS refers to the strategy of productizing services, such as data sharing, business services, energy, and more, to commercialize them with a subscribe-and-pay model.

Some of the most common XaaS examples include:

• Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

• Database as a Service (DBaaS)

• Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

• Communications as a Service (CaaS)

• Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)

• Network as a Service (NaaS)

• Data as a Service (DaaS)