{"id":113736,"date":"2021-02-09T09:51:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/?p=113736"},"modified":"2021-02-09T09:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:51:08","slug":"happy-national-pizza-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/it\/blog\/happy-national-pizza-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy National Pizza Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In honor of this auspicious (and delicious) occasion, I\u2019d like to order up the analogy of Pizza as a Service (PaaS), first concocted by Enterprise Architect and Thought Leader Albert Barron in a LinkedIn post<\/a>. He talked about the different ways one can enjoy pizza and likened it to Software as a Service (SaaS), detailing what effort pizza eaters (and software users) have to contribute with each method. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of Barron\u2019s thoughts, to which I\u2019ve added some extra pepperoni, if you will \u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make at Home<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can make a pizza at home, where you\u2019re responsible for buying all of the ingredients, making the dough, and providing the dining table, plates, utensils, drinks, oven, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homemade pizza is like on-premise software. Because with on-prem, you first have to have the infrastructure, then someone has to physically install the software and maintain it. It\u2019s very hands-on and requires a great deal of effort from you \u2013 the user \u2013 and virtually no effort on the vendor\u2019s part.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take and Bake<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can purchase a pizza to take home and bake. The shop provides the dough, sauce, toppings, and cheese, while you provide the dining table, plates, utensils, drinks, and oven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This style is analogous to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS); because, in this case, you and the vendor pretty squarely share responsibilities. The cloud provider hosts the infrastructure, such as servers, storage, and hardware. The user maintains the operating systems and the application software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delivery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can have pizza delivered to your home \u2013 you get what you need, only supplying the dining table, plates, utensils, and drinks.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This method is much like Platform as a Service (PaaS), which allows customers to develop, run, and manage applications without the hassle of building and maintaining the infrastructure. You may not have as much control over what you buy, but it\u2019s certainly easier, more convenient.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dine Out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can simply load up the fam and head out to your local pizza establishment, where they\u2019ll supply the parking, wait staff, dining table, pizza, drinks \u2013 the whole shebang. To continue our analogy, this equates to Software as a Service (SaaS), because you get exactly what you want, and the service provider does everything for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, here\u2019s the most important piece of the pie: Just because you can make a good pizza at home from scratch DOES NOT mean you can operate a successful pizza restaurant. Because it\u2019s not just about the food. For example, maybe the restaurant\u2019s parking lot is dark and sketchy, or the place has a funky smell, or the service is lousy, or the ambiance, tasteless. It\u2019s really about the whole experience.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, just because a company provides onsite software, doesn\u2019t necessarily mean it can easily switch to providing software in the cloud. It\u2019s not just about the code that\u2019s running. SaaS vendors<\/a> provide the total guest experience \u2013 from servers to storage, from health monitoring and maintenance to patches and upgrades. The user just pulls up a chair and logs into the system.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of extra toppings to keep in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SaaS providers have to earn a customer\u2019s business every single month \u2013 month after month. Consequently, quality customer support is paramount \u2013 before, during, and after the sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, with a SaaS provider, there\u2019s a single point of accountability. If something goes wrong in an on-premise situation, the on-prem software provider can say it\u2019s a server problem \u2026 and vise versa. Meanwhile, the system is down. It\u2019s much more challenging for a SaaS provider to play the blame game, than when there are multiple parties involved.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last, but certainly not least, is cybersecurity<\/a>. When the software is onsite, it\u2019s the user\u2019s responsibility to maintain the safety and security of the system and the data it contains. With a SaaS product, the vendor is solely responsible for keeping their system protected from cyber criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope this blog post gives you the appetite to explore Software as a Service more in-depth, and to grab yourself a pizza for dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In honor of this auspicious (and delicious) occasion, I\u2019d like to order up the analogy of Pizza as a Service (PaaS), first concocted by Enterprise Architect and Thought Leader Albert …<\/p>\n

Happy National Pizza Day!<\/span> Leggi altro »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3155,"featured_media":113725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"4139,4147,4823,4827,4829,4831","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1273,1274,1272],"class_list":["post-113736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video-surveillance","tag-cloud-video-surveillance","tag-security-camera-system","tag-video-management-software"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t