US CMA Part 1 · Chapter 6 · Question 6 of 22
A company subscribes to a web-based accounting application that the provider hosts, maintains and upgrades; users simply log in through a browser. Which cloud service model is this?
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Correct answer: C) Software as a service (SaaS)
Explanation
With SaaS, the provider delivers a complete application over the internet and manages the underlying infrastructure and software. IaaS provides only computing resources such as servers and storage, and PaaS provides a platform on which customers build and run their own applications.
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