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Clive Da
Clive Da

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*AAS its just getting ridiculous now

just saw this DAAS ad on the tube

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do mktg depts just make these anacronyms up on the fly to sell more stuff ?

these are only *AAS i accept / recognise

  • SAAS
  • PAAS
  • IAAS
  • IDEAAS

maybe we need to get ISO on top of this ?

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Kyle Jones

I would add FaaS to that list but for the most part I agree, it does seem to be getting a little out of control. The main annoyance is that a number of things that are already services are marketing themselves as "As A Service", with prime examples being companies like Uber and Lyft being touted as "Transportation as a Service (TaaS). Are taxi companies going to start marketing as TaaS too? What about trains, planes and ferrys?