AWS, JavaScript, React - Deploy Web Apps on the Cloud - Software as a Service (SaaS) Overview

The video tutorial explains Software as a Service (SaaS), a model for delivering software on demand, typically through subscriptions and central hosting. It highlights common SaaS products like Google Apps and Salesforce, and discusses SaaS offerings on AWS, often provided by Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). The benefits of SaaS, such as reduced maintenance and infrastructure burdens, are outlined. The tutorial concludes with the NIST definition of SaaS, emphasizing the consumer's use of provider applications on cloud infrastructure without managing the underlying systems.

How does NIST define SaaS?

What is an example of a SaaS application provided in the text?