What does SaaS stand for?
AnswerSoftware as a Service
SaaS stands for software as a service: the provider hosts and maintains the software, and customers subscribe to use it.
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The basics
In subscription businesses, what does 'churn rate' measure?
AnswerThe share of customers who cancel over a period
Churn rate is the percentage of customers or revenue lost over a given time period.
Going deeper
What does IaaS stand for in cloud computing?
AnswerInfrastructure as a Service
IaaS provides raw computing resources such as virtual machines, storage and networks on demand.
What is an SLA between a service provider and a customer?
AnswerService level agreement
A service level agreement sets measurable promises, such as uptime and support response times.
What does 'on-premises' software mean?
AnswerSoftware installed and run on the customer's own computers or servers
On-premises software runs on hardware the customer owns or controls, the opposite of provider-hosted SaaS.
Expert level
About how much downtime per year does 99.9% uptime allow?
AnswerAbout 8.8 hours
A year has 8,760 hours, and 0.1% of that is 8.76 hours of allowed downtime.
What uptime percentage is meant by 'five nines' availability?
Answer99.999%
Five nines means 99.999% availability, which allows only about 5 minutes of downtime a year.
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