Title :
A Multi-tenant Web Application Framework for SaaS
Author :
Wonjae Lee ; Min Choi
Author_Institution :
Broadcasting & Telecommun. Convergence Res. Lab., Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst, Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software delivery model in which software resources are accessed remotely by users. Enterprises find SaaS attractive because of its low cost. SaaS requires sharing of application servers among multiple tenants for low operational costs. Besides the sharing of application servers, customizations are needed to meet requirements of each tenant. Supporting various levels of configuration and customization is desirable for SaaS frameworks. This paper describes a multi-tenant web application framework for SaaS. The proposed framework supports runtime customizations of user interfaces and business logics by use of file-level namespaces, inheritance, and polymorphism. It supports various client-side web application technologies.
Keywords :
cloud computing; user interfaces; SaaS; application server sharing; business logic; client-side Web application technology; configuration level; customization level; file-level namespace; inheritance; multitenant Web application framework; operational cost; polymorphism; runtime customization; software delivery model; software resource; software-as-a-service; user interface; Business; Cascading style sheets; Computational modeling; Servers; Software; Standards; User interfaces; Cloud Computing; Multi-tenancy; Platform as a Service (PaaS); Software as a Service (SaaS);
Conference_Titel :
Cloud Computing (CLOUD), 2012 IEEE 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2892-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLOUD.2012.27
