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You are viewing ARCHIVED CONTENT released online between 1 April 2010 and 24 August 2018 or content that has been selectively archived and is no longer active. Content in this archive is NOT UPDATED, and links may not function.Companies are under tremendous pressure to reduce IT costs. Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS) offer significant potential cost reductions through the use of shared infrastructure and standardized software offerings. However, there are often significant concerns if the service or application stores or processes Personally Identifiable Information, important intellectual property, other sensitive information, the criticality of the system, or whether the solution opens avenues into a company’s core systems.
A new application of the technology software “containers” offers a potential approach that may reduce many of the risks in current SaaS offerings, while allowing for more security and control. Containers as a Service (CaaS), primarily using software from the open source Docker Project, allows for software to be embedded in a container and delivered to a party, without regard to the recipient’s particular infrastructure.
Read the complete article at Is CaaS the solution for privacy and security in the SaaS world?