Examples of AWS SaaS solutions – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation
Examples of AWS SaaS solutions
Some of the solutions that AWS offers that could be classified as SaaS solutions are as follows:
- Amazon WorkMail: This allows users of the service to access email functionality, update their contacts, and manage calendars using any client application, such as Microsoft Outlook, Apple iOS, or Android email applications. Any email application that supports the IMAP protocol can be used. WorkMail is also directly accessible via a web browser.
- Amazon WorkSpaces: This provides system administrators the ability to provide virtual Microsoft Windows or Linux Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDIs) for their users. It obviates the need to purchase, procure, and deploy hardware and eliminates the need to install the software. Administrators can add or remove users as the organization changes. Users can access their VDIs from various supported devices and web browsers. With Amazon Workspaces, you no longer have to visit every machine to install commonly used software such as Microsoft Office and other security software. Amazon Workspaces enables virtual environments for your users where this software is already installed, and all they need is access to a browser.
- Amazon QuickSight: This is a business intelligence and analytics service used to create charts, and visualizations, perform ad hoc analysis and obtain business insights. It seamlessly integrates with other AWS services to automatically discover AWS data sources.
- Amazon Chime: Similar to Slack and Zoom, Amazon Chime can be used for online meetings, video conferencing and calls, online chat, and sharing content.
Examples of third-party SaaS solutions
Also, many third-party vendors, including some that offer their services on the AWS Marketplace, are SaaS solutions. There are many examples, but here are a few that decided to build their SaaS offerings on AWS:
- Splunk: A software platform that enables search, aggregation, analysis, and visualizations of machine-generated data collected from disparate sources such as websites, mobile apps, sensors, and IoT devices.
- Send bird: A chat solution specializing in real-time chat and messaging development for mobile apps and websites. It provides client-side SDKs in various languages, a user-friendly dashboard, and moderation tools.
- Twilio: A company that offers a wide variety of ways to securely communicate with customers, including email, SMS, fax, voice, chat, and video. Whenever you get an SMS to prove your identity when you log into your bank account, there is a decent chance that Twilio was involved in the process.
Now that you have gone over SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS in great detail, let’s see when it’s appropriate to use them.
