ARCHITECTURAL CONCERNS IN MULTI-TENANT SaaS APPLICATIONS

Rouven Krebs, Christof Momm, Samuel Kounev

2012

Abstract

Multi-tenant applications serve different customers with one application instance. This architectural style leverages sharing and economies of scale to provide cost efficient hosting. As multi-tenancy is a new concept, a common definition of the word and related concepts is not yet established and the architectural concerns are not fully understood. This paper provides an overview of important architectural concerns and there mutual influences. Beside that, it defines multi-tenancy and differentiates it from several related concepts.

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Krebs R., Momm C. and Kounev S. (2012). ARCHITECTURAL CONCERNS IN MULTI-TENANT SaaS APPLICATIONS . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-8565-05-1, pages 426-431. DOI: 10.5220/0003957604260431


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@conference{closer12,
author={Rouven Krebs and Christof Momm and Samuel Kounev},
title={ARCHITECTURAL CONCERNS IN MULTI-TENANT SaaS APPLICATIONS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2012},
pages={426-431},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003957604260431},
isbn={978-989-8565-05-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - ARCHITECTURAL CONCERNS IN MULTI-TENANT SaaS APPLICATIONS
SN - 978-989-8565-05-1
AU - Krebs R.
AU - Momm C.
AU - Kounev S.
PY - 2012
SP - 426
EP - 431
DO - 10.5220/0003957604260431