Name
Title | ||
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Extending multi-tenant architectures: a database model for a multi-target support in SaaS applications |
Abstract | ||
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Multi-tenant architectures MTAs are considered a cornerstone in the success of Software as a Service as a new application distribution formula. Multi-tenancy allows multiple customers i.e. tenants to be consolidated into the same operational system. This way, tenants run and share the same application instance as well as costs, which are significantly reduced. Functional needs vary from one tenant to another; either companies from different sectors run different types of applications or, although deploying the same functionality, they do differ in the extent of their complexity. In any case, MTA leaves one major concern regarding the companies’ data, their privacy and security, which requires special attention to the data layer. In this article, we propose an extended data model that enhances traditional MTAs in respect of this concern. This extension – called multi-target – allows MT applications to host, manage and serve multiple functionalities within the same multi-tenant MT environment. The practical deployment of this approach will allow SaaS vendors to target multiple markets or address different levels of functional complexity and yet commercialise just one single MT application. The applicability of the approach is demonstrated via a case study of a real multi-tenancy multi-target MT2 implementation, called Globalgest. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2016 | 10.1080/17517575.2014.947636 | Enterprise Information Systems |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
database design,multi tenancy,enterprise information systems,cloud computing,software architecture,software as a service | Data mining,Systems engineering,Database model,Software engineering,Computer science,Multitenancy,Software as a service,Database design,Enterprise information system,Data access layer,Software architecture,Data model | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
10 | 4 | 1751-7575 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.34 | 23 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Rico Ortega | 1 | 4 | 1.10 |
| Manuel Noguera | 2 | 196 | 32.94 |
| José Luis Garrido | 3 | 81 | 16.99 |
| Kawtar Benghazi | 4 | 30 | 4.82 |
| Joseph Barjis | 5 | 348 | 49.19 |