More and more organisations of all sizes, across all industries, are looking for greater control over their IT landscapes, especially in terms of how they consume and how they pay for technology. For a number of years now, the trend towards service-based delivery models for technology applications and infrastructure has been growing exponentially.
According to a survey from Deloitte in February 2021, the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS). XaaS reflects how companies across the globe are adopting the ‘as-a-service’ model for just about everything. 88% of respondents to the Deloitte survey said they believe XaaS will be crucial as their businesses recover from the pandemic.
There are a multitude of different sub-components of XaaS with the most prominent being SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) - which has very much led the way. The networking industry is however catching-up, with two relatively new concepts - Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) and Connectivity-as-a-Service (CaaS).
In this blog, we’ll explore the differences between these two options for network management, to help you understand which may be a better fit for your business.