Modeling M-SaaS delivery model for threshold-based credit recharging using M-banking

Abstract
The emerging of cloud computing has brought about new hope for efficient adoption and use of computer- based information system. Software as a Service (SaaS) allows online customers to use applications on the Internet on a pay- as-you-go basis without investing in new infrastructure or software license. However, current SaaS delivery model bring challenge to online customers in community with poor financial services like online bank-transaction or credit cards. This study proposes Mobile-SaaS delivery model to facilitate online charging and credit-recharging mechanisms for SaaS application. The model use mobile-phone monetary services (M-banking) to support online charging, and adopts threshold-based credit recharge technique to support credit recharging. Keywords-software as a service (SaaS), mobile network, M- banking, online recharging.
Description
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Keywords
Banking, Biological system modeling, Computational modeling, Mobile communication, Mobile computing, Servers, Software
Citation
Mushi, J.C., Tan, G.Z., Musau, F. and Wilson, C., 2011, March. Modeling M-SaaS delivery model for threshold-based credit recharging using M-banking. In Computer Research and Development (ICCRD), 2011 3rd International Conference on (Vol. 2, pp. 307-311). IEEE.