If someone were to mention DaaS to you, you would probably have no idea whatsoever they were referring to, it sounds like a foreign word, not an abbreviation. However, it is in fact an abbreviation for Desktop as a Service - DaaS.
Telling you the abbreviation has probably not helped you in the slightest, unless you are looking for information specifically you probably have no knowledge on this topic at all, so lets fill in the blanks.
Desktop as a Service is something which is necessary among businesses or companies as it allows for workers to remain connected remotely. You're probably sitting there thinking 'is that it?' This service is so much more than it implies.
If you have this within your company, then you're not only allowing your employees or co-workers to share information freely and easily, you are also allowing them to access their desktop from anywhere in the world as long as they have an internet connection.
Think about how practical that is, you have to go on a work trip but do not wish to take your own laptop, or perhaps do not have one, but you can go to an internet cafe, log on and bam, you have access to your desktop, including files, emails and everything else you could access whilst at work.
To those who know a lot about computers, systems and how everything works this probably isn't that impressive, but for those of us who have minimal knowledge this is fascinating.
Gone are the days where you have to bustle around carrying stacks of paperwork, gone are the days where you need to haul your laptop around otherwise you cannot access your work or required information.
Now a simple service allows for you to just worry about where you can get an internet connection from so that you can access this service, and in todays modern world, everywhere you look has connection to the internet and more and more places are purchasing computers to provide an internet cafe-esque experience.
This is not just great for the workers, but the employers also. They know that the work can be backed up and accessed easily, so the workers have full reign and can work easily from wherever they wish.
The workings behind Desktop as a Service - DaaS, are far more complicated than this, however as many of us are only interested in learning enough to allow us to use it and the benefits of it, the technical details become irrelevant.
