Application Packaging Standard
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The Application Packaging Standard (or APS) is a standard that defines a technology integrating application software with hosting platforms. Integration of an application with hosting platforms is implemented by creating an APS package for this application, and the application is called APS application. APS involves three types of participants into the integration process:
- Independent software vendors (ISVs) use APS to make their applications available to numerous hosting providers and through them to huge number of customers. This is an effective way to convert an application to SaaS.
- Hosting providers need APS to extend the list of hosted services and integrate them to each other thus making their services much more valuable and attractive for their customers.
- Customers get benefit of consuming APS application services.