TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining multi-tenancy
T2 - A systematic mapping study on the academic and the industrial perspective
AU - Kabbedijk, Jaap
AU - Bezemer, Cor Paul
AU - Jansen, Slinger
AU - Zaidman, Andy
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Software as a service is frequently offered in a multi-tenant style, where customers of the application and their end-users share resources such as software and hardware among all users, without necessarily sharing data. It is surprising that, with such a popular paradigm, little agreement exists with regard to the definition, domain, and challenges of multi-tenancy. This absence is detrimental to the research community and the industry, as it hampers progress in the domain of multi-tenancy and enables organizations and academics to wield their own definitions to further their commercial or research agendas. In this article, a systematic mapping study on multi-tenancy is described in which 761 academic papers and 371 industrial blogs are analysed. Both the industrial and academic perspective are assessed, in order to get a complete overview. The definition and topic maps provide a comprehensive overview of the domain, while the research agenda, listing four important research topics, provides a roadmap for future research efforts.
AB - Software as a service is frequently offered in a multi-tenant style, where customers of the application and their end-users share resources such as software and hardware among all users, without necessarily sharing data. It is surprising that, with such a popular paradigm, little agreement exists with regard to the definition, domain, and challenges of multi-tenancy. This absence is detrimental to the research community and the industry, as it hampers progress in the domain of multi-tenancy and enables organizations and academics to wield their own definitions to further their commercial or research agendas. In this article, a systematic mapping study on multi-tenancy is described in which 761 academic papers and 371 industrial blogs are analysed. Both the industrial and academic perspective are assessed, in order to get a complete overview. The definition and topic maps provide a comprehensive overview of the domain, while the research agenda, listing four important research topics, provides a roadmap for future research efforts.
KW - Definition
KW - Multi-tenancy
KW - Systematic mapping study
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84919352447&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jss.2014.10.034
DO - 10.1016/j.jss.2014.10.034
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84919352447
SN - 0164-1212
VL - 100
SP - 139
EP - 148
JO - Journal of Systems and Software
JF - Journal of Systems and Software
ER -