North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 1.0

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North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 1.0
Introduction
Hierarchical structure

751 - Other information technology (IT) and information services

This group comprises data processing, hosting and related services, and other information technology (IT) and information services.

75111 - Data processing, hosting, and related services

This class comprises services such as website hosting and domain names registration, application provisioning, business process management, infrastructure provisioning, network management, and information and document transformation.

751112 - Application service provisioning

This subclass comprises the provision of leased software applications from a centralized, hosted, and managed computing environment (including cloud), customized to the needs of individual clients or for multi tenant access.

  • Exclusion(s)

    • sale of software at retail (See 5613162 Computer software (except game) at retail)
    • software downloads and software packages (See 482 Software and software licensing)
    • subscriptions to general-purpose software, not customized to clients (See 482 Software and software licensing)
7511121 - Application service provisioning (except software as a service, on cloud)

Provision of leased software applications from a centralized, hosted, and managed computing environment, customized to the needs of each clients, except software as a service (SaaS), cloud-based or on demand.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • application service provisioning (ASP) with integration services (except on cloud)
    • applications service provisioning for office software (except on cloud)

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • sale of software at retail (See 5613162 Computer software (except game) at retail)
    • software as a service (SaaS), cloud-based or on demand (See 7511122 Software as a service, on cloud)
    • software downloads and software packages (See 482 Software and software licensing)
    • subscriptions to general-purpose software, not customized to clients (See 482 Software and software licensing)
7511122 - Software as a service, on cloud

Provision of rented or leased software applications over the Internet, from a centralized, Internet-hosted, and managed cloud computing multi tenant environment, where all clients can use the same application, on demand, commonly (not exclusively) on a monthly or an annual fee basis. No installation of the application software is needed for the client.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • antivirus software services, on cloud or on demand
    • customer relations application software services, on cloud or on demand
    • engineering simulation software services, on cloud or on demand
    • healthcare application software services, on cloud or on demand
    • messaging software services, on cloud or on demand
    • office software services offered on cloud or on demand
    • online accounting software, on cloud or on demand
    • payroll processing software services, on cloud or on demand
    • photo processing software services, on cloud or on demand

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • subscriptions to general-purpose software, not customized to clients (See 482 Software and software licensing)
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