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

• 751 - Other information technology (IT) and information services
• 75111 - Data processing, hosting, and related services
• 751112 - Application service provisioning

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)