Definition of Business Applications

[MFO1911]

Hello,

we have a question about the creation of a business application. There i a attribute called install type which contains following options None, On Premise, Cloud, Hybrid and Third Party Hosted. Can anyone explain the main difference between the install type Cloud and the install type: Third Party Hosted with an common example. 

An other question we discussed is about the technology stack and the platform. OOTB you can select only on stack and one platform but sometimes the same Business Application has more stacks and runs on more platforms. Do we have to customize it or is it best practice to create more business applications for each stack and each platform? 

Many Thanks 

Marco 

[palanikumar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Regarding Install type, please find the details:

Cloud - Hosted in Public Cloud. Eg AWS, Azure, GCP etc
Third Party Hosted - Hosted in a Thirdparty datacenter (eg Verizon)

Regarding Stack and Platform, it can be updated based on your environment.

[Andy H]

I have a similar question regarding the Install Type. What happens if you have a Business Application which is predominatly SaaS but uses some on premise components such as a gateway? For example ServiceNows midservers

[Stig Brandt]

wrt: An other question we discussed is about the technology stack and the platform:

without Application portfolio management:

• You can use the cmdb_ci_sdlc_component to relate a Business Application to many "technologies", which you will define in product catalog,
• Define application model - have many software models, though model is not used OOB on Business Applications

With APM

- Look at Technology Portfolio management, here it is OOB that you link Business Application to many technology models

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Stig

[Robin Chytil]

Actually we used the following way (which is pretty close to what Palanikumar explained):

- Cloud: your application is hosted in the cloud, provided by any cloud provider (AWS, Azure, Google, SAP, or local provider), but you are in charge of installing the applications like you would be on a VM hosted on-premises. 

- Third-party hosted: the third-party provider is the one responsible to install, host and manage the application. This is what we would chose for a ServiceNow, SalesForce or any other SaaS application.

Would this be aligned with your needs?

Robin