PA OXaaS APSv2 Deployment Guide
From Open-Xchange
Deployment Guide for the OX as a Service APSv2 package into Parallels Automation
This guide describes the integration for the OX as a Service APSv2 package into Parallels Automation. This guide is intended for providers that use Parallels Automation and want to sell Open-Xchange services to customers.
Terms and Abbreviations
Below is the list of concepts and abbreviations you will find in this page.
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APS | Application Packaging Standard, an open standard that was designed to simplify the delivery of SaaS applications in the cloud-computing industry. |
| PA | Parallels Automation, which includes both POA and PBA. |
| PBA | Parallels Business Automation. |
| POA | Parallels Operations Automation. |
| SaaS | Software as a Service. |
Business Model Overview
About Open-Xchange
The standard business model of Open-Xchange consists of two major components: a platform fee and a revenue share. With the platform fee the customer pays the basic access to the hosted service or the software and it usually includes a certain amount of basic packages that are ideally distributed to a wide audience of users by bundling them into other products.
Open-Xchange Services Provided
Below is the list of resources provided by Open-Xchange: