Everything as a Service

Now that we're all getting very familiar with the cloud layering of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, we can move up a layer of abstraction and start thinking about various types of Enterprise as a Service
Different kinds of businesses can have different suites of applications that are specific to their needs.  Many enterprises will have common needs, but some will be slightly different in the kind of services they need.  For example, some enterprises (health, medical, financial) may value security and data privacy as most important.  Others may have a priority on massive data, or mobility, or ease of use.

Eventually the cloud will provide things like:
"Doctor's Office as a Service"
"Municipality as a Service"
"Small Business as a Service"
because these businesses have very similar needs.

Here's a link to thoughts on general government cloud services and this one to Everything as a Service