Articles by

Vangie Beal

Vangie Beal is a freelance business and technology writer covering Internet technologies and online business since the late '90s.

Vangie Beal

Cloud Backup

Cloud backup refers to the practice of copying files or databases to a cloud-based server so it can be restored...

Business Intelligence (BI)

Business intelligence (BI) refers to the tools, systems, and strategies that create analysis and planning processes within a corporation. Comprehensive...

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol developed by Netscape for providing a secure connection between two or more devices...

CRM

What is CRM? Customer relationship management (CRM) describes all aspects of sales, marketing, and service-related interactions that a company has...

Amazon S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service)

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solution provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that offers scalable...

Big Data

Big Data is a phrase used to mean a massive volume of both structured and unstructured data that is so...

Peer-To-Peer Architecture

Often referred to simply as peer-to-peer, or abbreviated P2P, a type of network in which each workstation has equivalent capabilities...

Array

An array is a data structure in computer programming that organizes data. Arrays hold elements with the same data type,...

Spooling

SPOOL (an acronym for Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On-Line) is a buffering mechanism in which data is sent to and stored...

Password Manager

A password manager is a software application or a hardware device used to store and manage a person’s passwords and...

Denial of Service (DoS) Attack

What is a Denial of Service (DoS) Attack? A Denial of Service, or DoS as it is often abbreviated, is...

Flash

Flash is a vector-graphic animation technology. Introduced in 1995 as FutureSplash, Flash was designed to be bandwidth-friendly and browser-independent approach to...