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Pipedrive is customer relationship management (CRM) software designed for sales. The software focuses on the sales pipeline, enabling sales teams...
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To become certified CCSK means that an IT professional has passed examinations for the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)....
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A cloud service provider (CSP) is an information technology (IT) services vendor that allows clients to manage applications and data...
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The AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification program provides skills and knowledge essential for managing the AWS platform securely. Learn...
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Cloud data warehouses (DWs) enable organizations to store massive amounts of data across cloud servers and access them from anywhere...
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Unified communications as a service (UCaaS) is a cloud-based communications solution that provides the same functionality as an on-premises private...
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Alibaba Group is an international technology company with a deep portfolio of companies offering global buyers and sellers platforms to...
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Hybrid cloud storage is any data storage environment that combines at least one public cloud solution with at least one...
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Cloud backup refers to the practice of copying files or databases to a cloud-based server so it can be restored...
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OpenShift is an open source hybrid cloud application Platform as a Service (PaaS) developed by Red Hat. Red Hat also...
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The acronym TaaS stands for Testing-as-a-Service, a service delivery model where software testing and validation is provided by an...
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Workloads are computing processes that run in different environments and work to accomplish a task. Learn more from Webopedia.
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Utility computing is a service offered to technology users in which a designated provider offers basic computing technology on a pay-per-use plan.
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Cloud containers hold individual applications and their corresponding software, commands, and configurations. Learn more from Webopedia.
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Serverless computing lets developers build and deploy applications without worrying about the server infrastructure they'll run on.
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Multi-cloud management is the process of monitoring infrastructure, platforms, and applications distributed across multiple cloud services and making sure they...
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A cloud data engineer, also known as a cloud engineer or cloud developer, is someone responsible for the management of...
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A cloud access security broker (CASB) is cloud-based or on-premises security software positioned between users and cloud services. A CASB...
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Cloud Native Application Bundle (CNAB) is an open source, cloud-agnostic specification to facilitate the bundling, installing and managing of container-native...
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The successor to the Pike release of the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, OpenStack Queens made its debut on...
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Orchestration is the automated configuration, coordination, and management of computer systems, applications, and software. Orchestration is used to help streamlining...
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The successor to the Liberty release of the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, OpenStack Mitaka made its debut on...
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On-premises is the software and technology that is located within the physical confines of an enterprise often in the company’s...
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The successor to the Kilo release of the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, OpenStack Liberty made its debut on...
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OpenStack Nova is a component within the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform developed to provide on-demand access to compute...
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When Gartner speaks, the cloud computing market listens. In the fractured, still immature cloud market, the research firm’s annual Magic...
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When it comes to the public cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the clear winner today. Outside of the public...
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The successor to the Juno release of the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, OpenStack Kilo made its debut on...
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Cloud-native app is a term promoted by VMware to refer to apps that are installed in cloud-based virtual machines. According...
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Cloud app policy refers to policies and procedures put in place by enterprises to ensure that the usage of cloud...
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Web-scale IT is used to reference a global-class of computing or an architectural approach used to deliver the capabilities of...
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Things move with incredible speed in container space. As recently as October everyone, it seemed, loved them some Docker. You...
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Fog computing is a term created by Cisco that refers to extending cloud computing to the edge of an enterprise’s...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of those somewhat rare technology topics that is pretty easy for the layperson...
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The successor to the Icehouse release of the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, OpenStack Juno debuted on October 16,...
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It’s a given in the cloud computing business that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the clear and undisputed market leader....
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If you ask most companies in the IT channel what the biggest game-changer is for them, chances are most would...
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In the not-so-distant past, my main employer, the Canada Border Services Agency, considered the possibility of moving our data stores...
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vCloud Hybrid Service (vCHS) Disaster Recovery is a Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) solution for VMware vSphere that utilizes the cloud to...
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VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service (vCHS) is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution that enables customers to use virtual networking to securely extend...
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VMware’s vCloud Suite is a set of cloud infrastructure capabilities that includes virtualization, software-defined data center (SDDC) services, policy-based provisioning,...
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What is VMware vSphere? vSphere is a server virtualization software application from VMware. It debuted in 2009 as the successor...
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The successor to the Grizzly release of the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform (and the precursor to the 2014...
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The successor to the Havana release of the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, OpenStack Icehouse debuted in April 2014...
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Amazon WorkSpaces is a desktop computing service offered to customers through the cloud. Amazon WorkSpaces desktops are part of the...
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A term similar to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) in which corporate employees utilize their own personal clouds or a...
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A non-relational database cloud service that can be used to store and query data items via web services requests through...
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An online store for Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing customers to find, compare and utilize AWS software and technical...
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Webopedia’s Cloud Computing dictionary will help you understand the new language that has surfaced around the topic of cloud computing....
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Cloud-based services for helping to protect companies from the loss of mission-critical data in the event of a man-made or...
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Desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) is a form of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) in which the VDI is outsourced and handled by a...
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Anything-as-a-service, or XaaS, refers to the growing diversity of services available over the Internet via cloud computing as opposed to...
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Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) is a cloud computing term for the extensive variety of services and applications emerging for users to access...
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The phrase public cloud is used to describe a form of cloud computing in which a company relies on a...
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A combined form of private clouds and public clouds in which some critical data resides in the enterprise s private...
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There’s a lot of confusion about Hadoop and where it fits into the overall Big Data landscape. There’s a lot...
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The follow-up to the Folsom release of the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, OpenStack Grizzly debuted in April 2013...
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IBM PureData System for Hadoop is part of the IBM PureSystems family of solutions (including IBM PureApplication System, IBM PureFlex...
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An online cloud storage service that offers online data backup to the cloud. The service synchronizes files using a lightweight...
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Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) lets you set up a private cloud (a private, isolated section) within the Amazon...
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Building a private cloud is often the first step in cloud computing for many organizations. Here’s 24 vendors, platforms and...
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Cloud backup solutions enable enterprises or individuals to store their data and computer files on the Internet using a storage...
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Apache CloudStack is an open source cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform developed to help make creating, deploying and managing...
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OpenStack Folsom is the follow-up to the Essex release of the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform. OpenStack Folsom debuted...
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An open source cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform for enabling private clouds. Eucalyptus takes a company s existing IT...
This article looks at the important things to consider before starting your private cloud project. A private cloud project remains...
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Companies initiate private cloud projects to enable their IT infrastructure to become more capable of quickly adapting to continually evolving...
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An enterprise software firm that specializes in open source Apache Hadoop development and support. HortonWorks was launched in 2011 by...
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In storage terminology, a remote backup refers to an online managed backup service for backing up data to a remote,...
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In storage technology, online backup means to back up data from your hard drive to a remote server or computer...
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A cloud backup service provider is a third-party entity that manages and distributes remote, cloud-based data backup services and solutions...
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Enterprise-grade cloud backup solutions typically add essential features such as archiving and disaster recovery to cloud backup solutions. Archiving features...
Cloud Application Management for Platforms (CAMP) is a specification designed to ease management of applications, including packaging and deployment, across...
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An open source cloud computing platform targeted at organizations in the thinking stage of adopting a private cloud services model...
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Open source tools that help simplify specific services deployment and management tasks in Canonical’s Juju “automatic service orchestration” project. Juju...
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What is Dropbox? Dropbox is a free cloud storage service for sharing and storing files including photos, documents and videos....
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A graphical processing unit that holds the distinction of being the first GPU designed for the cloud. Graphics cards powered...
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The VMware vCloud Connector is a tool that facilitates hybrid cloud computing for organizations. The vCloud Connector essentially helps to...
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Google Drive is a personal cloud storage service from Google that lets users store and synchronize digital content across computers,...
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Ubuntu One is a personal cloud storage service from Canonical, the commercial team responsible for the UbuntuLinux-based operating system. Ubuntu...
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A cloud host is a server that provides hosting services, frequently Web hosting, to customers via multiple connected servers that...
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Hosting services that are provided to customers via multiple connected servers that comprise a cloud, as opposed to being provided...
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Amazon’s Cloud Drive is a personal cloud storage service from Amazon that debuted in March 2011. Amazon Cloud Drive offers...
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A cloud computing reseller is a company that purchases hosting services from a cloud server hosting or cloud computing provider...
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Private cloud storage is a form of cloud storage where the enterprise data and cloud storage resources both reside within...
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Public cloud storage systems hold enormous amounts of enterprise data, allowing companies to keep data off premises and make remote...
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Cloud server hosting is when hosting services are made available to customers on demand via the Internet. Rather than being...
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What is Cloud Storage? Cloud storage refers to the storage of online data in a cloud environment, which can include...
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A form of cloud storage that applies to storing an individual s data in the cloud and providing the individual...
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Red Hat Cloud Computing refers to solutions for private clouds, hybrid clouds, and public clouds offered by Red Hat. Types...
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OpenShift provides developers with a choice in languages, frameworks, and clouds to build, test, run, and manage Java, Ruby, PHP,...
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Cloud computing accounting software is accounting software that is hosted on remote servers. It is also known as online accounting...
Keeping track of cloud computing trends, research and statistics gives small businesses knowledge and a solid foundation to get the...
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The cloud in 2012 will present a range of challenges and opportunities. As cloud computing matures from the buzz stage...
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Red Hat CloudForms is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering that builds upon a collection of more than 60 open source projects....
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OpenStack is a project originally started by NASA and Rackspace for delivering a cloud computing and storage platform. Today, OpenStack...
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Cloud-based is a term that refers to applications, services or resources made available to users on demand via the Internet...
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Cloud testing generally means load and performance testing conducted on the applications and services provided via cloud computing particularly the...
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A cloud service is any service made available to users on demand via the Internet from a cloud computing provider’s...
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CloudBurst is a ready-to-go solution from IBM that s designed to provide resource monitoring, cost management and services availability in...
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The process of transitioning all or part of a company s data, applications and services from on-site premises behind the...
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The phrase cloud provisioning refers to the deployment of a company’s cloud computing strategy, which typically involves selecting which applications...
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Cloud database means a database that is accessible to clients from the cloud and delivered to users on demand via...
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Cloud management means the software and technologies designed for operating and monitoring applications, data and services residing in the cloud....
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Hadoop, formally called Apache Hadoop, is an Apache Software Foundation project and open source software platform for scalable, distributed computing....
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Committing to a cloud computing provider can result in significant cost savings and more streamlined, flexible operations. However, trusting that...
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Short for IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud Integration, IBM Cast Iron is an offering from IBM that provides clients with...
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IBM Cloud refers to a collection of enterprise-class technologies and services developed to help customers assess their cloud readiness, develop...
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Software Plus Services (Software + Services) is Microsoft’s philosophy for complementing the software company’s on-premises software offerings with cloud-based remote...
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A vertical cloud, or vertical cloud computing, is the phrase used to describe the optimization of cloud computing and cloud...
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In cloud (cloud computing) terminology, the phrase “cloud portability” means the ability to move applications and its associated data between...
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An in-depth look at cloud computing for small business, cloud terminology, cloud technologies, private versus public clouds and cloud computing...
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Short for Amazon Elastic Computer Cloud, Amazon EC2 is a commercial Web service from Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) that lets...
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The process of making available one or more of the following services and infrastructures to create a public cloud computing...
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A buzzword that is used in place of Platform as a Service (PaaS) to denote an association to cloud computing.
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Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services over the internet rather than having local servers or personal devices handle...
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A managed services provider, or MSP, is a firm that follows a business model in which it manages one or...
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Efficiently directing power to different components of a system. Power management is especially important for portable devices that rely on...
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Oracle is a global technology company specializing in database software, enterprise software, hardware, and cloud applications and infrastructure. Known for...
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)The part of a printed circuit board that plugs into a computer or device. The edge connector generally has a...
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Privately owned and controlled. In the computer industry, proprietary is the opposite of open. A proprietary design or technique is...