Data Center Management

Data center capacity planning ensures that an IT organization has enough facility space, power and computing resources to support average and peak workloads.

Hyper-converged infrastructure is a software-centric architecture that tightly integrates compute, storage and virtualization resources in a single system that usually consists of x86 hardware.

IT/OT convergence is the integration of information technology (IT) systems with operational technology (OT) systems.

IT operations is the overarching term for the processes and services administered by an organization's information technology (IT) department.

A data catalog is a metadata management tool designed to help organizations find and manage large amounts of data – including tables, files and databases – stored in their ERP, human resources, finance and e-commerce systems as well as other sources like social media feeds.

Data center capacity planning ensures that an IT organization has enough facility space, power and computing resources to support average and peak workloads.

Business impact analysis (BIA) is a systematic process to determine and evaluate the potential effects of an interruption to critical business operations as a result of a disaster, accident or emergency.

A security operations center (SOC) is a command center facility for a team of IT professionals with expertise in information security who monitors, analyzes and protects an organization from cyber attacks.

Incident response is an organized approach to addressing and managing the aftermath of a security breach or cyberattack, also known as an IT incident, computer incident or security incident.

RAM (Random Access Memory) is the hardware in a computing device where the operating system (OS), application programs and data in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the device's processor.

VRAM (video RAM) refers to any type of random access memory (RAM) specifically used to store image data for a computer display.

A device ID (device identification) is a distinctive number associated with a smartphone or similar handheld device.

IT operations is the overarching term for the processes and services administered by an organization's information technology (IT) department.

Infrastructure as code, also referred to as IaC, is an IT practice that codifies and manages underlying IT infrastructure as software.

Configuration management (CM) is an information governance and systems engineering process to ensure consistency among physical and logical assets in an operational environment.

An M.2 SSD is a solid-state drive that is used in internally mounted storage expansion cards of a small form factor.

Data center capacity planning ensures that an IT organization has enough facility space, power and computing resources to support average and peak workloads.

Cloud management is the exercise of administrative control over public, private and hybrid clouds.

The VMware vSphere Client is a web-based application that connects to the vCenter Server so IT administrators can manage installations and handle inventory objects in a vSphere deployment.

Cloud automation is a broad term that refers to the processes and tools an organization uses to reduce the manual efforts associated with provisioning and managing cloud computing workloads and services.

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is a desktop virtualization technology wherein a desktop operating system, typically Microsoft Windows, runs and is managed in a data center.