Data Center Management

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

Technological convergence is a term that describes bringing previously unrelated technologies together, often in a single device.

Kubernetes, also referred to as K8s, is an open source system used to manage Linux Containers across private, public and hybrid cloud environments.

Data in motion, also referred to as data in transit or data in flight, is a process in which digital information is transported between locations either within or between computer systems.

A swap file is a system file that creates temporary storage space on a solid-state drive or hard disk when the system runs low on memory.

A single point of failure (SPOF) is a potential risk posed by a flaw in the design, implementation or configuration of a circuit or system.

Synchronous replication is the process of copying data over a storage area network, local area network or wide area network so there are multiple, current copies of the data.

A bare-metal restore (also referred to as bare-metal recovery or bare-metal backup) is a data recovery and restoration process where a computer is restored to a new machine, typically after a catastrophic failure.

Disaster recovery (DR) is an organization's ability to respond to and recover from an event that affects business operations.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a Windows server role that can plan, manage and deploy updates, patches and hotfixes for Windows servers, client operating systems and other Microsoft software.

Succession planning is a process of developing talent to replace executive, leadership or other key employees when they transition to another role, leave the company, are fired, retire or die.

A call center agent is a person who handles incoming or outgoing customer calls for a business.

Compliance is the state of being in accordance with established guidelines or specifications, or the process of becoming so.

COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) is a high-level programming language for business applications. It was the first popular language designed to be operating system-agnostic and is still in use in many financial and business applications today.

OpenStack is a collection of open source software modules and tools that provide a framework to create and manage both public cloud and private cloud infrastructure.

The Preboot Execution Environment or PXE (commonly pronounced as pixie) is a client-server environment that enables network computers to boot over the network interface card (NIC), instead of from a CD-ROM or hard disk.

Data storage is the collective methods and technologies that capture and retain digital information on electromagnetic, optical or silicon-based storage media.

A motherboard tattoo is a colloquial term once used to denote an ID code that is written in the basic input/output system (BIOS) of a computer to uniquely identify the computer.

A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a light-sensitive integrated circuit that captures images by converting photons to electrons.

Compliance is the state of being in accordance with established guidelines or specifications, or the process of becoming so.

Cybersecurity is the protection of internet-connected systems such as hardware, software and data from cyberthreats.

Total cost of ownership (TCO) is an estimation of the expenses associated with purchasing, deploying, using and retiring a product or piece of equipment.

An LOB (line-of-business) application is one of the set of critical computer applications that are vital to running an enterprise, such as accounting, supply chain management, and resource planning applications.

A software license is a document that provides legally binding guidelines for the use and distribution of software.

A computer hard disk drive (HDD) is a non-volatile data storage device.

Data storage is the collective methods and technologies that capture and retain digital information on electromagnetic, optical or silicon-based storage media.

IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is an electronic interface standard that defines the connection between a bus on a computer's motherboard and the computer's disk storage devices.

Live migration refers to the process of moving a virtual machine running on one physical host to another host without disrupting normal operations or causing any downtime or other adverse effects for the end user.

Paravirtualization is an enhancement of virtualization technology in which a guest OS is modified prior to installation inside a virtual machine (VM) in order to allow all guest OSes within the system to share resources and successfully collaborate, rather than attempt to emulate an entire hardware environment.

Hardware virtualization, which is also known as server virtualization or simply virtualization, is the abstraction of computing resources from the software that uses those resources.