Business Software

Google - Android

This glossary contains terms related to Google software products and cloud services, including Google Docs, Chrome and the Android operating system.

• SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC)

  SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) is the umbrella term for SAP's functional and technical software components that compose its ERP system.

• Google Drive

  Google Drive is a free cloud-based storage service that enables users to store and access files online.

• Google Preemptible VM

  A Preemptible VM (PVM) is a Google Compute Engine (GCE) virtual machine (VM) instance that can be purchased for a steep discount as long as the customer accepts that the instance will terminate after 24 hours. The customer must also agree that Google can shut down the PVM should additional capacity be required to run other workloads.

Microsoft - Windows

This glossary contains terms related to Microsoft software for operating systems, e-mail, collaboration, backup and recovery, server hardware, storage management, infrastructure security and server virtualization.

• Microsoft AppSource

  Microsoft AppSource is an app store for business applications such as Office 365, Dynamics 365, Power BI or separate Azure web apps.

• Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances

  Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances (RIs) are a type of virtual machine (VM) on the Azure public cloud that a development or IT team can reserve to use in advance.

• Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit

  Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a free utility IT can use to determine whether or not its infrastructure is prepared for a migration to a new operating system, server version or cloud-based deployment.

Open Source

This glossary contains terms related to open source software and its administration and management.

• Apache Hadoop YARN

  Apache Hadoop YARN is the resource management and job scheduling technology in the open source Hadoop distributed processing framework.

• Chef (software)

  Chef is an open source systems management and cloud infrastructure automation platform.

• MapReduce

  MapReduce is a core component of the Apache Hadoop software framework.

Oracle

This glossary contains terms related to Oracle software and cloud services.

• Oracle Autonomous Database

  Oracle Autonomous Database is a cloud-based technology designed to automate many of the routine tasks required to manage Oracle databases, which Oracle says can free up database administrators (DBAs) to do higher-level and more strategic work.

• Eloqua

  Eloqua is a platform for automation of enterprise-level electronic marketing, offered by Oracle.

• Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN)

  Oracle PartnerNetwork, also known as OPN, is a channel partner program that provides resources and benefits for value-added resellers, independent software vendors and other businesses that want to collaborate with Oracle.

Salesforce

• customer experience management (CEM or CXM)

  Customer experience management (CEM or CXM) is the collection of processes a company uses to track, oversee and organize every interaction between a customer and the organization.

• Pardot

  Pardot is a software as a service (SaaS) marketing automation platform by SalesForce offering email automation, targeted email campaigns and lead management for B2B sales and marketing organizations.

• predictive analytics

  Predictive analytics is a form of advanced analytics that uses both new and historical data to forecast activity, behavior and trends.

SAP

This glossary contains terms related to the SAP R/3 system and SAP cloud services. It also contains terms related to SAP software for finance and asset management, cost accounting, production and operations management, as well as business software for vertical industries that require applications to manage such things as supply chain, manufacturing workflows and personnel.

• SAP FICO (SAP Finance and SAP Controlling)

  SAP FICO is a core functional component in SAP ERP Central Component that allows an organization to manage all of its financial data.

• SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC)

  SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) is the umbrella term for SAP's functional and technical software components that compose its ERP system.

• SAP S/4HANA HCM

  SAP S/4HANA HCM is the unofficial name of a product SAP will release in 2023 as a bridge to give SAP ERP HCM users more time to migrate to SAP's cloud HCM platform, SuccessFactors.

VMware

This glossary contains definitions related to VMware virtualization technologies. Some definitions explain the meaning of words used in VMware product and service documentation. Other definitions are related to the strategies that network engineers use when implementing server virtualization, virtual server consolidation and virtual desktop centralization.

• VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon

  VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon is a monitoring tool that tracks the health and performance of Horizon, Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp, and Remote Desktop Session Host deployments.

• VMware vSphere Client

  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.

• VMware vCenter Server (formerly VMware VirtualCenter)

  VMware vCenter Server is the centralized monitoring and resource management software for VMware vSphere virtual infrastructure.