Storage and Data Mgmt

Web services are a type of internet software that use standardized messaging protocols and are made available from an application service provider's web server for use by a client or other web-based programs.

A virtual desktop is a computer operating system that does not run directly on the endpoint hardware from which a user accesses it.

A data flow diagram (DFD) is a graphical or visual representation using a standardized set of symbols and notations to describe a business's operations through data movement.

Storage capacity planning is the practice of assessing current data storage needs and forecasting future storage requirements.

Risk mitigation is a strategy to prepare for and lessen the effects of threats faced by a business.

Enterprise risk management is the process of planning, organizing, directing and controlling the activities of an organization to minimize the deleterious effects of risk on its capital and earnings.

A data center -- also known as a datacenter or data centre -- is a facility composed of networked computers, storage systems and computing infrastructure that businesses and other organizations use to organize, process, store and disseminate large amounts of data.

Data deduplication hardware is disk storage that eliminates redundant copies of data and retains one instance to be stored.

Data scrubbing, also referred to as data cleansing, is the process of amending or removing data in a database that is incorrect, incomplete, improperly formatted or duplicated.

Web services are a type of internet software that use standardized messaging protocols and are made available from an application service provider's web server for use by a client or other web-based programs.

A nonce is a random or semi-random number that is generated for a specific use.

A multimodel database is a data processing platform that supports multiple data models, which define the parameters for how the information in a database is organized and arranged.

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is used to describe data. The XML standard is a flexible way to create information formats and electronically share structured data via the public internet, as well as via corporate networks.

A CDN (content delivery network), also called a content distribution network, is a group of geographically distributed and interconnected servers.

A content management system (CMS) is a software application or set of related programs that help create and manage digital content.

Fault-tolerant technology is a capability of a computer system, electronic system or network to deliver uninterrupted service, despite one or more of its components failing.

A cold backup, also called an offline backup, is a database backup during which the database is offline and not accessible to update.

Secondary storage is persistent storage for noncritical data that doesn't need to be accessed as frequently as data in primary storage or that doesn't have the same performance or availability requirements.

Non-volatile storage (NVS) is a broad collection of technologies and devices that do not require a continuous power supply to retain data or program code persistently on a short- or long-term basis.

An mSATA SSD is a solid-state drive (SSD) that conforms to the mSATA interface specification developed by the Serial ATA (SATA) International Organization.

An all-flash array (AFA), also known as a solid-state storage disk system or a solid-state array, is an external storage array that uses only flash media for persistent storage.

Object storage, also called object-based storage, is an approach to addressing and manipulating data storage as discrete units, called objects.

A gigabyte (GB) -- pronounced with two hard Gs -- is a unit of data storage capacity that is roughly equivalent to 1 billion bytes.

Storage capacity planning is the practice of assessing current data storage needs and forecasting future storage requirements.

Data availability is a term used by computer storage manufacturers and storage service providers to describe how data should be available at a required level of performance in situations ranging from normal through disastrous.

Tape backup is the practice of periodically copying data from a primary storage device to a tape cartridge so the data can be recovered if there is a hard disk crash or failure.

Tiered storage is a method for assigning different categories of data to various types of storage media to reduce overall storage costs and improve the performance and availability of mission-critical applications.