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Black swans Events that cannot be predicted but can cause an impact. Scalable computing resources can help a firm deal with spiking impact from Black swan events.
Cloud bursting Use of cloud computing to provide excess capacity during periods of spiking demand. It is a scalability solution that is provided as an overflow service, kicking in as needed.
Cloud computing Replacing computing with services provided over the Internet
Containers A type of virtualization that allows for shared operating systems for more resource savings and faster execution
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud providers offer services that include running the remote hardware, storage, and networking. Client firms can choose the software used
LAMP Acronym for Linux, Apache Web server software, MySQL database, and any of the several programming languages that start with P (e.g., Perl/Python/PHP)
Linux Open source operating system
Marginal costs The costs associated with each additional unit produced
Open source software (OSS) Software that is free and where anyone can look at and potentially modify the code
Platform as a service (PaaS) Cloud providers offer services for customers to build their own applications on the provider's infrastructure. Services include hardware, operating system, tools, and hosting.
Security focused Technology products that contain particularly strong security features
Server farm A massive network of computer servers running software to coordinate their collective use. Provide the infrastructure backbone to SaaS, hardware cloud efforts, and many large-scale Internet services.
Software as a service (SaaS) A form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to a third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online
Total cost of ownership (TCO) All of the costs associated with the design, development, testing, implementation, documentation, training, and maintenance of a software system
Utility computing Firm develops its own software and then runs it over the Internet on a service provider's computers
Virtual desktops Running an instance of a PC's software on another machine and delivering the image of what is executing to the remote device
Virtualization Technology that can make a single computer behave like many separate computers. Helps consolidate computing resources and creates additional savings and efficiencies.
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