Tag: Glossary
What is Software as a service (SaaS)?
Software as a service (SaaS), is a model of cloud computing in which applications (software) are hosted by a vendor and provided...
What is Software Development Kit (SDK)?
A Software development kit (SDK), also known as a developer’s toolkit or devkit, is a set of development tools that aids or...
What is Customer Relationship Management (CRM)?
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications allow a business to manage relationships with current and future customers by providing the business with tools...
What is Vendor Lock-In?
Vendor lock-in is when a customer finds themselves “locked-in” or stuck with a certain cloud service provider (CSP). Vendor lock-in is characterized...
What is DevOps?
An amalgamation of “development” and “operations,” DevOps is the combination of tasks performed by an organization’s applications development and systems operations teams....
What is Elasticity?
In cloud computing, elasticity is a term used to reference the ability of a system to adapt to changing workload demand by...
What is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)?
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software allows a business or organization to manage a suite of integrated applications which are used to collect,...
What is Virtual Machine (VM)?
A Virtual Machine is a software computer that runs an operating system or application environment, just as physical hardware would. The end...
What is Federated Database?
A system in which multiple databases appear to function as a single entity. However, the databases typically involved in this kind of...
What is Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud platform offering services under IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models. AWS is the most popular...