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Artificial intelligence (AI) is the basis for mimicking human intelligence processes through the creation and application of algorithms built into a dynamic computing environment. Stated simply, AI is trying to make computers think and act like humans.

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Automation is a process by which routine workflows and processes—scheduling, monitoring, maintenance, application delivery, and so on—are managed and executed without human administration.

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Backup as a service (BaaS) is a method of offsite data storage in which files, folders, or the entire contents of a hard drive are regularly backed up by a service vendor to a remote secure cloud-based data repository over a network connection.

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Big data analytics is the process of examining large and varied datasets to uncover hidden patterns, unknown correlations, market trends, customer preferences, and other useful information that can help organizations make better informed business decisions.

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Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) are two approaches to software development that are designed to improve code quality and enable rapid delivery and deployment of code. They are usually deployed together (CI/CD) to ensure rapid overall delivery of new software features and fixes.

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BlueXP's Data Classification is an AI-driven toolkit that automatically scans, analyzes, and categorizes your data for enhanced governance and privacy.

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Cloud analytics describes the application of analytic algorithms in the cloud against data in a private or public cloud to then deliver a result of interest. Cloud analytics involves deployment of scalable cloud computing with powerful analytic software to identify patterns in data and to extract new insights.

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Configuration and resource management is an automated method for maintaining computer systems and software in a known, consistent state.

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Data Sprawl is the concept of exponential growth of data and data sources across an organization's data estate.

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GPUs are typically used for graphic visualization (rendering) by performing repetitive arithmetic calculations. This repetitive compute capability is often used for AI and deep learning use cases.

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Hybrid cloud refers to a mixed computing, storage, and services environment made up of on-premises infrastructure, private cloud services, and a public cloud—such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure—with orchestration among the various platforms.

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Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is an approach to managing data center server, storage, and networking infrastructure. With IaC, infrastructure configuration information is housed in standardized files, which can be read by software that maintains the state of the infrastructure. IaC can improve productivity and reliability because it eliminates manual configuration steps.

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The IoT is a network of connected devices and sensors that can monitor, collect, and exchange data about the behavior of “things” in the real world or "edge", like smart watches and industrial equipment.

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Microservices are an architectural approach to creating cloud applications. Each application is built as a set of services, and each service runs in its own processes and communicates through APIs.

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Multicloud also refers to the distribution of cloud assets, software, and applications across several cloud environments, using multiple cloud computing platforms to support a single application or ecosystem of applications that work together in a common architecture.

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A NAS (network-attached storage) system is a file-dedicated storage device attached to a network that allows data to be accessible from multiple authorized users and devices.

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A neural network is a machine learning technique that uses interconnected nodes, a structure inspired by the human brain.

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You can use the non-volatile memory express (NVMe) protocol to provide storage in a SAN environment. The NVMe protocol is optimized for performance with solid state storage.

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Object storage, also known as object-based storage, is a strategy that manages and manipulates data storage as distinct units, called objects. These objects are kept in a single storehouse and are not ingrained in files inside other folders.

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Ransomware is any software that allows an outsider to access and encrypt another’s files, delete the originals, and then threaten to delete the only remaining (encrypted) copy of the files if the ransom isn't paid.

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A storage area network (SAN) consists of a storage solution connected to hosts over a SAN transport protocol such as iSCSI or FC. You can configure your SAN so that your storage solution attaches to your hosts through one or more switches.

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Site reliability engineering (SRE) is a discipline to create ultra-scalable and reliable software systems by applying software engineering practices to infrastructure and operations problems.

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Software-defined storage (SDS) enables users and organizations to uncouple or abstract storage resources from the underlying hardware platform for greater flexibility, efficiency and faster scalability by making storage resources programmable.

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Structured data can be thought of as records (or transactions) in a database environment; for example, rows in a table of a SQL database.

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