Ch 1- Key Terms

Question 1

Anything as a Service (XaaS)

Answer 1

Cloud model that delivers IT as a service through hybrid cloud computing and works with a combination of SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, CaaS, DBaaS, and/or BPaaS.

Question 2

Business Process as a Service (BPaaS)

Answer 2

Any business process that is delivered as a service by utilizing a cloud solution.

Question 3

Chargeback

Answer 3

An accounting strategy that attempts to decentralize the costs of IT services and apply them directly to the teams or divisions that utilize those services.

Question 4

Cloud bursting

Answer 4

Allows an application running in a private cloud to burst into a public cloud on an on -demand basis.

Question 5

Communication as a Service (CaaS)

Answer 5

Allows a cloud consumer to utilize enterprise-level voice over IP (VoIP), virtual private networks (VPNs), private branch exchange (PBX), and unified communications using a cloud model.

Question 6

Community cloud

Answer 6

Cloud model where the infrastructure is shared between several organizations from a specific group within common computing needs and objectives.

Question 7

Data BLOB

Answer 7

Collection of binary data stored as a single entity.

Question 8

Database as a Service (DBaaS)

Answer 8

Cloud model that delivers database operations as a service to multiple cloud consumers over the Internet.

Question 9

Elasticity

Answer 9

Allows an organization to dynamically provision and de-provision processing, memory, and storage resources to meet the demands of the network.

Question 10

Hybrid cloud

Answer 10

Cloud model that utilizes both private and public clouds to perform distinct functions within the same organization.

Question 11

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Answer 11

Cloud model where the cloud consumer outsources responsibility for their infrastructure to an external cloud provider that owns the equipment, such as storage, servers, and connectivity domains.

Question 12

Metadata

Answer 12

Data about data, used to describe particular attributes of data including how the data is formatted.

Question 13

Metering

Answer 13

The ability of a cloud platform to track the use of IT resources; this is focused primarily on measuring usage by cloud consumers.

Question 14

Multinancy

Answer 14

Architecture providing a single instance of an application to serve multiple clients or tenants.

Question 15

Object ID (OID)

Answer 15

Unique identifier used to name an object.

Question 16

On-demand self-service/ just-in-time service

Answer 16

Gives cloud consumers access to cloud services through an online portal allowing them to acquire computing resources automatically and on demand without human interaction from the cloud provider.

Question 17

Pay-as-you-grow

Answer 17

A concept in cloud computing where you pay for cloud resources as an organization needs those resources.

Question 18

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Answer 18

Cloud model that provides the infrastructure to create applications and host them with a cloud provider.

Question 19

Policies

Answer 19

Rule sets by which users and administrators must abide.

Question 20

Private cloud

Answer 20

Cloud delivery model that is owned and maintained by a single organization; it is implemented behind the corporate firewall that enables an organization to centrally access IT resources.

Question 21

Private Cloud Space (PCS)

Answer 21

Cloud-based storage that exists within a company’s own internal systems, but can be made available to other departments and units within the company.

Question 22

Public cloud

Answer 22

A pool of computing resources and services delivered over the Internet by a cloud provider.

Question 23

Replicas

Answer 23

Used to create a mirrored copy of data between 2 redundant hardware devices.

Question 24

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Answer 24

Cloud model that allows a cloud consumer the ability to use on-demand software applications delivered by the cloud provider via the Internet.

Question 25

Ubiquitous access

Answer 25

Allows a cloud service to be widely accessible via a web browser from anywhere allowing for the same level of access either from home or work.