MASTER THE LANGUAGE
Key Terms and Concepts for As-a-Service
PLAY #3
On-demand services available in
a pay-per-use model and managed
for you.
As-a-Service
On-demand infrastructure and software
services in the on-prem data center, colocation
facility or edge, with self-service functionality,
scalability, pay-per-use, and managed for you.
Cloud services
Visibility, via an intuitive dashboard, into
ongoing usage and costs to help optimize
costs and plan capacity based on
actual and forecasted use.
Consumption analytics
Spreading payments for infrastructure
over a fixed period of time, vs. paying
for actual metered usage.
Leasing
Installed IT infrastructure capacity
for immediate needs plus a buffer for
scalability; buffered capacity is available
but not charged for until consumed.
Buffered or reserve capacity
The ability to uniquely and accurately measure
consumption of a service, such as storage, compute,
software, or management services. Metering
technology should also collect related metadata
such that the consumption data can be categorized
and used to drive visibility and insights.
Metering technology
The ability to monitor capacity,
ensuring sufficient resources are available
for spikes, new projects, or changing
business demand.
Capacity management
The ability to proactively and reactively
respond to infrastructure needs, such as
firmware updates, patching, and
problem resolution.
Monitoring functionality
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