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Information technology

The acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of information by electronics-based of computing and telecommunications.

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Information technology

data deduplication

Technology; Information technology

Data deduplication is a form of compression that eliminates redundant data on a subfile level, improving storage utilization. In this process, only one copy of the data is stored; all the redundant ...

data center storage encryption

Technology; Information technology

Data center storage encryption tools offer configuration, management and reporting for disparate encryption solutions that are available for encrypting data in enterprise data centers. The console ...

data center outsourcing (DCO)

Technology; Information technology

Data center outsourcing (DCO) is a multiyear, annuity contract or relationship involving the day-to-day management responsibility for operating server or host platforms, including distributed servers ...

data center infrastructure management (DCIM)

Technology; Information technology

Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tools monitor, measure, manage and/or control data center utilization and energy consumption of all IT-related equipment (such as servers, storage and ...

data center bridging (DCB)

Technology; Information technology

The term “data center bridging” (DCB) refers to a collection of proposed standards designed to transform Ethernet into a lossless network with efficient Layer 2 multipath forwarding. DCB (formerly ...

data center

Technology; Information technology

The data center is the department in an enterprise that houses and maintains back-end information technology (IT) systems and data stores—its mainframes, servers and databases. In the days of large, ...

data analysis and provider profiling (DAPP)

Technology; Information technology

DAPP vendors are those that provide healthcare value-added analytic applications to support analysis of administrative data for the purposes of network management, actuarial and underwriting ...

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