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Cloud computing jargon buster

 

Cloud Computing

Storing data, programmes or applications in a remote location, and accessing them via an internet connection

Lync

Microsoft Lync Server is software that provides a unified communications infrastructure for instant messaging (IM), voice and video calling and Web conferencing both within the organization and externally. Lync Server uses the address books maintained by Microsoft Exchange Server. Lync Server was previously Office Communication Server (OCS), which evolved from Live Communications Server.

Office 365

Microsoft’s cloud based offering, providing internet based Outlook, SharePoint, Word, Excel , PowerPoint and Lync Server

On premise

Storage of hardware, software and data on your own premises

SharePoint

A family of Windows software from Microsoft that is used to set up internal Web portals (intranets) for document sharing and search, team collaboration, blogs, wikis and company news. Widely used, SharePoint is Microsoft's major groupware offering.

Virtual server

Running applications in separate, isolated partitions within a single server. Widely used in enterprise and cloud computing datacenters, each virtual machine (VM) runs its own operating system and application and can be moved or copied from one server to another for load balancing or to expand processing capability.

 

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