Cloud and Virtualization

A glossary of terms related to cloud services, virtualization, containerization and modern IT infrastructure.

Cloud and Virtualization

Cloud and virtualization are areas of IT focused on running, scaling and managing computing resources without directly maintaining all physical infrastructure. They include technologies that enable flexible use of servers, storage, networks, applications and runtime environments.

Definition and technology scope

Cloud computing includes service models such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and serverless computing, as well as public, private and hybrid cloud solutions. Virtualization makes it possible to create isolated virtual machines, application environments and network resources on shared infrastructure.

Key concepts also include containerization, Docker, Kubernetes, IaC, CDN, object storage, load balancers and high availability mechanisms.

Infrastructure and business value

Cloud technologies support fast service deployment, environment automation, cost optimization and greater system resilience. They enable the development of web applications, IoT systems, AI platforms, LLM-based solutions and modern microservice architectures.

For organizations, they mean greater operational flexibility, shorter product delivery cycles and the ability to scale resources according to real demand.

Example job roles

Cloud Engineer
Cloud Architect
DevOps Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer
Virtualization Systems Administrator
Kubernetes Administrator
Platform Engineer
Infrastructure Engineer
Cloud Security Engineer

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AI

Artificial intelligence, machine intelligence

AI, or artificial intelligence, comprises technologies that enable systems to analyse data, recognise patterns, generate content and make decisions.

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AI Overviews

AI summaries in Google Search

AI Overviews are artificial intelligence-generated summaries shown in Google results that answer complex questions using information from multiple online sources.

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CDN

Content Delivery Network

A CDN is a distributed network of edge servers that delivers web content from locations closer to users, reducing page load times and easing the load on the origin server.

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Cisco

Cisco Systems

Cisco is a global technology company providing networking hardware, software and services for IT infrastructure, security and business communications.

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High Availability (high availability)

HA, high availability

High Availability is the design of systems that remain accessible despite individual component failures. It uses redundancy, data replication, monitoring and automatic failover.

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Hybrid cloud

Hybrid cloud model

Hybrid cloud combines private and public cloud environments, giving organizations greater flexibility, scalability and data control while helping optimize IT infrastructure costs.

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