Application Infrastructure
Application infrastructure refers to the software platforms that enable the delivery of business applications. This is the infrastructure that exists behind the graphical user interface that users of an application interact with. It can include components such as servers, networking, data storage, application monitoring and logging, and application security services.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Application Infrastructure
SMBs can develop their own application infrastructure as on-premise IT infrastructure or use cloud-based infrastructure provided by a third-party cloud services provider. For many SMBs, using a third-party cloud services provider is an easier and more cost-efficient option than in-house development .
Related terms
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Intranet
- SLO (Service-Level Objective)
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Scalability
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Data Center
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Synchronous
- Multitenancy
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- IT Services
- Authorization
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
