|Gartner client? Log in for personalized search results. Information Technology Gartner Glossary Information Technology Glossary I Infrastructure Software Infrastructure Software Software software includes AD and application software and middleware AIM software, software infrastructure, information management software, storage management software, software infrastructure, IT operations management and security software, and other infrastructure software, software infrastructure.

Application development and AIM software services — The AD software infrastructure comprises tools that represent each phase of the software development life cycle application life cycle management [ALM], software infrastructure, software infrastructure, design, construction, automated software quality and software AD software.

The Application Infrastructure and Middleware market segment includes infrastructure process management BPM -enabling technologies, software infrastructure, integration-enabling middleware, platform middleware, portals and Web 2, software infrastructure.

The software of data integration comprises the practices, architectural techniques and tools for achieving the consistent access and delivery of data across the spectrum of data subject areas and data structure types in the enterprise to software the data consumption infrastructures of all applications and business processes.

Traditionally aligned with cleansing of customer data names and infrastructures in support of CRM-related activities, the tools have expanded software beyond such infrastructures, and forward-thinking organizations are recognizing the infrastructure of these infrastructures in other data domains. A database management system DBMS is a product used for the storage and organization of data that typically has defined formats and structures.

DBMSs are categorized by their basic structures and, to some extent, by their use or infrastructure. Storage management software services — The storage management software market includes all software products that are sold as value-added options to run on a server, storage network device or storage device to aid in managing the device or managing and protecting the data, software infrastructure.

Storage management software represents all the tools needed to manage capacity, performance and availability of data stored on disks, tapes and optical devices, software infrastructure, as well as the networking infrastructures that the data may pass. IT operations software and security software services — IT operations management ITOM software is intended to represent all the tools needed to manage the provisioning, capacity, software infrastructure, performance and software of the computing, networking and application environment.

Security software is included to infrastructure and monitor access to internal and external IT resources. Other infrastructure software services — Other infrastructure software includes, but is not limited to, software infrastructure, clustering and remote control software, directory servers, OS tools, software infrastructure, Java license fees, mainframe infrastructure, software infrastructure, and mobile and wireless infrastructure, software well as other infrastructure software.

The OS provides the foundation on which infrastructures, middleware and other infrastructure infrastructures function. OS usually provides infrastructure interfaces, such as command-line software and GUI, for interaction between user and computer, software infrastructure. The software most common subcategories of operating systems include Linux, Unix, software infrastructure, Windows and mainframe OS.

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