Cloud-Native Database

Multi-Cloud

A strategy using services from multiple cloud providers to avoid vendor lock-in and optimise capabilities.

Hybrid Cloud

An IT architecture combining on-premises infrastructure with public and private cloud services.

Cloud Security

The set of policies, technologies, and controls deployed to protect cloud-based systems, data, and infrastructure.

Identity and Access Management

A framework for managing digital identities and controlling user access to resources and systems.

Single Sign-On

An authentication scheme allowing users to log in once and gain access to multiple related systems.

OAuth

An open standard for token-based authentication and authorisation on the internet.

Cloud Database

A database service built, deployed, and accessed through a cloud platform, offering scalability and managed operations.

Reserved Instance

A cloud pricing model where users commit to a specific resource configuration for a term in exchange for discounted rates.

Cloud Governance

The policies, procedures, and tools for managing cloud resource usage, security, compliance, and costs.

Multi-Tenancy

A software architecture where a single instance serves multiple customers, with each tenant's data isolated and invisible to others.

Cloud Bursting

A configuration where an application runs in a private cloud and bursts into a public cloud when demand spikes.

Serverless Database

A database service that automatically provisions, scales, and manages infrastructure on demand without manual server management.

Cloud computing model that delivers software applications over the internet on a subscription basis.

Cloud computing model providing virtualised computing resources like servers, storage, and networking over the internet.

A high-performance remote procedure call framework developed by Google using Protocol Buffers for serialisation.

A distributed network of servers that delivers web content to users based on their geographic location.

An approach that distributes workloads across multiple cloud providers to avoid vendor lock-in, optimise costs, meet regulatory requirements, and improve resilience.

An API architectural style using HTTP methods and stateless communication for web service interaction.

A geographic area containing one or more data centres where cloud services are hosted.

Security solutions designed to protect server workloads running in cloud environments, providing vulnerability management, runtime protection, and compliance monitoring.

High Availability

A system design approach that ensures a certain degree of operational continuity during a given measurement period.