Capterra Glossary
Appliances
Appliances cover a range of company and/or personal assets, typically those that perform calculations or run some kind of software. Software can also be a type of appliance. Appliances can include computers, hardware, data storage systems, back-end IT infrastructure, and more.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Appliances
IT appliances are critical for companies of all sizes and industries to complete day-to-day tasks. SMBs need to select the right IT appliances to help their business grow and keep those appliances in working order.
Related Terms
- Synchronous
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Intranet
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Scalability
- Data Center
- Authorization
- Multitenancy