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Infrastructure as a Service

nounid 2930·updated Aug 30, 2026
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Offers the capability to provision processing, storage, networks and other fundamental computing resources, enabling the customer to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems (OSs) and applications

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Variants

acronym
IaaS
plural
Infrastructure as a Services
possessive
Infrastructure as a Service's
pluralpossessive
Infrastructure as a Services'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
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Offers the capability to provision processing, storage, networks and other fundamental computing resources, enabling the customer to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems (OSs) and applications
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§1 · legacy_primary
Offers the capability to provision processing, storage, networks and other fundamental computing resources, enabling the customer to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems (OSs) and applications
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