What Does Application Infrastructure Provider (AIP) Mean?

An application infrastructure provider (AIP) provisions the computing and operational infrastructure for developing, deploying and managing enterprise class applications. It houses all physical resources for applications through a managed service platform. These applications include computing hardware, infrastructure operation and management software, network/Internet connectivity and power/cooling.

The required resources are leased or rented to the sourcing organization under a service level agreement (SLA).

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