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Is there any useful collective term you use in your IT networks for server software that does not fall into an end user application, i..e the top level application, i.e. your ERP apps, payroll apps, accountancy apps etc. I am thinking stuff such as OS, SQL, Oracle, IIS, Apache, AD, Citrix etc. We need a useful collective term for anything that sits between hardware and the end application.
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Is there any useful collective term you use in your IT networks for server software that does not fall into an end user application, i..e the top level application, i.e. your ERP apps, payroll apps, accountancy apps etc. I am thinking stuff such as OS, SQL, Oracle, IIS, Apache, AD, Citrix etc. We need a useful collective term for anything that sits between hardware and the end application.

collective term for platforms and OS

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Software

The Windows operating systems have distinct methodologies for designing and implementing networks, and have specific systems to accomplish various networking processes, such as Exchange for email, Sharepoint for shared files and programs, and IIS for delivery of web pages. Microsoft also produces server technologies for networked database use, security and virtualization.

Windows Networking

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