Portability Glossary Definition

Term Portability
Definition

Portability is a Cloud Computing concept used to describe the core capabilities, roles, resources, and operating assumptions of cloud environments.

Portability is an Enterprise system characteristic used to evaluate how applications behave, scale, interoperate, recover, and adapt over their lifecycle.

Context & Usage

Technical and business stakeholders use this concept when discussing the basic vocabulary of cloud adoption, architecture, procurement, and operations.

Related concepts include Cloud Computing.

Additional Resource: CNCF Cloud Native Glossary.

Architects and procurement teams use this concept when evaluating fit, risk, lifecycle cost, nonfunctional requirements and operational behavior.

Related concepts include Enterprise Architecture, Application Portfolio, Business Capability and Data Governance.

Additional Resource: The Open Group TOGAF Standard.

Categories Software Development and Programming, Web, Database, Cloud, and DevOps Technologies, Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Access Management, Enterprise Applications, CRM, and Contact Center Systems, Artificial Intelligence