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Technology Architecture

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Access Control Brick:

Logical access control within NIH is provided at the network, operating system, and application level. Network Access Control. Network access controls...

Access Router/Switch Brick:

Access routers and switches connect subnets to the distribution layer. In some cases, the access router/switch functionality is combined with the distribution...

Application Server Brick:

An application server is a modern form of platform middleware. It is system software that resides between the operating system on one side, and the external...

Availability - Application Management Brick:

Availability - Application Management is the monitoring, collecting and correlating performance, event and availability statistics to predict and, thus,...

Availability - Database Management Brick:

Availability - Database Management is collecting and correlating performance, event and availability statistics to predict and, thus, avoid potential downtime...

Availability - Server Management Brick:

Availability - Server Management is collecting and correlating performance, event and availability statistics to predict and, thus, avoid potential downtime...

Availability - Storage Management Brick:

Availability - Storage Management is collecting and correlating performance, event and availability statistics to predict and, thus, avoid potential downtime...

Availability Management - Network Brick:

Network management includes the administrative services performed in managing NIHnet and the Institute and Center (IC) networks, including network devices,...

Communication Middleware Brick:

Communication middleware helps programs talk to other programs. It is software that supports a protocol for transmitting messages or data between two points...

Communications Protocol Brick:

Communications protocols define the rules for sending blocks of data from one node in the network to another node and are normally defined in layers. A...

Confidentiality Brick:

The primary method of protecting confidentiality of information is via encryption. In addition to sensitive business data, there is also data about the...

Configuration Management Software Brick:

Configuration Management is the documentation and management of the technical elements and relationships in the IT infrastructure, application and business...

Controller Area Network (CAN)/Multi Area Network (MAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) Optical Networking Brick:

The Controller Area Network (CAN)/Multi Area Network (MAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) Optical Networking Brick addresses optical networking when implemented...

Controller Area Network (CAN)/Multi Area Network (MAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) Transport Brick:

NIH has migrated from an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) backbone to a Gigabit Ethernet fiber backbone in the Controller Area Network (CAN) environment...

Core Router Brick:

Core routers are part of the backbone, which also contains all the high-speed transport media. This layer does not provide any packet manipulation.

Data Management Middleware Brick:

Data management middleware functionality helps programs, including application programs and database management systems (DBMS), read from and write to...

Data Warehouse (DW) Database Server Brick:

Data Warehouse (DW) database functional requirements are different than Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) Database Management Sytems (DBMS) in that...

Desktop Web Conferencing Brick:

Desktop Web Conferencing is defined as applications that enable Internet-based synchronous, real-time meetings with participants in multiple, geographically...

Digital Identity/Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Brick:

Digital Signature systems are defined as applications that provide identification and storage of digital signatures along with validation against a centrally...

Distribution Router/Switch Brick:

Distribution routers and switches connect the access layer to the backbone network. The distribution layer directs and filters traffic between access layer...

Document Imaging Brick:

Document imaging devices can be standalone or embedded into the organization’s existing, fax, copy or duplication systems. Imaging systems take existing...

Document Management Tools Brick:

Document management includes software systems that allow enterprises to generate, produce, store, manage, retrieve, and distribute electronic files (e.g....

Email Client Operating Systems (OSs) Brick:

Email client operating systems (OSs) allocate system resources at individual workstations in support of NIH's enterprise email applications.

Email Server Operating Systems (OSs) Brick:

Email server operating systems (OSs) allocate system resources for the computers (servers) that run NIH's enterprise electronic mail applications.

Enterprise and Mid-Range Server Operating System Brick:

Enterprise servers consist of the platform hardware and the operating system that together support the operating environment to support application and...

Enterprise and Mid-Range Server Platform Processor Brick:

Enterprise servers consist of the platform hardware and the operating system that together support the operating environment to support application and...

Enterprise Directories Brick:

Enterprise directories list and/or describe users and services on the NIH network and are typically used in conjunction with the enterprise messaging ...

Enterprise Reporting Tools Brick:

An enterprise reporting tool is one that allows NIH to gain a better understanding of its operations by putting critical information in the hands of all...

Event Management - MOM Brick:

Enterprise event management (MoM) systems support the acceptance of events from elements in the IT infrastructure; consolidate, filter and correlate those...

Event Monitoring and Analysis Brick:

Vulnerability Analysis. Internet-based attack tools are becoming increasingly sophisticated and increasingly easy to use. NIH's network could contain vulnerabilities...

File Transfer Middleware Brick:

File Transfer Middleware is a class of communication middleware specifically focusing on the transfer of files from application to application. The transfer...

Gateways Brick:

There are two types of gateways: 1. Database gateways enable access to heterogeneous Database Management Systems (DBMS), usually through a common Structured...

Identification and Authentication Brick:

This standard establishes NIH Login as the required method of implementing authentication in web-based applications at the NIH. Authenticated identities...

Instant Messaging Client Brick:

The Instant Messaging (IM) Client is the user’s desktop-resident software that enables users to send short, text-based messages or files to other users....

Instant Messaging Server Brick:

The Instant Messaging (IM) Server is the application software that enables users to send short, text-based messages or files to other users. The server...

Integration Adapters Brick:

Adapters are some combination of design tools and runtime software that act as glue to link applications, which are considered "sources" or "targets" (or...

Integration Broker Suites (IBS) Brick:

An integration broker is a third-party intermediary that facilitates interactions among application systems. By definition, the broker itself provides...

Integrity Brick:

Anti-Virus. An effective anti-virus architecture uses a multi-tier (that is, desktop, server, and gateway) approach and is not necessarily reliant on a...

Intrusion Detection Brick:

Vulnerability Analysis. Internet-based attack tools are becoming increasingly sophisticated and increasingly easy to use. NIH's network could contain vulnerabilities...

Local Area Network (LAN) Cabling Brick:

Structured cabling standards have been developed and published by NIH. Figure 2 and Figure 3 in the Patterns section of this report illustrate a high-level...

Messaging Client Software Brick:

Messaging client software includes applications that run on workstations and enable peer-to-peer, asynchronous communications.

Messaging Protocols Brick:

Messaging protocols are the formal specifications that define data exchange procedures.

Messaging Servers Brick:

Messaging servers are enterprise applications that run on a central computer and enable synchronous and asynchronous, peer-to-peer communications.

Network Load Balancing Server Brick:

This brick shows NIH’s direction for network load balancers that allow server workload to be distributed across multiple servers for greater end-to-end...

NIH Federated Identity - Authentication / Authorization Brick:

The goal of NIH’s Federated Identity service is to give a person the ability to use the same user name, password, or other personal identification to access...

NIH Federated Identity - Identity Provider Brick:

The goal of NIH’s Federated Identity service is to give a person the ability to use the same user name, password, or other personal identification to access...

NIH Federated Identity - Protocols Brick:

The goal of NIH’s Federated Identity service is to give a person the ability to use the same user name, password, or other personal identification to access...

Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) Database Server Brick:

The Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) database market is defined by products that are suitable for a broad range of enterprise-level real time applications,...

Performance Management Tools Brick:

Performance Management is the trending of end-to-end response time and performance parameters from network, system and application components to predict...

Problem Management Tools Brick:

Problem Management is identifying, quickly resolving and preventing problems through root cause analysis and tracking. Problem management involves identifying...

Remote Access Technology Brick:

Remote access provides the ability to connect to the network from a distant location. This requires a computer, a modem and remote access software to allow...

Resource Scheduling Brick:

Resource Scheduling is a utility or feature that facilitates commitment of any resource(s) (person, room, office, subjects, equipment, etc.) for either...

Search Engines Brick:

A search engine includes a robot or crawler that goes to every page or representative pages on a Website, or the whole Web, and creates an index. It also...

Secure Email Brick:

Secure email is a method of establishing trust and securing email communications and attachments exchanged between NIH and external users. The technology...

Shared Virtual Workspace Brick:

Shared virtual workspaces are team-oriented collaboration tools that provide services for sharing files and supporting asynchronous and real-time collaboration...

Staff Digital Certificate Brick:

A Staff Digital Certificate is a digital certificate that is issued to an individual staff member of NIH. A staff member is defined as anyone who possesses...

Video Teleconferencing (VTC) Technology Brick:

Video teleconferencing technology allows two or more people at different locations to see and hear each other simultaneously, often times even sharing...

Vulnerability Tools Brick:

Vulnerability Analysis. Internet-based attack tools are becoming increasingly sophisticated and increasingly easy to use. NIH's network could contain vulnerabilities...

Web Browsers Brick:

Web browsers are programs that “read” hypertext and display it as formatted text and images. Browsers allow users to view the contents of a site and navigate...

Web Content Management System Brick:

Web Content Management Systems (WCMS) consist of applications used to create, manage, store and deploy content on the Web, including text, graphics, video...

Web Server Brick:

Web servers are software that serve as engines which run websites. Through a Web listener, they accept HTTP (non-encrypted) and HTTPS (encrypted) connections...

Web Services Brick:

Web services are not really a technology; they represent software components and a common set of standards supported by multiple, different technologies...

Wireless LAN Brick:

The role of a wireless LAN is to extend network coverage to allow for in-building or campus communication for mobile users; wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment...

Workflow/Business Process Management (BPM) Tools Brick:

Business Process Management (BPM) is a general term describing a set of services and tools that provide for explicit BPM (for example, process analysis,...

Workgroup/Server Switch Brick:

The workgroup and server switches provide connectivity to and between workstations and servers, respectively, within a network segment.

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