Alert

Alert - Notification via email, portal or wireless device of an event or trend that requires immediate attention.

[Category=Data Governance ]

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 16 November 2009 08:53:33, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/

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Alert - A message that is sent automatically by a computer system when a certain situation occurs. One of the greatest benefits of data warehousing is the ability to set alerts. A store manager can be automatically informed when a certain product's sales fall below or rise above a specified range. A factory manager can be automatically informed when the failure rate of a product exceeds a specified level. A sales manager can be automatically informed when a member of his staff achieves a personal high level of sales for a time period. Alerts allow a company to receive critical business information in the quickest possible time.

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: SDG Computing Inc., 05 May 2010 08:38:37, SDG Computing, now offline

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Alerts - A notification from an event that has exceeded a pre-defined threshold.

[Category=Information Management ]

Source: Information-Management.com, 30 May 2010 10:35:48, http://www.information-management.com/glossary/a.html

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Alerts - A notification from an event that has exceeded a pre-defined threshold.

[Category=Data Management ]

Source: DataMentors, 13 August 2010 09:48:51, http://www.datamentors.com/News-and-Resources/Glossary.html

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Alerts - A notification from an event that has exceeded a pre-defined threshold.

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: Aexis Business Intelligence, 02 November 2010 09:57:47, http://www.aexis.eu/DataWarehouse-Glossary/

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Alerting, alerts - A robust network-security monitoring application should include an alerting service. When an event that requires attention occurs, this service will send a notice by e-mail, page, instant messaging or other urgent method to a security expert.

The administrator may configure this service for pre-determined events or baselining may be used. When baselining is used, a threshold value is configured. When the value exceeds the threshold for a particular kind of event, an alert is issued.

For example, a number of failed attempts to log into an administrative account on a server may indicate that an attacker is trying to gain control of the server. The network team decides that up to ten tries is reasonable for someone who has just temporarily forgotten the password, so they set a threshold of ten failed attempts for this kind of event. At the eleventh attempt, an alert is sent so that an expert can investigate for other symptoms that would indicate an attack.

[Category=Data Security ]

Source: RSA, 09 August 2011 10:00:09, http://www.rsa.com/glossary/

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Alert - Notification that a specific attack has been directed at the information system of an organization.

[Category=Data Security ]

Source: KeyBank, 25 August 2011 07:29:16, https://www.key.com/html/bank-information-security-glossary.html

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alert - [usability] A message that calls attention to a notable situation or informs users of changes in the state of a monitored situation.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: esri, 13 January 2012 14:03:42, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation

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Alerts and Notifications - These are automated messages or signals sent via email, pager, and so on that indicate that a predefined event or an error condition has occurred and that some action need to be taken. Alerts allow users to receive critical business information in the quickest possible time.

[Category=Business Intelligence ]

Source: ElegantJ BI Business Intelligence, 26 October 2012 18:17:45, http://www.elegantjbi.com/resources/glossary_a.htm