Explore IT terms to know.
Tech today is advancing faster than ever. A constant evolution of tools, technology, methods and practices makes it difficult to keep up on all the trends, acronyms and terms. Insight’s tech glossary serves as your guide — written by technical experts and updated regularly. Bookmark this webpage to use as a reference guide, and find the latest IT terms to know.
- 5G
- Agile
- AI analytics
- Anything as a Service (XaaS)
- Anywhere operations
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Automation
- Big data
- Blockchain
- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
- Business intelligence
- Business optimization
- Business process automation
- Capital expenditure
- Chatbot
- Choose Your Own Device (CYOD)
- Cloud
- Cloud + Data Center Transformation
- Cloud enablement
- Cloud governance
- Cloud management platform
- Cloud Service Provider (CSP)
- Cloud strategy
- Colocation
- Computer vision
- Connected Platform
- Connected Workforce
- Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)
- Container technology
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
- Converged infrastructure
- Cyberattack
- Cyber defense
- Cybersecurity mesh
- Data analyst
- Data Center as a Service (DCaaS)
- Data classification
- Data discovery
- Data lake
- Data management
- Data migration
- Data protection
- Data scientist
- Data warehousing
- Democratized edge
- Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
- Device as a Service (DaaS)
- Device lifecycle services
- Device provisioning
- DevOps
- Digital business
- Digital disruption
- Digital engagement
- Digital Innovation
- Digital strategy
- Digital transformation
- Dispersed workforce
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- Edge computing
- E-procurement
- Endpoint management
- End-user computing
- Flash storage
- Hybrid cloud
- Hybrid Workforce
- Hybrid Workplace
- Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)
- Image processing
- Immersive technology
- Industry 4.0
- Industrial Internet of Things (IoT)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Insight Global Finance (IGF)
- Insight Intelligent Technology Solutions™
- Intelligent business automation
- Intelligent edge
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- IT discovery
- IT governance
- IT ModOps
- IT roadmap
- Kubernetes
- Learning and development
- Machine learning
- Machine Learning Operations (MLOps)
- Machine vision
- Managed cloud services
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Maverick spending
- Microservices
- Minimal viable product
- Mobile device management
- Modern Workplace
- Multicloud
- myInsight
- Natural language understanding
- Network Operations Center (NOC)
- Network security
- NIST Framework
- On-premises
- Operating Expense (OpEx)
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
- Organizational Change Management (OCM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Portfolio rationalization
- Predictive analysis
- Procurement platform
- Reinforcement learning
- Relational data
- Remote monitoring
- Responsible AI
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- Scrum
- Scrum Master
- SecOps
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- SnapStart
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Software Asset Management (SAM)
- Software audit
- Software-defined
- Software license position
- Solutions integrator
- Subscription economy
- Supervised learning
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Systems integrator
- Telehealth
- Transformation services
- Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)
- Unified Endpoint Management(UEM)
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Virtualization
- Workflow automation
- Workload
- Zero Trust security
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