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Tech glossary

Defining IT & technology terms

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
  • Technical debt
  • 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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