Technical Jargon Used in Enterprise Mobility
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The world is embracing the technological advancements. As technology continues to govern business and people around the globe, many new technical terms are born. Often the simplest things get complicated to understand as writers use these technical jargon.
Enterprise mobility jargon can be largely observed in the trend of enterprises going mobile. As mobile devices are making inroads at workplaces there are many abbreviations evolved. These abbreviations cover all aspects related to enterprise mobility. These are –
| Abbreviation | Full Form | The term was first used or introduced by |
|---|---|---|
| AES | Advanced Encryption System | The (NIST) National Institute of Standards and Technology in 2001 |
| API | Application Programming Interface | Roy Fieldings dissertation Architectural Styles and the design Network-based Software Architectures in 2000 |
| ARM | Advanced Risc Machine | Developed in 1980s by Acorn Computers Ltd |
| bPAAS | Business Process as a Service | The origin of the term is unclear |
| BYOA | Bring Your Own Applications | Perculated in the 1980s with the introduction of spreadsheets that people brought at workplaces to crunch numbers |
| BYOD | Bring Your Own Device | Intel in 2009 |
| CaaS | Communication as a service | Officially included by ITU (International Telecommunication Union) as a part of basic cloud computing models |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer | America in the late 1980s |
| CMS | Content Management System | The first CMS was announced at the end of the 1990s |
| COPE | Corporate Owned Personally Enabled | The secure alternative for BYOD first used in 2010 |
| DaaS | Desktop as a service | Like cloud computing the origin of the term is unclear |
| EM | Enterprise Mobility | T-Systems for a whole range of mobile ICT solutions designed for businesses |
| EMM | Enterprise Mobility Management | In 2009 due to increase of mobile devices at workplaces |
| iAAS | Infrastructure as a Service | The origin of the term is unclear |
| MAM | Mobile Application Management | In 2010 a result of growing mobile devices at workplace |
| MBM | Mobile Business Management | Genera term |
| MEAP | Mobile Enterprise Application Platform | The term was coined in a Gartner Magic Quadrant report in 2008 |
| NaaS | Network as a service | Officially included by ITU (International Telecommunication Union) as a part of basic cloud computing models |
| NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement | In 1982 by the US government |
| PaaS | Platform as a Service | Cloud computing paved for this acronym |
| SaaS | Software-as-a-Service | The term was coined by John Koenig in 2005 |
| TCO | True Cost of Ownership | It was used by Gartner Group during 1987 |
| UYOD | Use Your Own Device | Policy emerged after companies observed that BYOD is nothing without UYOD |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network | In 1979 this term was used by F.R. Gfeller and U. Bapst while reporting an experiment on Infrared Communication. |