Enterprise Technology Glossary

Nutanix's own hypervisor, native to the Nutanix Cloud Platform, positioned as a genuine VMware replacement rather than a supported add-on.

A SIEM positioned around AI-assisted detection, investigation, workflow, and response rather than adding AI only as a separate summary feature.

IBM's midrange computer platform introduced in 1988, now evolved into IBM Power Systems running IBM i. Still widely referenced in business settings.

A company in a vendor's indirect sales network. Channel partners are the companies that sell or support a vendor's products, from resellers and distributors through to VARs, MSPs and systems integrators.

Dell's analytics engine inside PowerProtect Cyber Recovery that scans isolated vault copies for ransomware corruption without rehydrating the data first.

Dell's systems management software suite for monitoring, automating, and updating PowerEdge servers at fleet scale, built on top of iDRAC.

The difference between what Google shows in total search traffic and what it hides from the search query details.

IBM's custom NVMe drive used in FlashSystem storage arrays, performing inline compression and encryption in the drive controller itself.

A SIEM operating model where structured security work is reachable through approved interfaces beyond the main console, from APIs and reports through to AI clients.

HPE's consumption-based platform for buying and managing compute, storage and cloud services on owned or dedicated infrastructure. It is HPE's answer to Dell APEX and Lenovo TruScale.

An IBM-authorized reseller, distributor, or services provider who has passed IBM's certification and authorization requirements to sell IBM products.

IBM's external all-flash, hybrid flash, and capacity-optimized storage family for Storage Virtualize based enterprise environments.

The operating system for IBM Power Systems, formerly known as OS/400 and i5/OS. IBM i runs business applications written for AS400 and successor platforms.

IBM's current enterprise server line, running IBM i, AIX and Linux workloads. IBM i is the modern AS400 lineage. The platform is built around processor-based licensing and reliability rather than price per core.

IBM's cloud offering that runs IBM i, AIX, or Linux workloads on Power hardware inside IBM Cloud data centers, billed on a subscription or pay-as-you-go basis instead of a capital hardware purchase.

IBM's former brand name for its AIX-based UNIX servers, used from 2000 to 2008 before being merged with the iSeries (AS400) line into today's IBM Power Systems.

Dell's out-of-band server management controller, built into every PowerEdge server. It monitors, configures and remotely controls the hardware whether or not the operating system is running.

Lenovo's systems management platform for ThinkSystem servers, notable for native Redfish and Terraform support that fits infrastructure-as-code provisioning workflows.

A company that remotely manages a customer's IT infrastructure and end-user systems under a subscription or retainer model.

A managed service provider specializing in security operations, threat monitoring, incident response, and compliance management.

Nutanix's product for running the Nutanix Cloud Platform natively inside public cloud regions, including AWS GovCloud and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.

The entry-level processor-based licensing tier for IBM i software, tied to a system's processor performance rating rather than its physical core count.

Dell's AI-dense server, purpose-built for the largest training and HPC workloads, built on NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL4 architecture and capable of up to 144 GPUs per rack.

Everpure's immutable, indelible snapshot technology, built into the primary storage array so ransomware can't delete or encrypt backups even with compromised administrator credentials.

A dedicated, high-speed network connecting servers to shared block storage, as opposed to a NAS, which serves file-level storage over a standard network.

A security platform that collects and analyzes event data so teams can detect, investigate, document, and respond to threats.

Security tooling that coordinates systems and automates repeatable response work through controlled playbooks and integrations.

Lenovo's consumption-based, as-a-service infrastructure platform, Lenovo's answer to Dell APEX and HPE GreenLake.

Security analytics that compare user, device, account, or system activity with expected behavior to identify meaningful anomalies.

A company that purchases technology products and resells them to end customers while adding services such as design, implementation, training, and support.