i-Series
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A type of computer produced by IBM.
Previously known as the AS/400. Known today as System i.
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i-TV
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Interactive TV. Turning the TV into a
2 way medium. Digital television is enabling this. This will take off as
broadband networking, the web and broadcast media increasingly overlap.
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ICANN
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers. It handles a number of Internet related tasks such as
domain name and IP address allocation. It is sponsored by the US Government,
which makes many people feel that the Internet is owned or at least
controlled by the United States.
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IBM
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International Business Machines. An IT
services company that can be considered as one of the creators of the modern
IT industry.
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ICL
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International Computers Limited. An IT
hardware and services company, now owned by Fujitsu.
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Identrus
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An organization created by a number of
leading banks to provide a framework for conducting secure and trusted
applications online.
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IIS
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Internet Information Services. This Microsoft suite of product turns a
server into a manager and dispenser of web pages, ie a web server.
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ILM
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See Information Lifecycle Management.
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I-Mode
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A wireless internet technology created
by Docomo of Japan, which allows users to access the Web via their palm tops
and phones. Seen as a user-friendly
alternative to Wap.
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Implementation
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The phase of the software development
lifecycle associated with code generation and system building (aka
integration). Sometimes referred to
as the Build or Construction phase. NB. Technophobic line managers are
comforted when the project enters this phase, hence their occasionally
misguided desire to schedule it before analysis and design.
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IMS
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Information Management System. A database management system for mainframes
from IBM. IT was co-developed with Rockwell and Caterpillar for the Apollo
Space programme in 1966. So not a new technology.
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Information Architect
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A technologist with an in-depth,
detailed understanding of an organization’s information structures and
associated technologies.
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Information Lifecycle Management
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A term used to describe an
organization’s approach to managing its storage technologies. Choice of technologies is usually governed
by speed of access versus cost of media.
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Infomediary
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Information intermediary. A provider
of information. In e-business terms this takes the form of a website which
provides users with a single point of access to a variety of related
information resources.
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Inheritance
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A characteristic of Object Orientation.
It is closely associated with the reuse of software.
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Intellectual Capital
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A term used to describe the greatest
asset most service companies have, their staff. Or more specifically what
their staff know.
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Intelligent Network
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Is a fixed and wireless network
architecture that enables telecom operators to provide value-added services
without having to redesign the underlying switching equipment.
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Intermediation
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An e-business term to describe an
organization that positions itself between two established points in the
business supply chain, eg. WorldPay sitting between banks and consumers. Some
doteconomy ‘die-hards’ refer to this as antidisintermediation.
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Internet
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A network of networks that span the
world that is underpinned by TCP/IP and routers, which enables users to use
applications such as email and the world wide web.
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Internet Information Services
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See IIS.
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Internetworking
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A term used to refer to communications
that extend across multiple networks.
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Interoperability
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The degree to which two or more
software / hardware components work together.
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Intranet
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A closed network based on Internet
technologies. Typically used by
organizations to facilitate information sharing within the organization.
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Intranetware
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An old version of Novell Netware.
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Ipaq
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Technology developed by Digital that
through acquisition is now owned by HP. Very much associated with HP’s range
of palmtop computers and calculators.
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IPX/SPX
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These are the communication protocols
(ie. networking standards) created for Novell’s Netware networking software.
It has now been superseded by IP, which makes it more Internet compatible.
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IRIX
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This is Silicon Graphic’s flavour of
Unix. Excellent for handling 3D graphics. Last shipment March 2007. Support
will end sometime after 2013.
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ISDN
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Integrated Services Digital Network –
A standard created by the Telecoms industry to enable data and voice to be
sent down the same cable. ATM and
ADSL have superseded it.
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ISPF
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Interactive System Programming
Facility – An IBM legacy program development tool.
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IT
Governance
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Can be considered a subset of
corporate governance. It refers to the performance and management of one’s IT
assets. The growing ‘popularity’ of regulatory compliance means that
strategic IT decision making needs to include input from all stakeholders.
Traditionally the IT department was treated as a black box and as a result
such decisions were left to the IT staff. This is unacceptable from a
corporate governance perspective.
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