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The entire spectrum of technologies for information processing, including software, hardware, communications technologies and related services. In general, information technology (IT) does not include embedded technologies that do not generate data for enterprise use.

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Company: Gartner

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A system-level facility to allow a database or portion thereof to be restored while the database is still open for application access.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

A system-level facility to allow a database or disk file to be backed up to another disk or to magnetic tape while it is still open for application access.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

A device that merges many low-speed asynchronous channels into one or more high-speed synchronous channels to achieve economies of data transmission.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

Computing platform products are defined as follows:  Server systems —The server segment comprises all multiuser systems. Please note that Gartner no longer classifies supercomputers and mainframes ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

A computing device that provides predefined services, and that has its underlying operating (OS) software hidden beneath an application-specific interface. Computing appliances offer reduced ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

The intelligent linking of computers with switches, enabling coordinated voice and data transfers to the desktop.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

Application software used to provide for work and materials management of maintenance activities in a manufacturing organization. See EAM.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

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