HPE Enterprise IT Glossary
Enterprise IT Glossary
Explore HPE's enterprise IT glossary for clear definitions of key technology terms across AI, compute, hybrid cloud, networking, security, storage, and other essential topics.
Categories
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Adaptive Models
- Agentic AI
- AI Agent
- AI Computing
- AI Data Center Networking
- AI Data Management
- AI Finance
- AI Healthcare
- AI in Manufacturing
- AI Inference
- AI Infrastructure
- AI IoT
- AI Models
- AI Security
- AI stack
- AI supercomputing
- Artificial intelligence
- AutoML
- Business Intelligence and Analytics
- Cloud AI
- Convolutional Neural Network
- Data Analytics
- Data fabric
- Data Lakehouse
- Data Pipelines
- Data Stores
- Deep Learning
- Delta Lake
- Enterprise AI
- Exascale Computing
- Fine-Tuning
- Generative AI (GenAI)
- GPU computing
- GPU Server
- Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
- High performance computing
- Large Language Model (LLM)
- Machine Learning
- ML Model
- ML Model Training
- ML Ops
- Natural Language Processing
- OEM
- Private AI
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Sovereign AI
- Supercomputing
- Supervised Machine Learning
- Swarm Intelligence
- Swarm Learning
- Transformer Model
- Word Embedding
Compute
- Composable Infrastructure
- Compute
- Compute platform
- Compute security
- Compute server modernization
- Compute Servers
- Computing resources
- Data Center Tiers
- Distributed computing
- Edge computing
- Fault Tolerance
- Green computing
- Infrastructure as Code
- Infrastructure Security
- IoT cloud computing
- Quantum Computing
- Rack Servers
- Server management
- Server Security
- Servers
- Silicon Root of Trust
- Small Business Server
- Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)
- Software-Defined Infrastructure
- Tower Servers
- Workload
Hybrid Cloud
- Cloud Adoption
- Cloud Agility
- Cloud architecture
- Cloud as a Service
- Cloud automation
- Cloud Backup
- Cloud bursting
- Cloud Containers
- Cloud Cost Management
- Cloud cost optimization
- Cloud Data Platform
- Cloud database
- Cloud elasticity
- Cloud infrastructure
- Cloud integration
- Cloud Management
- Cloud Migration
- Cloud migration planning
- Cloud native
- Cloud networking
- Cloud repatriation
- Cloud Scalability
- Cloud Security
- Cloud Security Managed Services
- Cloud Server
- Cloud Server backups: What are cloud server backups?
- Cloud Services
- Cloud Workloads
- Cloud-managed networking
- CloudOps
- Container Orchestration
- Container Platform
- Containers
- Containers as a Service (CaaS)
- Data Center Virtualization
- Disaggregated HCI (dHCI)
- Edge to Cloud
- Enterprise Cloud Computing
- Enterprise digital transformation
- Enterprise hybrid cloud
- FinOps (Financial Operations)
- HPC Cluster
- HPC Workload
- Hybrid cloud architecture
- Hybrid cloud automation
- Hybrid cloud infrastructure
- Hybrid Cloud Management
- Hybrid Cloud Networking
- Hybrid Cloud Security
- Hybrid cloud strategy
- Hybrid cloud vs multi-cloud
- Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)
- Hyperscale
- Hypervisor
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Multicloud
- Multicloud architecture
- Multicloud infrastructure
- Multicloud management
- Multicloud migration
- Multicloud security
- Multicloud strategy
- Network in the Cloud
- Network Virtualization
- Observability
- On-Premises Data Centers vs. Cloud Computing
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Private cloud
- Private cloud architecture
- Private cloud infrastructure
- Private cloud management solutions
- Private cloud networking
- Private cloud security
- Private cloud vs public cloud
- Public cloud
- Server virtualization
- Software as a service (SaaS)
- Virtual Machine
- Virtual private cloud (VPC)
- Virtual server
- Virtualization
- Virtualization management
Networking
- 400G
- 5G
- 6G
- Access Point
- AI in networking
- AI-native networking
- AI-native routing
- AIOps
- Application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
- CBRS
- Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
- Cloud microservices
- Coffee shop networking
- Data center fabric
- Data center networking
- Data center security
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- DevOps
- Digital Experience Monitoring
- Distributed Artificial Intelligence
- Dynamic Segmentation
- Edge AI
- Edge Analytics
- Edge Datacenter
- Edge Device
- Edge Management
- Edge Network
- Edge Security
- Enterprise data center
- Enterprise Network Security
- Ethernet switching
- EVPN-VXLAN
- Explainable AI
- Firewall design
- Hybrid IT
- Hybrid mesh security
- IDS/IPS
- Industrial IOT (IIoT)
- Intelligent Edge
- Intent-Based Networking
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- IPv4 and IPv6
- Location-based services
- Low latency
- Metro Ethernet
- Mobile Edge Computing
- MPLS
- Multi-access edge computing
- Multi-cloud Networking (MCN)
- Multi-gigabit Ethernet
- NaaS
- Network access control
- Network Automation
- Network configuration
- Network Detection and Response
- Network Fabric
- Network firewall
- Network Functions virtualization
- Network gateway
- Network management
- Network Monitoring
- Network observability
- Network Overlay
- Network security
- Network Security
- Network Segmentation
- Network switches
- Network Topology
- Next Gen Firewall
- Open RAN
- Outdoor access point (AP)
- Passive optical network
- PoE switch (Power over Ethernet switch)
- Policy-based routing
- Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
- Private 5G
- Ransomware
- Real-Time Processing
- Remote Access
- Router
- SASE
- SD-Branch
- SD-WAN
- SDN
- Secure connectivity
- Secure SD‑WAN
- Secure Web Gateway (SWG)
- Security virtualization
- Segment routing
- Self-driving network
- SSE (Security Service Edge)
- Stackable switch
- Unified threat management (UTM)
- Universal ZTNA
- Virtual Bluetooth LE (vBLE) technology
- VXLAN
- WAN optimization
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Wi-Fi 7
- Wi-Fi 8
- Wide Area Network
- WLAN
- Zero Trust
- Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
Storage
- AI storage
- Backup and Recovery
- Backup Storage
- Backup vs. Replication
- Block storage
- Business continuity planning
- Cloud Storage
- Continuous data protection
- Cyber recovery
- Cyber resilience
- Cyber vault
- Data Access
- Data Cloud
- Data Deduplication
- Data Deluge
- Data Infrastructure
- Data Insights
- Data Intelligence
- Data lake
- Data Lifecycle Management
- Data lineage
- Data Management
- Data Management as a Service (DMaaS)
- Data Migration
- Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS)
- Data replication
- Data Security
- Data Silos
- Data Storage
- Data Transformation
- Disaggregated Storage
- Disaster recovery
- Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
- Flash Storage
- Hybrid cloud storage
- Immutable backups
- IT resilience
- Multi Cloud Storage
- Network Attached Storage
- Object storage
- Private Cloud Storage
- QLC vs. TLC
- Ransomware detection
- Ransomware Recovery
- SAN (Storage Area Network)
- Scale-Out Storage
- Software-Defined Storage (SDS)
- Storage as a Service (StaaS)
- Storage Management
- Storage Virtualization
- Structured data
- Unstructured data
- Value of Data
Other Enterprise IT terms
- AI Factory
- Application Delivery
- Blade Servers
- Cloud Governance
- Data Center Colocation
- Data Encryption
- Data Warehouse
- DataOps
- Digital Manufacturing
- Digital Workplace
- Enterprise Analytics
- FedRAMP
- Fleet Management
- Front-End Applications
- Identity Management
- IT Asset Management (ITAM):
- IT Procurement
- ITOM (IT Operations Management)
- Kubernetes
- MapReduce
- Middle Market
- NVMe
- Open Source
- Out-of-Band Management (OOBM)
- Physical AI
- Post-Quantum Cryptography
- Quantum Cryptography
- Reference Architecture
- Spark
- Spine-leaf architecture
- Sustainable Asset Management
- Sustainable networking
- Sustainable Technology
- Tech Refresh
- virtual desktop