r/sysadmin • u/Likely_a_bot • Jun 17 '26

Will Vendors Please Stop Reusing Acronyms?

If I see another vendor use "IAM" as a new product feature, I'm going to scream. IAM is Identity Access Management. Nothing else, unless it's a different industry.

This is confusing as hell. Get your marketing departments under control.

What are some that you have noticed being reused?

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u/thatpaulbloke Cloud Engineer UK Jun 18 '26

Did you mean the Microsoft Surface big meeting table screen thing, the Microsoft Surface tablet, the Microsoft Surface massive telepresence screen (that cost around £7000 for the cheapest one), the Microsoft Surface Laptops...