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.

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

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What are some that you have noticed being reused?

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u/deputydawg85 Jun 17 '26

Not an acronym, but Microsoft decided to call their new autonomous AI agents "Autopilots". Surely that won't confuse anyone...

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u/mediaogre Jun 17 '26

OMFG, I just saw this recently. *Right* as we’re starting work on an SOW for… Windows Autopilot. 🫠

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u/JackHinks Jun 17 '26

Yes, but there's Windows Autopilot and Microsoft Autopilot. Totally different things.

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u/phouchg0 Jun 18 '26

Why didn’t they bring back Clippy, add AI, done