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AIX: Advanced Interactive eXecutive, or IBM’s proprietary version of Unix
ALEKS: Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces is an AI (artificial intelligence) tool that WVU uses to assess incoming students for placement in math courses
ALFI: Animal Lab Facilities Inspection, a custom app developed in RAA (Research Application Administration)
AOC: Attestation of Compliance (required for credit card security)
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DR: Disaster recovery
DSEE: Systems LDAP, formerly referred to as iPlanet Directory Server Enterprise Edition provides a core directory service with embedded database, directory proxy, Active Directory (AD) synchronization and a Web administration console
DYD: Defend Your Data, our cybersecurity awareness slogan
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O365: Microsoft Office 365, often refers specifically to Outlook (Office 365) email
OAM: Oracle Access Manager
OASIS: Our Advanced Solution with Integrated Systems, a state system aimed at consolidating administrative services such as payroll, vendor payments, and more
OBIEE: Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, a data-reporting tool being replaced by Microsoft Power BI
OD: Oracle Database
ODS: Operational Data Store, part of Banner/STAR
OEM: Oracle Enterprise Manager
OHM: Occupational Health Manager, an application that the WVU Environmental Health & Safety unit will soon be using. It may also be referenced as UL/OHM (UL is the vendor for the application).
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QA: Quality Assurance
QoS: Quality of Service
RAA: Research Application Administration, a custom platform on which ALFI and IRB Billing live
RDP: Remote Desktop Protocol
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RPO: Recovery Point Objectiveis the age of files that must be recovered from backup storage for normal operations to resume if a computer, system or network goes down as a result of a hardware, program or communications failure
RSAM: A tool that ITS uses to assess information security risks associated with various products Relational Security Assessment Manager, a tool the ITS compliance team uses to record exceptions granted from security standards
RTO: Recovery Time Objective is the maximum tolerable length of time that a computer, system, network or application can be down after a failure or disaster occurs
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SOA: Services Oriented Architecture, or the architecture behind many systems (one version we use is Oracle SOA Suite)
SOLE*: An online learning system like eCampus, but developed and maintained by Health Sciences IT (not a Blackboard product) Study Observe Learn Engage is the learning management system used at the Health Sciences Center
SOW: Statement of work
SRE: Secure Research Enclave
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