General IT

A standard provides more details about how a policy or portions of policy will be implemented.

A technology policy outlines what needs to be accomplished or achieved and the roles and responsibilities of the various entities.

Any hand-portable device capable of text, voice, email, instant messaging (“IM”), photo messaging or other types of data communication. This policy is not meant to apply to: cars, boats, airplanes, laptop computers, desktop computers, unpiloted aerial vehicles (drones), gps receivers, radios

A project subject to State CIO/OCIO oversight based on risk/severity assessment, a statute or some other factor as determined by the State CIO.

A business-centric term regarding the interconnection of business processes.

Imply exchanges between a range of products, or similar products from several different vendors, or even between past and future revisions of the same product. Interoperability may be developed post-facto, as a special measure between two products, while excluding the rest, by using Open standards.

Technology-centric term primarily concerned with connecting IT systems.

A computer system or set of components for collecting, creating, storing, processing, and distributing/transmitting information, typically including hardware, infrastructure and software, system users, and the information and/or data itself. 

The processes, procedures, systems, IT infrastructure, data, and communication capabilities that allow each agency to manage, store, and share information in pursuit of its business mission, including but not limited to:

The processes, groups and activities associated with decision making and the exercising of authority.

The latest date a manufacturer will provide security patches.  Some manufacturers have an end of mainstream support date and an extended end-of support date.  In these cases, after the end of mainstream support, no additional software feature/function enhancements or fixes are issued but security patches are until the end of extended support.  The recommended best practice is to migrate before end of mainstream support.