Maricopa Community Colleges

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Common ITS Acronyms/Initialisms

AT - Employee Administration Tool

BDS - Budget Development System

BOE-XI - Business Objects Enterprise (XI is the version)

CFS - College Financial System

CGCC - Chandler-Gilbert Community College

CIMS - College Identity Management System

DBA - Database Administration

DSS - Decision Support System

DSSC - District Support Services Center (a.k.a. District Office or DO)

EASIS - Early Access Student Information System

EIMS - Enterprise Identity Management System

eLAG - Electronic Learning Advisory Group

EMCC - Estrella Mountain Community College

GCC - Glendale Community College

GWCC - GateWay Community College

HRMS - Human Resource Management System

IRIS - Oracle Institutional Research Information System

ITC - Information Technology Council

ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library
(It is a set of concepts and practices for IT Services management, development and operations)

ITS - Information Technology Services

LAN - Local Area Network

LTS - Library Technical Services

MAW - Maricopa MEID Account Wizard

MCC - Mesa Community College

MCCCD - Maricopa County Community College District

MEID - Maricopa Enterprise ID

MEMO - MCCCD’s Electronic Messaging (e-mail) and Time Management (calendar) System for faculty and staff

ODS - Operational Data Store

PAT - Employee Personal Administration Tool

PC - Phoenix College

POI - Person of Interest

PVCC - Paradise Valley Community College

R25 - Resource 25 (Event Scheduling)

RDBMS - Relational Database Management System

RDS - Reporting Data Store

RDS - Relational Database Service

RMAN - Oracle’s Recovery Manager

RODC - Read Only Domain Controller

RSC - Rio Salado College

SAN - Storage Area Network

SAT - Student Administration Tool

SCC - Scottsdale Community College

SLA - Service Level Agreement

SLR - Service Level Requirements

SMCC - South Mountain Community College

SIS - Student Information System

SPAT - Student Personal Administration Tool

SQL - Structured Query Language

TSS - Technology Support Services

VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocal

WAN - Wide Area Network