It is critical that IT folks drop using IT jargon!
CIO.com reported that “CIOs constantly speak about the need to drop the technical jargon and talk “the language of business.” Yet, they don’t except business to do the same.” The February 10, 2025 article entitled "15 most misused buzzwords in IT” (https://www.cio.com/article/191262/most-misused-buzzwords-in-information-technology.html?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=cio&utm_source=browseralert) included these 15 misused buzzwords:
1. Digital transformation
2. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and intelligence in general
3. Strategic
4. Agile and DevOps
5. Product, platform, application, as-a-service
6. Microservices
7. Edge computing
8. Demand management
9. Bandwidth
10. No-code/no IT required
11. Tech debt
12. Data terms
13. Data breach
14. Multicloud
15. Meta anything
The C-Level will never understand these buzzwords!