Lifecycle API 

Lifecycle API is a funny idiosyncratic name, invented by some young IT folks, to try to politically justify that the API is only responsible of the lifecycle of the Data itself but not of the data that flows through it, and that the API is not doing what it actually does i.e. Create Read Update Delete operations.

A funny API that was meant to be a global integration layer for content management, and resulted to be a mapping read only of four data fields (i.e. just the Read part of the CRUD).

It was not politically possible to call it global content API or global archiving API, it was not possible to call it with the original name of the API that it was copied and stolen from and therefore the funny name came along.

Lifecycle API is not an overlay/platform API, but just a CRUD interface on GAP

Lifecycle API by flyredeagle October 21, 2020

Whale 

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020