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Interesting ICT Trends

A Technology Update

Presented by: Hennie Rautenbach – 04 July 2008


2008 Annual LIS Research Symposium

- Mobile Computing- Beyond Web 2.0- Green IT


Mobile Computing

Definition:

To be able to work from a non fixed location using portable computing & communications devices such as laptops, notebooks, palmtops, smart cell phones and PDA’s !


Convergence1. A Phone + FM Radio + Digital Camera + GPS2. A Media Player3. A Handheld Mobile TV4. E-Book Reader5. A 3G/HSDPA Internet Modem6. A Web Browser & MS Outlook Sync Client7. A Multitude of Connectivity Options (802.11b/g)8. …


The Apple iPhone


HTC TyTN II

http://www.htc.com


Google Android (gPhone)

http://code.google.com/android/


Unified Communications


The Skype Phone


Gmail Mobile

http://gmail.com/app


Mobility = Productivity• Swop Desktop PC’s for Laptops !

Benefits:

1. Much higher ROI (Return on Investment)2. Increase in Productivity3. Increase in Computer Literacy4. Room to Experiment

Drawbacks:

1. Possibility of Theft, IP and Network Security Risk !


ASUS Eee PC

http://eeepc.asus.com/


Apple Macbook Air

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/


Dell XPS

http://www.dell.com


3G & HSDPA USB Modem

http://www.vodafone.com


IEEE 802.11n

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n


Beyond Web 2.0 I were to guess what Web 3.0 is, I would tell you that it's a different way of building applications... My prediction would be that Web 3.0 will ultimately be seen as applications which are pieced together. There are a number of characteristics: the applications are relatively small, the data is in the cloud, the applications can run on any device, PC or mobile phone, the applications are very fast and they're very customizable.

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google at the Seoul Digital Forum in May 2007


RSS – The rise of the feeds !


Gaming Consoles

http://www.sony.com


Online Gaming

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com


Audio & Video Streaming

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iPlayer


Microsoft Silverlight

http://www.microsoft.com/SILVERLIGHT/


Adobe Air

http://www.adobe.com/products/air/


SaaS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saas

SaaS is a model of software deployment where an application is hosted as a service provided to customers across the Internet. Using SaaS also can reduce the up-front expense of software purchases, through less costly, on-demand pricing.


SaaS

http://www.acrobat.com


SaaS

http://docs.google.com


The Energy Crises


http://www.climatecrisis.net/


http://www.time.com


http://www.newscientist.com


700 compounds are used to make one computer workstation


Sustainability ?

For the developing world to achieve our standard of living will require 3 planets worth of raw materials…


170 000 000 Computers disposed in 2006 alone ! ( Gartner )


Vista will obsolete 50% of all PC's and Vista Premium 94%


Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC's ! NY Times


eWaste must be recycled ! http://www.ban.org


Server Virtualization !

http://www.vmware.com & http://xen.org


Desktop Virtualization !

http://www.sun.com/sunray/sunray2/


Thank you!

• Presented by: Hennie Rautenbach

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Tel no: (012) 643-9500

2008 annual lis research symposium hennie rautenbach.ppt - unisa

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