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Interesting ICT Trends
A Technology Update
Presented by: Hennie Rautenbach – 04 July 2008
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2008 Annual LIS Research Symposium
- Mobile Computing- Beyond Web 2.0- Green IT
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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 !
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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. …
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The Apple iPhone
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HTC TyTN II
http://www.htc.com
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Google Android (gPhone)
http://code.google.com/android/
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Unified Communications
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The Skype Phone
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Gmail Mobile
http://gmail.com/app
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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 !
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ASUS Eee PC
http://eeepc.asus.com/
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Apple Macbook Air
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/
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Dell XPS
http://www.dell.com
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3G & HSDPA USB Modem
http://www.vodafone.com
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IEEE 802.11n
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n
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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
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RSS – The rise of the feeds !
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Gaming Consoles
http://www.sony.com
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Online Gaming
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com
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Audio & Video Streaming
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iPlayer
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Microsoft Silverlight
http://www.microsoft.com/SILVERLIGHT/
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Adobe Air
http://www.adobe.com/products/air/
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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.
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SaaS
http://www.acrobat.com
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SaaS
http://docs.google.com
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The Energy Crises
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http://www.climatecrisis.net/
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http://www.time.com
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http://www.newscientist.com
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700 compounds are used to make one computer workstation
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Sustainability ?
For the developing world to achieve our standard of living will require 3 planets worth of raw materials…
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170 000 000 Computers disposed in 2006 alone ! ( Gartner )
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Vista will obsolete 50% of all PC's and Vista Premium 94%
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Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC's ! NY Times
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Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC's ! NY Times
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eWaste must be recycled ! http://www.ban.org
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Server Virtualization !
http://www.vmware.com & http://xen.org
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Desktop Virtualization !
http://www.sun.com/sunray/sunray2/
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Thank you!
• Presented by: Hennie Rautenbach
• E-mail: hennie@sabinet.co.za
• Tel no: (012) 643-9500