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Trends in technology
in South Africa
(for ICT RDI Roadmap team)
Dr Derek W. Keats
http://www.dkeats.comhttp://kengasolutions.com
[email protected] +27 82 787 0169
Time: 20 mins
(Pty) Ltd
Trends
10
People
Vision
Process
Technology
ClearKnown
DiscussedOn agendasAligned to
other visionsAligned to
other strategies
Other strategies
aligned to
vision
SkillsCommitmentKnowledgeCompetenciesConnectednessEmotional intelligenceProblem solvingAttitudesBeliefsActionsPassionFearsHidden agendasPolitics
CreationDeploymentOperationSupportEnhancementInnovationChange
managementCommunication
ApplicationSupporting
applicationsOperating systemHardwareNetworkInternetUser devicesUser
operating
systemUser applications
People
Vision
Process
Technology
Align for success
Align for success
Start here
Do these together
Underpinned by: appropriate and sustainable finance
(unless you are a start-up)
examples
People
Vision
Process
Technology
ClearKnown
DiscussedOn agendasAligned to
other visionsAligned to
other strategies
Other strategies
aligned to
vision
SkillsCommitmentKnowledgeCompetenciesConnectednessEmotional intelligenceProblem solvingAttitudesBeliefsActionsPassionFearsHidden agendasPolitics
CreationDeploymentOperationSupportEnhancementInnovationChange
managementCommunication
ApplicationSupporting
applicationsOperating systemHardwareNetworkInternetUser devicesUser
operating
systemUser applications
People
Vision
Process
Technology
Align for success
Align for success
Start here
Do these together
Underpinned by: appropriate and sustainable finance
(unless you are a start-up)
examples
21We are not
innovating
innovation8Better by
imitationsyndrome1
More ubiquitous andaffordable bandwidth
Trend 1
The veins and arteries for the life blood of the
knowledge economy
More ubiquitous andaffordable bandwidth
Trend 1
http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/ by Steve Song under CC:BY license
More ubiquitous andaffordable bandwidth
Trend 1
http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/ by Steve Song under CC:BY license
More ubiquitous andaffordable bandwidth
Trend 1
Where are we in South
Africa?
Broadband
availabilityBroadband
penetrationBroadband
servicesLast milechallengeBroadband
innovation
South Africa is lagging
other countries
Rural bandwidth is miserable and
expensive
Open
SpectrumLocal loop
unbundling
Trend 2
Ubiquitous computing
Social everything
Trend 3
MySpace
Greater freedom &openness
Trend 4
Free Software
(Open Source)
Licenses that
foster sharing
and re-usability
Platforms for
sharing and
remixing
content
More open standards
Interconnected
world of APIs
platforms
Less freedom &openness
Trend 4b
Bigger patentminefields
Dangerous goods
packaged to look
fabulous
More emphasis on'intellectual property'
Extensions
to copyright
Subtle
erosion
of rights, erosion that accumulates
It's a data-driven
world we live in
Trend 5
Linked data
Using the Web to
connect related
dataExtends http
and URIsData can be
read automatically
by computersData fm different
sources can be connected &
queriedYou don't
have to be human
to access and
use itIt's a data-driven
world we live in
Trend 5
Location and context
Trend 6
Separation of computing from location
Trend 7
Cloud computingparadigm
Devices can
appear smarter
than they are
VirtualizationUtility computingSoftware & hardware
as services
APIs
Ambient intelligence
Trend 8
environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people
Role of
linked data
Ambient intelligence
Trend 8
Augmented
reality
Inadequate talent, inadequate innovation
Trend 9
Inadequate talent, inadequate innovation
Trend 9
Loss of idea capital, little knowledge economy production
Trend 10
The quantity of ideas that are contained in an initiative, the
relationships among them, and the degree to which those
ideas lead to
other ideas in
an ecosystem.
What mix is right?
0
100
Within
localecosystem
Outside of
localecosystem
USA
SA
Nigeria
Doesn't
matter
What mix is right?
0
100
Within
localecosystem
Outside of
localecosystem
USA
SA
Nigeria
Doesn't
matter
1We are not
innovating
innovationBetter by
imitationsyndrome1
This presentation was made
entirely using Free Software
Derek Keats, [email protected]
+27 82 787 0169
www.dkeats.com kengasolutions.comThank you
