The Rapid Evolution of the Internet
The Past, the Present and the Future
What we are able to enjoy now wasn’t possible in the past.
The technology in this world has well advance rapidly and is still continuing
to evolve. In the past, it was hard to keep in contact with your friend from
another country. It was hard to conduct the different market trends. It was
hard to advertise your product. It was hard to get a business partner. All
these were overcome through the power of The Internet. So now what?
As time passes, opinion changes. Perspective changes and so
does the current trends. I will be going through with you on the current
networking trends that can be beneficial in many aspect.
Top Trends at the
Moment
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BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
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Video
Collaboration
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Online
Collaboration
·
Cloud
Computing
Thinking Question:
Are you able to identify any of the
above category that you have used or heard before? Leave your answer down below
at the comment section.
Bring Your Own
Device
This is currently a major trend where people will, literally,
be bringing their own device to workplace. In the past, companies will provide
you with the necessary device to perform at work. It is shown that when you are
using your own device, you will feel a sense of attachment and will be able to have
a choice in your device selection. Many companies have been adopting this trend
and providing their workers a certain sum of money to get the device they want
and need. This will help workers to grow a certain bond with their device which
may in fact increase productivity. BYOD also provides lots of flexibility as
one does not have to access a certain resource in a certain network. Extended
Connectivity has allow remote access to the workplace allowing for easier time
management and flexibility in their planning.
Video
Communication
This trend refers to the technology that allows both
personal users and organization users to be able to facilitate video
conferences with your friends or business partner respectively. This enables us
to re-create a very realistic environment of a meeting. The benefits of this is
how flexible it enables user to be. To be able to be somewhere without being there,
almost like a teleportation machine. I will be going through the benefits of
this trend
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Overcome
the limitation of Geographic Boundaries – Allows us to be able
to have a live face to face communication without having to be physically
there.
·
Save the
Earth – This trend enables us to save money and time on travelling
expenses. Instead, it gives us more flexibility in time management.
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Increase
Targeted Audience– Enables user to hop on and join different video
conferences no matter where they are at. It could be about the company or self-help
purposes but the main point is, availability.
This allows for a larger audience to be targeted.
Online
Collaboration
In the past, it was literally impossible to do a joint
partnership from one end of the world to another. Well now, that dream is here.
Online collaboration is spreading like wildfire. With this technology, it
allows for better planning and sharing of ideas. You will be able to join the
discussion even if you are not physically present with the rest of the
team. I will now be listing a few
benefits that comes along with this trend.
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Improves
and broaden the number of
Communication Choices – With Online Collaboration,
meeting doesn’t have to held at certain location. It can be held all over the world. Collaboration can
be done across the whole world with no limitation. One such example is Google Drive where you can access
the same information and contribute at
any time.
·
Increase Efficiency
– Workers and collaboration partners will be able to share their ideas and
plan with one another at the tip of their fingers. No need for waiting time, no
need for meetings. Information will be accessible easily and will hence
increase the productivity and efficiency of their current project as there will
be no more bottlenecks.
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Courses training
Evolved– Ever heard of webinars, seminars and courses. All of these are now
available online. You can be going for a course that is held in Europe but
still be in another part of the world. Isn’t that amazing, just think of all
the time and money saved.
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Improved
Customer Service – This trend doesn’t necessarily be used for planning or
events. It can also be use at the servicing market to provide customer with the
access that will connect them to the company straight resulting in a better
experience.
Cloud Computing
Refers to the technology that delivers a service to users.
These service is chargeable. Allows user to get the benefits without having to
do the heavy work. It allows the storage of personal file. It allows the
retrieval of data over the Internet. It increase business capability without
any investment in physical infrastructure. Many service can be sold over the
cloud to any device in the world. So what are the benefits of Cloud Computing?
·
Offers
Flexibility – Able to access information anywhere at anytime
·
Rapid
Growth – Able to increase the companies
capability without having to purchase physical infrastructure
·
Resources
Utilization – Resources of the company can be put to better use
·
Creation
of new strategies – New strategies that includes cloud computing in it
Data Centre
How is this possible, this is only possible because there is
a data centre that stores all the information for you? This centre have
·
Efficient Servers – To provide fast read and
write speed over the Internet
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Redundant Storage Devices – Provide Extra
reliability and Data Backu
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Extra power supplies – Ensure the chances of
power failure are kept to the minimum
This allows the server to run 24/7 and ensures that backup
is accounted. In an event of a power failure or data loss, recovery can be done
as quick as possible and allows the server to run at full speed at no time
I hope you manage to understand
how technology is evolving over time and the current trends! Overtime, more
trends are definitely going to be spotted! If you
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Definitely technology has made it possible to talk a person living in another corner of the world live, as if he is sitting next to us. The above mentioned technology has made the companies to be liberal, by giving "Work from home" option, thereby increasing employee productivity.
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