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1 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za

2 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Interesting ICT Trends A Technology Update Presented by: Hennie Rautenbach – 04 July 2008

3 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za 2008 Annual LIS Research Symposium - Mobile Computing - Beyond Web 2.0 - Green IT

4 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za 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 !

5 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Convergence 1.A Phone + FM Radio + Digital Camera + GPS 2.A Media Player 3.A Handheld Mobile TV 4.E-Book Reader 5.A 3G/HSDPA Internet Modem 6.A Web Browser & MS Outlook Sync Client 7.A Multitude of Connectivity Options (802.11b/g) 8.…

6 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za The Apple iPhone

7 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za HTC TyTN II http://www.htc.com

8 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Google Android (gPhone) http://code.google.com/android/

9 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Unified Communications

10 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za The Skype Phone

11 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Gmail Mobile http://gmail.com/app

12 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Mobility = Productivity Swop Desktop PC’s for Laptops ! Benefits: 1. Much higher ROI (Return on Investment) 2. Increase in Productivity 3. Increase in Computer Literacy 4. Room to Experiment Drawbacks: 1. Possibility of Theft, IP and Network Security Risk !

13 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za ASUS Eee PC http://eeepc.asus.com/

14 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Apple Macbook Air http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

15 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Dell XPS http://www.dell.com

16 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za 3G & HSDPA USB Modem http://www.vodafone.com

17 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za IEEE 802.11n http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n

18 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za 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

19 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za RSS – The rise of the feeds !

20 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Gaming Consoles http://www.sony.com

21 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Online Gaming http://www.worldofwarcraft.com

22 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Audio & Video Streaming http://www.bbc.co.uk/iPlayer

23 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Microsoft Silverlight http://www.microsoft.com/SILVERLIGHT/

24 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Adobe Air http://www.adobe.com/products/air/

25 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za 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.

26 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za SaaS http://www.acrobat.com

27 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za SaaS http://docs.google.com

28 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za The Energy Crises

29 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za http://www.climatecrisis.net/

30 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za http://www.time.com

31 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za http://www.newscientist.com

32 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za

33 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za 700 compounds are used to make one computer workstation

34 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Sustainability ? For the developing world to achieve our standard of living will require 3 planets worth of raw materials…

35 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za 170 000 000 Computers disposed in 2006 alone ! ( Gartner )

36 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Vista will obsolete 50% of all PC's and Vista Premium 94%

37 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC's ! NY Times

38 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC's ! NY Times

39 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za eWaste must be recycled ! http://www.ban.org

40 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Server Virtualization ! http://www.vmware.com & http://xen.org

41 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Desktop Virtualization ! http://www.sun.com/sunray/sunray2/

42 We facilitate access to information www.sabinet.co.za Thank you! Presented by: Hennie Rautenbach E-mail: hennie@sabinet.co.za Tel no: (012) 643-9500


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