Trends in Information Technology

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Trends in Information Technology

• Dr. Lloyd Brooks
• The University of Memphis

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Procedures for Assuring Industry Certification
Standards

• Statewide testing certification program for all
  current business technology teachers
• Incorporation into teacher education program by
  colleges and universities offering teacher
  licensure programs

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• ? Over 250 million Microsoft Office users
  worldwide
• Over 95 of all businesses standardize on
  Microsoft Office
• The average user only understands 20 of the
  functionality available in the Office suite
• Four out of five jobs (80) in todays
  workplace require computer literacy
  skills.
• Provides a national standard of competency in
  technical skills

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Microsoft Office Specialist 60-second Video
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Potential Test Sites in Tennessee
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Future Movie Watching
Connects (wireless) to any video source PC,
DVD, TV and so forth
Uses two AA batteries and sells for 499
Available Now
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Shower Radio With Caller ID
Shower
Listen to the Radio
Get Traffic Reports
Check the Time
Check Phone Caller ID
Sells for 49.95
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WOMEN ON THE WEB
Source USA Today
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Search Engine Trend

• Google Number 1 Started in 1998
• Yahoo/AOL Searches Routed to Google
• 88 of All Searches Use Google
• 200 Million Searches Per Day
• 6 Billion Pages on the Web
• Orders Pages by Popularity in Links
• Microsoft Announced a Challenge to Google in 2006

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Bill Gates Introduces the Tablet PC
May change the way that notes are taken
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Speed and Power Growth

• Processing Speed
• 2 times every 18 months
• Storage Space
• 2 times ever 9 months
• Fiber Optics
• 2 times every 6 months
• Internet Traffic
• 2 times every 12 months

Source U. S. News and World Report
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Hands-Free Remote Control
Increase Volume
Change to Channel 3
Record
Remembers Favorite Channels
Remembers 54 Different Voice Commands
Recognizes 4 Voices
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Keyboard of the Future

• Half the size of your average deck of cards
• Sits wirelessly on any flat surface
• Projects a red standard QUERTY-layout keyboard on
  any flat opaque surface. Watches your fingers
  hit the key locations it has projected, and then
  sends the keystrokes through to your PDA or PC

Available Now
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Global Positioning Systems

• Direct Auto Driving
• Integrated into Cell Phone
• Keep Up With Children
• Keep Up With Spouse
• Disney Phoneis Available Now

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Computer Speed Trends

• According to Moore's Law, computer power doubles
  every 18 months, meaning that computers will be a
  million times more powerful by 2034.
• At that rate, well see half a trillion
  operations per second 500 times faster than
  todays fastest PCs in just 15 years. Thats
  just half way through a 30-year mortgage.
  Likewise, everyday devices with embedded
  processors could be 10-50 times faster than
  todays fastest PCs. They will surely be
  networked, and at current growth rates, speeds
  will exceed 1 gigabit per second in that
  timeframe.
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Spyware Remains a Problem

• We'll also spend a big percentage of the computer
  power on defense mechanisms such as self-healing
  software (to root out bugs and adapt to changing
  environments) and aggressively defensive virus
  antibodies. We'll need such software to protect
  against "social engineering" attacks, such as
  e-mail that purports to come from your boss and
  asks you to open an attachment.

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Privacy A Thing of the Past

• Such machines would likely surpass the
  capabilities of NEC's Earth Simulator. Sensor
  networks, robots and biological chips would
  enable us to leave network management, health
  care and many household tasks to machines. Every
  moment of your life would be preserved on video.

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Internet Statistics

• 2.6 Billion to Clean Up Code Red Virus
• 7.9 Million Personal Web Visits From Work Per
  Month
• Online Gaming Growth to 14 Billion by 2008
• 60.7 of Workers Use Web for Personal Use
  Purposes
• 32 Bought Holiday Gift Online

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Technology Trends

• The power of an Xbox console is now the
  equivalent of a supercomputer in 1973
• The emergence of digital ink, radio frequency ID
  (RFID) tags to monitor the locations of goods
  will be two of many ways that networked smart
  objects will manifest themselves
• Smart pills will appear in the next decade. These
  will be engineered to release their drugs at
  pre-defined times, saving the patient from having
  to remember to take doses over a period of time

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Internet Statistics

• Sex is the Number 1 Search Term
• Workers Spend 21 Hours at Home and 9.5 Hours at
  Work on Internet Each Week
• 32.6 of Workers Have No Objective While Surfing
  the Internet
• 31 of Employers Restrict Internet Use
• 82 of Businesses Believe Internet Use Should Be
  Monitored

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IT Trends

• By 2008, at least 90 billion worth of
  business-to-consumer (B2C) purchase decisions
• By 2008, 350 billion worth of business-to-busines
  s (B2B) purchase decisions will be based on
  tags containing information and opinions about
  purchasable items.
• By 2008, more than 60 percent of the U.S.
  population aged 15 to 50 will carry or wear a
  wireless computing and communications device at
  least six hours a day
• (Source Gartner Group).

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Comparative Market Share by Biometric Technology
Source http//www.ict.tuwien.ac.at/skripten/Pen
zhorn article by Dr. W. Z. Penzhorn
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Market Forecast in US Dollars
Worldwide Biometrics Revenue
Source BTT, article by Dr. Yau Wei Yun,
Laboratories for Information Technologyhttp//ww
w.biometrics-today.com/who.htm
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Smart Homes

• Lighting for mood and comfort
• Wireless detector when guests arrive
• Remotely unlock door and direct guests
• Mood lighting for home theater
• Source Frost Sullivan A Marketing Research
  Firm

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Energy Management

• HVAC System programmed for efficiency
• Check HVAC system remotely
• Wireless plumbing leak remote detection
• PDA to remotely check home temperature
• Source International Data Corporation

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Home Security

• Blinds, garage doors, front door, smoke detector,
  gas detector, and security system remotely
  checked
• Surveillance cameras with Internet access
• Monitor what kids are watching on TV in another
  room
• View search paths on the Internet to see where
  others (kids and employees) have been on the Web
• Source Microsoft Network

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Smart Appliances

• Microwave with 400 recipes
• Refrigerator that recognizes sour milk
• Alarm clock communicates with coffee maker
• Sharp Co. offers microwaves with Internet
  connection capability
• Source Microsoft Network

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IT Internet Trends

• Microsoft to win the browser war
• Microsoft to be a player on the Internet as the
  operating system war escalates.
• More services to come over the Internet with a
  fee. Updates, repairs, and products
• Security and privacy to be big concerns

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Privacy Trends - Concerns

• Acme Car Rental in Connecticut electronically
  monitors car speeds of customers and issues
  speeding tickets.
• Microsoft Office XP can monitor who installs the
  software and how many times it is installed.
• Cookies can track where you surf on the Internet.
• Global Positioning System (GPS) to become an
  integrated device for cell phones and autos

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IT Trends

• Cisco pioneers first Net home in Vienna. A
  server monitors operations and controls
  operations. For example, recipes can be sent to
  the oven. A visitor at the front door can be
  watched.

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InfoPath

• Software to coincide with introduction of MS
  Office 2007 Now in Beta Version
• Uses XML to permit a doctor to check the
  knowledge base to determine drug insurance
  coverage and potential patient interaction with
  the prescribed drug
• Physician will then issue prescription to the
  pharmacy for the drug

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Phones 2010

• Phones will be low-powered, lightweight,
  ear-mounted, and equipped with one follow-you
  phone number. It will connect to the Net via the
  PDA

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Writing Pens 2010

• As you write with your pen, it captures your
  scrawled messages and beams them to your PDA or
  your tube rollup monitor

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PDA 2010

• The PDA of the future will connect to the Net and
  replace money, keys, credit cards, and remotes

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PDA Agent ID 2010

• By using new scanning technology that verifies
  the user's thumb-print, the PDA will open doors
  to cars, homes, and offices. It will secure
  access to your personal databases, such as online
  medical records, and guarantee their privacy

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Laptop 2010

• The laptop with voice recognition will make
  keyboards obsolete and a rollout LCD screen
  permits the monitor to scroll

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Sight and Sound 2010

• A display on the eyewear will show sensitive
  information for-your-eyes-only.
• Noise is controlled through optional earpieces
  that electronically mute sound waves

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Computers 2010

• Computer displays and TV monitors are replaced by
  one lightweight, flat LCD panel that can be
  placed on a desk or hung on a wall. Your PDA
  pulls up your personal desktop configuration for
  work or for play

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Medical Diagnosis 2010

• A camera and LCD screen analyze skin color and
  provide a real-time link to doctors.
  "Point-at-what-hurts" interaction aids diagnosis.
  The device lets you monitor your parents' health,
  too

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Wrist Watch 2010

• A sports watch times your exercise, monitors
  vital statistics, and analyzes performance.
  Performance data is uploaded to your agent PDA
  for analysis

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E-Map 2010

• Electronic ink and GPS combine to provide a
  lightweight moving map that displays your exact
  location in all terrains

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Seating 2010

• Chairs will be made of a gel that conforms to
  your body shape and will be matched to human
  tissue to provide a subtle massaging
• People will be able to heat and cool their chair
  and change its configurations for perching,
  lounging, and sitting

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Connectivity 2012

• Most electrical appliances connected to Web -
  machine to machine communication
• Washing machine using too much watermessage sent
  electronically to Maytag
• People will be mostly unaware of near universal
  connectivity because of machine-to-machine
  communication

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Location 2012

• Friends and co-workers will instantly be able to
  see where you are because of tiny wireless phones
  and GPS locators
• People can specify how they want to be
  reachedtext, phone, video
• Much controversy about whether schools,
  employers, advertisers, etc., should have access
  to your presence

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Cable 2012

• Television will contain a hard disk to record
  shows1 terabyte of space to store hundreds of
  hours of high-definition programming
• Shows can be seen when you want to see themnot
  just when they are transmitted
• Entertainment sold as a pay-per-view fee or as a
  monthly subscription

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Identification 2012

• Radio-frequency identification tags (RFID) to
  keep track of inventory and payment. RFID chips
  are the size of a grain of rice and will sell for
  one cent.
• People will bag the products and a RFID will
  total the products and deduct from your RFID
  credit card in your wallet
• RFID will mark the beginning of the end for cash

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Communications 2012

• Reliable speech recognition will allow computers,
  phones, and household appliances to understand
  spoken commands
• Commands such as Car, how far to the next gas
  station? will be common

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Education Implications

• Wireless Networking Devices
• Database Storage Concepts and Applications
• Voice Communication Commands
• Efficient Internet Search and Navigation
• Keyboarding Skills Remain Important
• Constant Professional Growth of Faculty

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