Network Applications Outline

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Network Applications - Outline

• Basics of Networks and Network Computing
• Network Applications
• Discovery
• Communications
• Collaboration
• Web Services
• Web 2.0
• Technologies and services
• Applications
• Managerial Issues

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The Case
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Network Protocol Analogy
Computer System Protocol
Delivery Protocol
Packaging Protocol
Source www.howstuffworks.com
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The Internet Backbone
Source Stamper Case, Business Data
Communications, Prentice Hall
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From Consumer to Business on the Internet
Source Stamper Case, Business Data
Communications, Prentice Hall
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Network Applications - Discovery

• Need for discovery tools
• Search engines
• Google, Yahoo, FilesTube, SearchCrystal
• Meta-search engines
• Metacrawler, Kartoo
• Discovery of material in foreign languages
• Google, Yahoo BabelFish

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Network Applications - Portals

• Commercial (public) portals
• Affinity portals
• TechWeb
• Corporate portals
• UNCC
• Industry wide portals
• NFL?

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A Corporate Portal Framework
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Network Apps - Communication

• Electronic mail (e-mail)
• Web-based call centers (customer call center)
• Electronic chat room
• Voice-over IP Phones
• Skype, Vonage

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Network Apps - Collaboration

• Collaboration refers to efforts of two or more
  entities (individuals, teams, groups or
  organizations) who work together to accomplish
  certain tasks.
• Groupware
• Teleconferencing
• Videoconference
• Web conferencing
• Real-time collaboration tools

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Telepresence Systems Example

• Cisco Telepresence 3000

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Web 2.0

• Web 2.0 is a loose collection of information
  technologies and applications, and the Web sites
  that use them.

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Tim OReillys Web 2.0 Meme Map
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Web 2.0 Applications - Blogs

• What are blogs? What is their importance to
  business?
• Examples of sports blogs
• SB Nation
• Fan House
• Leveraging blogs
• Drawbacks of blogs

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Web 2.0 Applications - Wikis

• What are Wikis? What is their importance to
  business?
• Wikis used in business
• Sports wikis
• www.wikia.com/wiki/sports
• Leveraging wikis
• Drawbacks of wikis

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Web 2.0 Applications RSS and Podcasts

• What is RSS? What is its importance to business?
• RSS in sports business
• How are podcasts and videocasts useful as tools
  in sports business?

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Web 2.0 Web Sites

• Social Networking
• Facebook
• Personalized Web radio
• LinkedIn
• Aggregators
• Bloglines
• Technorati
• Mashups
• Yahoo mashup

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Social Networking Sites

• BusinessWeek slideshow on social networks
• Radar Networks has developed Twine, which claims
  to be the first Web 3.0 social networking site

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Widgets
Time widget
Weather widget
Date widget
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Managerial Issues in Networks

• Security of communications
• Preventing information overload (dashboards)
• Preventing abuse of network
• Impact on organizations (process changes,
  redistribution of power, extended enterprise)
• Cost-benefit justification