Bài giảng Management information systems - Chapter 9: Emerging Trends and Technologies: Business, People, and Technology Tomorrow

Chapter 9Emerging Trends and Technologies: Business, People, and Technology TomorrowINTRODUCTIONPersonal Software-as-a-ServicePersonal SaaS - delivery model for personal productivity software in which you pay for software on a pay-per-use basis instead of buying the software outright Push, Not Pull, Technologies and PersonalizationPush technology – environment in which businesses come to you with information, services, and product offerings based on your profileVoice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) – allows you to send voice communications over the Internet and avoid the toll charges that you would normally receive from your long distance carrierCatching on quickly in the business worldA little slower in the personal worldNot everyone has high-speed in-home Internet accessWeb 3.0Web 3.0 – third generation of the Web focused on semanticsSemantics – ability of Web technologies to interpret and understand human-generated contentSearch engines, for example, will be much better at filtering resultsAutomatic Speech RecognitionAutomatic speech recognition (ASR) – not only captures spoken words but also distinguishes word groupings to form sentencesBecoming more a reality everydayCommercial systems cost less than $100Virtual RealityVirtual reality – three-dimensional computer simulation in which you actively and physically participateUses 3 unique devicesGloveHeadsetWalkerCave Automatic Virtual EnvironmentCave automatic virtual environment (CAVE) – special 3-D virtual reality room that can display images of people and objects in other CAVEsBiometricsBiometrics – the use of physiological characteristics – fingerprint, iris, voice sound, and even breath – to provide identificationThat’s the narrow definitionCan also create custom-fitting clothes using biometricsOther Biometric DevicesBiochip – chip that can perform physiological functionsImplant chip – microchip implanted into the human body that stores information about you for tracking (GPS)Family of 4 in Florida already have themFacial recognition software – provides identification by evaluating facial characteristicsTHE WIRELESS ARENAProvides tremendous mobilityWill dramatically change everythingBluetooth – short-range communication of about 30 feetWiFi – longer-range communication of up to about several milesNear Field Communication – wireless technology for mainly mobile phonesRFIDRFID (radio frequency identification) – uses a chip in a tag or label to store information, and information is transmitted from, or written to, the tag or label when the chip is exposed to the correct frequency of radio wavesMOST IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONSThe necessity of technologyClosing the great digital divideTechnology for the betterment of societyExchanging privacy for convenienceEthics, ethics, ethics