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We facilitate access to information Interesting ICT Trends A Technology Update Presented by: Hennie Rautenbach – 04 July 2008

We facilitate access to information Annual LIS Research Symposium - Mobile Computing - Beyond Web Green IT

We facilitate access to information 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 !

We facilitate access to information 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.…

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We facilitate access to information 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 !

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We facilitate access to information 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

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We facilitate access to information 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.

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

We facilitate access to information Computers disposed in 2006 alone ! ( Gartner )

We facilitate access to information Vista will obsolete 50% of all PC's and Vista Premium 94%

We facilitate access to information Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC's ! NY Times

We facilitate access to information Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC's ! NY Times

We facilitate access to information eWaste must be recycled !

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