1. Emerging Trends and Technologies MIS Chapter 9 Jack G. Zheng May 30 th 2008

2. 2 News CNET Vaporware –Products that have been announced (or even demonstrated) but never get to market –http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66195,00.htmlhttp://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66195,00.html

3. 3 Gartners Hype Cycle A Hype Cycle is a graphic representation of the maturity, adoption and business application of specific technologies –http://www4.gartner.com/pages/story.php.id.8795.s.8.jsphttp://www4.gartner.com/pages/story.php.id.8795.s.8.jsp –http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cyclehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle

4. 4 2002 Hype Cycle

5. 5 2003 Hype Cycle

6. 6 2004 Hype Cycle

7. 7 2005 Hype Cycle

8. 8 2006 Hype Cycle

9. 9 2007 Hype Cycle

10. 10 The End … Information is becoming one of the most important resources for individuals, organizations and societies. Information system is the underlying structure that supports the effective and efficient processing of information Information systems is an interdisciplinary field of computer technology, business, psychology, sociology, etc. The focus is the system (of information, technology and people) Its a broad field, that every sub-section (of every chapter) deserves a whole book or a whole course Its an exciting field and has a lot of opportunities.