trends in it

1. Trends in Information
Technology
Dr. Lloyd Brooks
The University of Memphis

2. 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

3.  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 today’s workplace require
computer literacy skills.
 Provides a national standard of competency in technical
skills

4. Microsoft® Office Specialist 60-second Video

5. Potential Test Sites in
Tennessee

6. 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

7. Shower Radio With Caller ID
Shower
Listen to the Radio
Get Traffic Reports
Check the Time
Check Phone Caller ID
Sells for $49.95

8. WOMEN ON THE WEB
Women Surpass Men
Men
49.6%
Women
50.4%
Source: USA Today

9. 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

10. Bill Gates Introduces the Tablet PC
May
change
the way
that
notes
are taken

11. 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

12. Hands-Free Remote Control
“Increase Volume”
“Change to Channel 3”
“Record”
Remembers Favorite Channels
Remembers 54 Different
Voice Commands Recognizes 4 Voices

13. 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

14. Global Positioning Systems
 Direct Auto Driving
 Integrated into Cell Phone
 Keep Up With Children
 Keep Up With Spouse
 Disney Phone
is Available Now

15. 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, we’ll see half a trillion operations per
second – 500 times faster than today’s fastest PCs –
in just 15 years. That’s just half way through a 30-
year mortgage. Likewise, everyday devices with
embedded processors could be 10-50 times faster
than today’s fastest PCs. They will surely be
networked, and at current growth rates, speeds will
exceed 1 gigabit per second in that timeframe.


16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. IT Trends
 By 2008, at least $90 billion worth of business-
to-consumer (B2C) purchase decisions
 By 2008, $350 billion worth of business-to-
business (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).

22. Source: [http://www.ict.tuwien.ac.at/skripten/Penzhorn] article by Dr. W. Z. Penzhorn

23. Worldwide Biometrics Revenue
$1.5 Billion
Average
Annual
$380 Million Growth
Rate for
the Next
2001 2003 3 Years
Source: BTT, article by Dr. Yau Wei Yun, Laboratories for Information Technology
[http://www.biometrics-today.com/who.htm]

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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.

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. PDA 2010
 The PDA of the future will connect to the
Net and replace money, keys, credit cards,
and remotes

35. 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

36. Laptop 2010
 The laptop with voice recognition will make
keyboards obsolete and a rollout LCD screen
permits the monitor to scroll

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. E-Map 2010
 Electronic ink and GPS combine to provide a
lightweight moving map that displays your exact
location in all terrains

42. 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

43. Connectivity 2012
 Most electrical appliances connected to
Web - machine to machine communication
 Washing machine using too much water—
message sent electronically to Maytag
 People will be mostly unaware of near
universal connectivity because of
machine-to-machine communication

44. 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
reached—text, phone, video
 Much controversy about whether schools,
employers, advertisers, etc., should have
access to your presence

45. Cable 2012
 Television will contain a hard disk to
record shows—1 terabyte of space to
store hundreds of hours of high-definition
programming
 Shows can be seen when you want to see
them—not just when they are transmitted
 Entertainment sold as a pay-per-view fee
or as a monthly subscription

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. Questions?