Learn all about the major trends and future advancements inICT!
ICT Futures provides an insightful introduction to themajor technology trends in Information and CommunicationTechnologies (ICT), and to the economic, commercial and societalenvironment which is shaping them.
The experienced author-team, consisting of experts from bothindustry and academia, addresses:
* The interaction between people and technology - how ICTaffects every day social practices; the rise of social computing;how the way we interact with information and the devices we use arechanging; and how trust can be assured over the Internet.
* The underlying ICT infrastructure - the semantic web andthe semantic intranet; the real-time service-orientedinfrastructure; the future optical network; self-managing networksand agents; P2P technologies; pervasiveness; mobility and wirelesstechnology; and how all this infrastructure can be madesecure.
* ICT technology and how it is affecting industries asdiverse as health, finance, retail and law.
The book covers a vast wealth of material, with a strong focusupon the impending changes to the way ICT operates.This referenceis a valuable tool for people in managerial roles, CIOs, CTOs,business and technology strategists, and students undertakingtechnology MBAs, or technology modules in general MBAs.Professionals working in ICT will also find this bookvaluable.
Paul Warren
Business & Management Business Technology Communication Technology - Networks Drahtlose Kommunikation Electrical & Electronics Engineering Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik Kommunikationsnetz Kommunikationsnetze Mobile & Wireless Communications Unternehmenstechnologie Wirtschaft u. Management
"Written for anyone working in IT just wishing to understand howthe technology, and its application may change over the next fewyears. I believe it achieves this and I would certainly recommendit." (IT Training, Winter 2008)
"You get the wow factor when you read how the technology may beused in the near future." (IT Now, November 2008)
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