The
field of IT is virtually booming today, with more and more advanced
technology coming in the market, making life a lot simpler for both
home and business users. The internet had been a marvel when it came
into existence couple of decades back. Then came email and mobile
technology. Then it was broadband, WiFi, and optical fiber
communication. Each innovation has been bestowing more benefits on
its users. Computers are getting faster and more reliable than ever
before. And software is not lagging too far behind either.
Listed
below are some of the latest IT technologies that have just entered
the IT arena;
1.
M- COMMERCE OR MOBILE COMMERCE
M-commerce
or mobile commerce is the ability to conduct commerce using a mobile
device such as mobile phone, a personal assistant digital (PDA), a
smart phone or other emerging mobile equipment such as dash top
mobile devices. It has been defined as M-commerce is any transaction
involving a transfer of ownership or rights to use goods or services
which is initiated and completed by using mobile access to computer
mediated networks with the help of an electronic device.
2.
E-PUBLISHING OR
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
E-
Publishing or electronic publishing includes the digital publication
of e-books and electronic articles and the development of digital
libraries and catalogues. E-publishing has become common in
scientific publishing when it has been argued that peer-reviewed
scientific journals are the process of being replaced by e-publishing
3. V-COMMERCE OR VOICE
COMMERCE
V-commerce
or voice commerce is a term coined by Nuance communication as an
umbrella term for the use of speech recognition to allow for voice
activated service, including telephone dealing, internet browsing and
email retrieval. Although such devices usually have a limited,
specialized, vocabulary that is more elaborated than saying ‘yes’
or ‘no’ or simply pronouncing a number.
4. THE
TRIBAND
Triband
is usually a mobile phone device that connects online through three
radio frequency bands, in order to give better and faster internet
connectivity to the user. The triband has become extremely popular in
many countries including India.
5.
THE QUADBAND
The
term quad means ‘4’. The quadband is similar to the triband only.
It is yet more advanced. It connects online using four frequency
bands. This is a very recent introduction and is slowly gaining more
popularity among its users.
6.
BLACKBERRY
The
BlackBerry is a stunning handheld device that is actually cellular
phone which also supports email, browsing, internet faxing, online
printing and a variety of other online functions. This is basically
designed to let busy business people or executives to access internet
even when they have to tour internationally. This efficient palm
device easily connects to the internet without the least bit of
trouble and can help its user arrange all his data according to his
preferences.
7.
IPTV (Internet Protocol Television)
IPTV
or internet protocol television relies on the triple play service.
This delivers broadband connections, VoIP and VoD services too, all
the same time. This type of TV is also popularly known as ‘internet
television’. This connects online using LANs or other computer
networks.
8.
TECH EQUIPMENT
A
lot of new mobiles, computer and laptop models are too are entering
the market every single day, each one with more features than its
processor.
GSM
mobile phones are being used in a big way to help both the police and
the public. These phones help in vehicular tracking and also provide
precise city and road maps to those travelling to new, unknown
locations.
The
latest tech news is that Seagate is planning to introduce its new
laptop which is slated to have 10 times more disk storage space than
the regular laptop computer. This could lead to a laptop being
capable of storing upto one terabyte of data, which is an amazing
concept in itself
Above
mentioned are some of the latest technologies in the IT field. But
today information technology plays a vital role in many industries
such as banking, education, automobile industries etc. Some of them
are given below;
1. IMPACT
OF IT IN TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR
Telecommunication
is the transmission of information, over significant distances, to
communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of
visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs,
signal flags and optical heliographs etc. But as a result of new
technologies are invented just like as first generation, second
generation, third generation and fourth generation. Information
technology and telecommunication industry are interrelated. So
development of telecommunication sector is based on information
technology.
2. IMPACT
OF IT IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Today
IT plays a vital role in the field of textile industry. Any
manufacturing unit employs 4Ms that is men, material, machine and
ofcourse money. To get organizational success managers needs to focus
on synchronizing all the factors and developing synergies within and
outside organizational operations. With the increased competition
companies are taking support of IT enhance its supply chain
management (SCM) and using it as a competitive edge. In short, many
textile company are liveraging the technical power to adding value to
their business.
E-
RETAILING
E
textile retail giants are adding an internet shopping components to
their offering. It has affected their distribution and warehousing
infrastructure. As a result of going online, retailers have changed
their supply chain strategy. High volume products with stable demand
are stocked in local stores, while low volume products are stocked in
centrally for online purchasing.
3. IMPACT
OF IT IN BANKING SECTOR
The
usage of IT, broadly referring to computers and peripheral equipment,
has been tremendous growth in service industries in the recent past.
The most obvious example is perhaps the banking industry, where
through the introduction of IT related products in internet banking,
electronics payments, security investments, information exchanges,
banks now can provide more diverse services to customers with less
manpower. Seeing this pattern of growth it seems obvious that IT can
bring about equivalent contribution to profits.
Automated
Teller Machine (ATM) is one of the best example of the development of
IT in banking sector. If ATMs are largely available over
geographically dispersed areas the benefits from using an ATM will
increase since customers will be able to access their bank account
from any geographic location they want. This would imply that the
value of an ATM network increases with the number of available ATM
locations, and the value of a banks network to a customer will be
determined in part by the final network size of the bank.
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