Five ICT Megatrends

in the Information Age

Dr. Rahat Hossain

The Rise of the Information Age

Source: Valacich, J & Schneider, C 2014, Information Systems Today: Managing in the Digital World

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Five ICT Megatrends in the

Information Age

Source: Modified from Valacich, J & Schneider, C 2014, Information Systems Today: Managing in the Digital World (modified)

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Five ICT Megatrends in the

Information Age:
Mobile Computing
Many believe that
were living in a
post-PC era.
In the developing
world mobile
devices often
leapfrog traditional
PCs.
Implications:
Source: Valacich, J & Schneider, C 2014, Information Systems Today: Managing in the Digital World

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Increased
collaboration
The ability to
manage business in

Five ICT Megatrends in the

Information Age:
Social Media
Over 800 million
Facebook users
share status
updates or pictures
with friends and
family
Organizations use
social media to
encourage
employee
collaboration or to
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Source: Google Images

Five ICT Megatrends in the

Information Age:
Big Data
IDC estimated that in 2011, 1.8 zettabytes
of data were generated and consumed
How much is 1.8 zettabytes?
1.8 trillion gigabytes, or the equivalent of
57 billion 32GB iPads
This number is forecast to grow by 50
times by 2020

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Five ICT Megatrends in the

Information Age:
Cloud Computing
Web technologies
enable using the
Internet as the
platform for
applications and
data
Many regard cloud
computing as the
beginning of the
fourth wave

Source: Google Images

the applications but

also the data reside in
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Five ICT Megatrends in the

Information Age:
Cloud Computing
Issues:
Availability,
Reliability,&
Scalability
Viability
Security
Legal & Compliance
Performance &
Quality of Service
Interoperability
Issues
Costs
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Source: Google Images

Five ICT Megatrends in the

Information Age:
Consumerization of IT
Consumerization may be the most
significant trend affecting
organizational IT personnel
Todays employees bring their own
devices to work
Initially used for emails / social
networking
Now used for other important tasks such as
enterprise resource planning

Creates security concerns

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Five ICT Megatrends in the

Information Age:
Consumerization of IT

Source: Google Images (modified)

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Big Datas Making Education Smarter

Big Data's Making Education Smarter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_wAHEHTy-g

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You Tube Videos Rest of the ICT

Megatrends
Cloud Computing: What is Cloud Computing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYGQcmZUTaw
Consumerization of IT (CoIT) Overview Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnsnmLJkmtc
Does social media have the power to change the world?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uppg_2nGo54
Mobile Devices in Teaching and Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEFXZomXs-o

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In Summary/Conclusion
Do you think of any summary/conclusion
slide? If yes, please make some concluding
remarks or a summary slide.

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Presentation Content Source

Valacich, J & Schneider, C 2014, Information
Systems Today: Managing in the Digital
World, 6th edition, Pearson Education
Limited.

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