Compare the direction of current and past trends in both communication and networking and explain how these changes have impacted business.
The buzz word that is currently doing the rounds of Information Technology industry is 'technology-driven transformation'. Businesses interpret this as using the technology to redefine the services that they can offer at lower costs, which would increase the revenues and boost the profits. As the scope of the Internet is getting widened day by day as a technology platform, it has been occupied by an ever-growing number of application tools. These tools facilitate deriving the most from the Net and business communication trends.
It is a fact that continually advancing technology is bringing about dramatic changes in business communication trends the world over. The day may not be far off when business communications will be done in a paperless manner favoring green technology.
It is only to be expected that during the ensuing decade, business communication facility will receive further thrusts and will witness major innovations across many more interfaces - through mobile phones, standard landline telephones, Internet and the Web in general. Business communication trends and tools broadly deal with technological developments and applications pertaining to business processes that can relate to back office operations, data management and analysis, professional services and support, to mention only a few. They cover almost any type of businesses, in manufacturing and/or services. Some of the most recent and relevant ones are:
(i)Cloud Computing- The term “Cloud Computing” is derived from the fact that the technology is hidden behind the clouds and hence invisible to the users. Beyond this, it may be more appropriate to define it by what it does. It is a technology that deploys shared infrastructure that links together large