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===Mobility===  
== Mobility ==
 
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'''Description'''<br>According to some sources, mobility is one of the important facotrs to focus on, especially when considering the future of the internet in a business context.<br> But, what is the actual implication of this? Gartner Group is convinced that there is more to "successful mobility" than what is often focused on: The transmitting (speed and quality) of voice and data. The success will very much depend in on how users use and interact with devices, what and how information is processed. Mobility will be a technological factor that can have an impact of the future of the internet, but the question that remains is how to articulate the benefits of this mobility and from that also, how fast it will move. <br>
===Description===
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The change in mobility is first and foremost the increase in ability to transform humans, substances and services from one geographic location to another. The mobility hereafter discussed refers to humans' capability to carry sophisticated processing and communication appliance with them, anywhere they go. The shrinking of processors and electronic components sizes, the vast laid infrastructure, Internet penetration, broadband use and cell phone technology resulted in the fact that people are now connected with each other more than ever before. In fact, there are hardly any points on Earth (at least in inhabited regions) that do not facilitate means of communication  As a result, people are no longer constrained to one location or another in order to be able to connect to a wide sources of information or to each other. Wide and advanced infrastructure also results in reduced prices –another driver for the growth in communication. Mobility is furthermore supported by a vast number of applications that range from location based search, navigation, communication and data transfer and more.
'''Enablers'''<br> With increasing technological speed on smaller devices and web availability, we can "carry" the internet whereever we are and meet the internet in locations we haven't discovered before.<br>
===Enablers===
- Size, speed, and demand seem to be the large enablers.<br>
With increasing technological development on smaller devices and web availability, people can "carry" the internet wherever they are as well as use it in new ways and for new purposes.
- Application development<br>
* Size, speed, and demand seem to be the large enablers.
- Technological development<br>
* Application development
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* Technological development
'''Inhibitors'''<br>
* Physical means of transportation
- Psycological issues. e.g. Ethical issues (fear of being "watched"), Technological "fear"
 
- The trend of not wanting to become mobile and thereby constantly available <br>
===Inhibitors===
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* Psychological issues, such as ethical issues (fear of being "watched")
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* Technological "fear" (fear of new applications an their implications)
'''Paradigms'''<br>
* The trend of not wanting to become mobile and thereby constantly available
For many of us, the internet is roughly somehow connected to sitting by a computer, turning it on, opening a browser and entering an URL address. With more mobility, the internet can become increasingly more invisible for us, being implemented in many devices and applications, that we have not imgained yet. That can create many options and possibilities, both for personal and business use.<br>
* A growing clutter of information, decreasing attention and motivation to react 
Another paradigm is that mobility is a positive charged word. The more mobility the better!! However, this mobility and the trend that we all in our professional life are carrying and using an increasing amount of mobile devices, has the effect that we all suddenly are expected to be reachable anywhere at anytime 24-7, which in turn has large impacts on our personal life and the work/life balance.
 
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'''Experts''': Mainly, the sources are from the web resources and links are to be found below.  
===Paradigms===
With increasing mobility, the internet and cell technology become more usable, changing habits and paradigms and enhancing capabilities. Increasing number of devices and applications enable conducting life in a way unimagined before – automatic navigation, location based 'in real time' information and even the track of nearby peers are some of many usages that have the power not only to change human habits and interaction but also way of thought (example – with the increasing use of automated navigation systems, will the millennium generation know how to reach places independently?).
Mobility has its downsides as with increased reach people are expected to be available and traceable anywhere, any time. This bares implications on social as well as on professional lives.  
 
===Experts===
Mainly, the sources are taken from the web and links are to be found below.
 


'''Web Resources:'''<br>
'''Web Resources:'''<br>

Latest revision as of 06:26, 6 September 2011

Mobility


Description
According to some sources, mobility is one of the important facotrs to focus on, especially when considering the future of the internet in a business context.
But, what is the actual implication of this? Gartner Group is convinced that there is more to "successful mobility" than what is often focused on: The transmitting (speed and quality) of voice and data. The success will very much depend in on how users use and interact with devices, what and how information is processed. Mobility will be a technological factor that can have an impact of the future of the internet, but the question that remains is how to articulate the benefits of this mobility and from that also, how fast it will move.

Enablers
With increasing technological speed on smaller devices and web availability, we can "carry" the internet whereever we are and meet the internet in locations we haven't discovered before.
- Size, speed, and demand seem to be the large enablers.
- Application development
- Technological development

Inhibitors
- Psycological issues. e.g. Ethical issues (fear of being "watched"), Technological "fear" - The trend of not wanting to become mobile and thereby constantly available


Paradigms
For many of us, the internet is roughly somehow connected to sitting by a computer, turning it on, opening a browser and entering an URL address. With more mobility, the internet can become increasingly more invisible for us, being implemented in many devices and applications, that we have not imgained yet. That can create many options and possibilities, both for personal and business use.
Another paradigm is that mobility is a positive charged word. The more mobility the better!! However, this mobility and the trend that we all in our professional life are carrying and using an increasing amount of mobile devices, has the effect that we all suddenly are expected to be reachable anywhere at anytime 24-7, which in turn has large impacts on our personal life and the work/life balance.

Experts: Mainly, the sources are from the web resources and links are to be found below.

Web Resources:
http://www4.gartner.com/Init
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canada-apec/mobility-en.asp
http://www.apec.org/apec/apec_groups/committees/committee_on_trade/informal_experts_group_on_business_mobility.html

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