Societal Aspects

As ten years have passed and since we today need to acknowledge that the internet did not impact our lives to the degree many anticipated ten years ago, we take a good look at what happened and where we stand today, in the year of 2015. More specifically, what happend to our society and what does it look like today? How has it changed?

Much to the dissapointment of the US and the rest of the western world, the threat of global terrorism has not decreased but, if anything, it has only gotten worse. As we saw it already ten years ago, this has brought an urgent need for security, not only on the personal and business level, but as the terror war has moved into the digital world as well, there has been an increase in the demand and need for security and privacy on the internet. e-commerce and mobile commerce has increased significantly but still some people are reducing the pure growth potential due to their fear for the unknown.

The mobility issue has never the less had a larger impact on the way we conduct our business lives. We continue to have offices and workplaces; the companies still have factories, sales offices, head quarters etc. and only in exceptional situations, employees are not connected to a certain workplace. However, with the increasing globalization, the workforce has needed to adapt to a more global environment and mobility is a high priority. Luckily, the technology is supporting this through smaller devices and the increase in WiFi use and availability. We now work in a more mobile way and have multiple workplaces: not only at the office and at home, but we can continuesly connect everywhere and be reached.