MIS-Chapter 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, And
MIS-Chapter 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, and
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MIS-Chapter 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Applications
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MIS-Chapter 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, And
MIS-Chapter 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, and
Applications
Pull technology ️User states a need before getting information
Example: Entering a URL in a Web browser to go to a certain website
Push technology (Webcasting) ️Web server delivers information to users who have signed up fo...
MIS-Chapter 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, and
Applications
Pull technology ✔️User states a need before getting information
Example: Entering a URL in a Web browser to go to a certain website
Push technology (Webcasting) ✔️Web server delivers information to users who have signed up for the
service
-Supported by many Web browsers
-Delivers content to users automatically at set intervals or when a new event occurs
-Streamlines the process of users getting software updates and updated content
-Benefits vendors by keeping in constant touch with users, thus creating customer loyalty
Examples:
-Microsoft Direct Push (AT&T), -Apple Push Notification, and -Facebook Push Notification
Application service providers (ASPs) ✔️Provide access to software or services for a fee
-Software as a service (SaaS)
-ASP delivers software to users for a fee for temporary or long-term use
-Offers the recent version of the software
-Allows users to save all application data on the ASP's server to enable portability of software and data
-Known as on-demand software
Forms of SaaS model ✔️-Software services for general use
-Specific service
-Service in a vertical market
Advantages of ASPs ✔️-Customers do not need to be concerned about whether software is current
, -Information systems (IS) personnel time is freed up to focus on applications that are important to the
firm
-Software development costs are spread over several customers
-Software is kept up to date, based on users' requests
-ASP contract guarantees a certain level of technical support
-Organization's software costs can be reduced to a predictable monthly fee
Disadvantages of ASPs ✔️-Users must accept applications as provided by ASPs
-Software customization is not offered
-Risk of applications not fully meeting the organization's needs exists
-Integration with the customer's other applications and systems might be challenging
Virtual Reality (VR) ✔️-Uses computer-generated, three-dimensional images to create
the illusion of interaction in a real-world environment
VR: Simulation ✔️Giving objects in a VR environment texture and shading for a 3D appearance
VR: Interaction ✔️Enabling users to act on objects in a VR environment
VR: Immersion ✔️Giving users the feeling of being part of an environment by using special hardware
and software
VR: Telepresence ✔️Giving users the sense that they are in another location and can manipulate
objects as though in reality
VR: Full-body Immersion ✔️
VR: Networked communication ✔️
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