April 13, 2023

Communicating in a

Digital World

There’re 24 hours in a day,

Feel free to use them all.

Hank Brasteter

• A brief look at the history of communication technologies

• Cell Phones, Smart Phones & Mobile Networks

• Voice & Video Conferencing

• Social Networking Sites

• Blogs

Agenda / Topics

A Brief History of Communication Technologies

Source: www.gsmworld.com/technology/3g/index.shtml

Mobile Networks

Mobile Networks

• 1G = Analog– 56 calls per cell or 0Kbps for most intents

• 2G = Digital– 168 calls per cell or 144Kbps or about 8 minutes to

download a 3-minute song

• 3G = Multimedia Digital– 1024+Kbps or about 15 seconds to download a 3-

minute song

Smart Phone

Cell Phone

Cell vs. Smart Phones

PHONE

Functionality

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Choosing the Right Device

Voice & Video Conferencing

• Voice or Teleconferencing describes meetings at a distance, typically using a telephone, in which participants have direct aural contact.

• Web Conferencing is a presentation delivered over the Web using videoconferencing technologies.

• Video Conferencing provides real time video and voice communication between terminals, usually employing dedicated systems in a conference room setting. May also be accomplished by using a webcam and personal computer, then it is usually known as Desktop conferencing.

Audio Collaboration

Interactive CollaborationIntegrated Audio &

Web

Event WebcastIntegrated Audio &

Web & Video

Conferencing Applications

Audio Web Video

Works With Any Phone

Toll-Free Access Numbers

Global Local Access Numbers

Touchtone Commands

Roll Call with Name Record

Security (password protected)

Live Technical Support

Participant Count

Entry and Exit Announcement

Record & Playback

Presentation Sharing

Document Sharing

Application Sharing

Browser Sharing

Desktop Sharing

Desktop and Application Remote Control Sharing

Annotation

Polling

Text Chat

Video Integration

Conferencing Features

Reducing travel, whether by car or plane, is another way to have a positive effect on the environment. Air travel for a single, in-person meeting held in Chicago, with participants from London, New York City, Atlanta, Dallas, and San Francisco, produces 6.295 tons of CO2. It takes 1 hectare an entire year to absorb that amount of CO2.

Benefit of Remote Conferencing

Dare we Demo?

Social Networking Sites

• A social network service focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services.

• The most popular services vary throughout the world…– In North America MySpace and Facebook are the most widely used;– Europeans prefer Bebo, MySpace, Facebook and Hi5;– In South and Central America it’s Orkut and Hi5; and finally– Asia and the Pacific Islands choose Friendster, Orkut, and Cyworld

• A new trend is emerging with social networks created to help its members with various physical and mental ailments. For people suffering from life altering diseases, PatientsLikeMe offers its members the chance to connect with others dealing with similar issues and research patient data related to their condition.

Social Networking Sites

"We don't know exactly how many there are. But they number in the tens of thousands. They are everywhere among us. They intend to tear down the world as we know it...."

Jonah Goldberg, Washington Times

Blogs

• A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

• As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs.

• A quick search revealed: • 11,700,000 for 'cancer research' + blog. • 506,000 for 'medical imaging' + blog• 368,000 for 'clinical research associate' + blog

Blogs

Blogs

Sources:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns431/ns725/solution_overview_c22_484923_ns477_Networking_Solution_Solution_Overview.html 1992-2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

http://technorati.com/

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