Sub Topic 2 Trends and Issues in ICT

SUB-TOPIC 2: Trends and Issues in ICT
Every year, current trends emerge in the ICT business. In the modern world, one needs to be
conversant with all the different trends they encompass. Knowledge of the Current patterns will be
beneficial for whatever one's vocation. You or anybody else recognizes the possibilities of
enhancements as well as the advancement of this kind of business.
The technology sector is presently going through unparalleled expansion. Increasingly more
Companies are trying to grow within this sector due to its excellent potential. ICT has become
recognized as an important and appreciated element within the present Organizational structure.
What are the available ICT trends? Should we be attempting to locate it on the internet, there's a
huge volume of knowledge on the patterns, but for our lesson, we'll just accentuate the following
patterns.
• Superapps, the ICT supertrend - Asia, particularly China, is the origin of this idea. These are
applications that combine a lot of services so users can have access to a single application that does
everything. The services include a dedicated messaging area and a bank transfer area. As they boost
their competitiveness and foster customer loyalty, they are becoming more and more well-known
among businesses.
• Explosion of the metaverse in the business world - With the creation of virtual spaces that can blur
physical barriers, the virtual world hopes to realize its great potential and excel in important fields like
the potential to change the way people live, work, and shop.
• Digital twins - Not only can this technology create sets of digital duplicates of spaces, elements, and
systems to manage errors, save costs, and produce more accurate products.
• MedTech, the revolution in medicine - The convergence of IoT and MedTech represents a
significant chance to leverage digital technologies like virtual care, RPA, AI, and others to overcome
obstacles and settle disputes in the modern healthcare industry.
• Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity - The primary goal of this technology is to increase data
security on smart networks; therefore, businesses should prioritize optimizing smart device security
capabilities.
• Blockchain, one of the most secure ICT trends - guarantees that the integrity of data is maintained
while doing away with single control over information and party middlemen. To enable the
automation of transactions and communications, the data are thus stored in a highly secure and
encrypted manner, thereby providing an unquestionable boost to digital identity.
Issues in Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

• Cybersecurity threats: With the increasing reliance on digital systems and the internet,
cybersecurity threats such as hacking, malware, phishing, and cyber-attacks have become a significant
concern for individuals, businesses, and governments. Protecting sensitive data and critical
infrastructure from cyber threats is a top priority.
• Data privacy and regulation: The collection, storage, and use of personal data by companies and
organizations have raised concerns about data privacy.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation: The rapid development of AI and automation
technologies has raised concerns about job displacement, algorithmic bias, and ethical implications.
• Slow Internet Connections: Causes like network congestion, distance from server, outdated
hardware or software
• Viruses: Different types like trojans, worms, ransomware that can corrupt data, steal info. How they
spread through downloads, emails, networks.
Other potential issues:

• E-waste and environmental impact of hardware/devices
• IT personnel shortages and skills gaps
• Digital divide and access inequalities
• Ethical issues around AI, autonomous systems
• Regulation and governance of emerging technologies
Worked Example: Here are examples of recent trends and issues in ICT such as
1. Artificial Intelligence -
Artificial intelligence is the ability of a computer or computer-controlled robot to perform
tasks that are commonly associated with the intellectual processes characteristic of humans,
such as the ability to reason. Although there are as yet no AIs that match full human
flexibility over wider domains or in tasks requiring much everyday knowledge, some AIs
perform specific tasks as well as humans.
2. Cloud Computing- Cloud computing, method of running application software and storing
related data in central computer systems and providing customers or other users access to
them through the Internet.
3. Cybersecurity-Cybersecurity aims to protect individuals’ and organizations’ systems,

applications, computing devices, sensitive data and financial assets against computer viruses,
sophisticated and costly ransomware attacks, and more.
Notice how these affect our daily lives and businesses. Learners discuss the impact of these
trends and issues on society and industry. Discuss in your group the impact of these trends
and issues on our society and industry. How can we solve these issues?

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3. Cybersecurity-Cybersecurity aims to protect individuals’ and organizations’ systems,

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