| |September 20218EMERGING TRENDS IN INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)By Dr. R. Chandran, CIO, Bahwan CybertekDr. Chandran has been associated with Bahwan for over eight years now, prior to which he was associated with HCL, Satyam Computers, Zensar Technologies, and Daimler India Commercial Vehicles.Expert Opinionnformation and Communication technologies are ever growing at a fast pace, and we have to keep-up with them. In this small write-up, we are going to talk about the various emerging trends.Emerging ICT Technological Trends.· 5G Technology is the next generation of cellular networks and services. It is expected to provide at least 20 GBPS downlink and 10 GBPS uplink, which will make the 5G network to be at least 40 times faster than current 4G LTE. This will open doors for new services, network operations and customer experience for telecom operators. · Explainable AI (XAI) is artificial intelligence (AI) in which the results of the solution can be understood by humans. XAI algorithms are considered to follow the three principles of transparency, interpretability and explainability. Examples include machine translation using recurrent neural networks, and image classification using a convolutional neural network.· Virtual Reality replaces our vision, and Augmented Reality adds to it. While VR completely covers and replaces our field of vision, AR apps only show-up on our smartphone or tablet screen, and even the HoloLens can only project images in a limited area in front of our eyes. · Cloud Computing is a process of delivering/enabling scalable, expandable and almost perfectly elastic software services using internet technologies. It is a method of delivering data storage, servers, databases, networking & software as a Service (IaaS, SaaS, NaaS, DBaaS), delivered in a pay-per-use basis.· Contactless payments is yet another payment method which we'll see growing rapidly in the coming years. Contactless payments are possible with the NFC (near-field communication) technology. As technology advances, improved tokenization and biometric authorization methods are expected to replace them. These include pulse and voice recognition, finger vein scanners and keystroke detection. · Hyperautomation is the application of advanced technologies like RPA, AI, ML and Process Mining to augment workers and automate processes in ways that are significantly more impactful that traditional automation capabilities. · An unmanned aerial vehicle or uncrewed aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew or passengers on board. · Cybersecurity is the application of technologies, processes and controls to protect systems, networks, programs, devices and data from cyber attacks. It aims to reduce the risk of cyber attacks and protect against the unauthorized exploitation of systems, networks and technologies. (threats like malware ­ spyware, ransomware, virus & worms, phishing, SQL injection, and password attacks).· The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a system of interrelated, internet-connected objects that are able to collect and transfer data over a wireless network without human intervention. The IDr. R. Chandran
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