Infrastructure-Enabling Technologies:
Check Your Understanding
1. Define the concepts of infrastructure-enabling technologies.
2. Test your comprehension of the principles in this module by discussing what is meant by push and pull technologies. Discuss several forms of these technologies.
Exercises:
Using the list of addresses in Appendix B, browse the World Wide Web and select an article that reflects any emerging technology discussed in this module. Discuss the content of the article, demonstrating how it relates to the topic. What type of technology was addressed in the article? What is its function and benefit or impact? Include the URL addresses to identify your sources.
Professional Development:
1. In your own words, define what "enablers of business communication and commerce" mean.
2. Develop a personal plan identifying your goals for extending your knowledge of emerging technologies. Identify areas covered in the course, which you would like to learn more about. Also identify any topics not covered but which are of interest to you, then list specific steps you plan to take to reach your goals.