VCU ISTM672- Telecommunications - module 2

Discussion (participation required!!) Telecommunications' impact in IT & Business

Goals for the session:
1/ Better understanding of “Why Telecommunications matter”
2/ Technologies/frameworks/Protocols: SOA, XML, TCP/IP, VoIP
3/ Start thinking of a new business opportunity (made possible owing to telecommunications) - Very high-level idea

Outline of discussion
1/ Open discussion (30 Mins.)
–Telecommunications is networks.
–Networks are the backbone of information systems.
** the “Network” is the computer

2/ Managing “Telecommunication” (30 Min.)
–Return on Assets (ROA)
–Costs, bandwidth, and scale
–LAN, WAN, wireless
–Security – (never compramize security)
–The “Networked” Application (distributed applications)
- What keeps IT management awake at night!?
** Opportunities & Issues with BPO

3/ What “Telecommunications” means to the Business (15 min)
–New Business and Economic models (opportunities)
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Social impact - it has changed the way we work.
** the WorldCom impact on price
** Bandwidth -- drives new opportunities
** Wi-Fi and Wi-Max

4/ Telecommunications – what it means to SOA. (30 Min.)
- The traditional Application Container vs. the Networked Application Container