Presentation made at the Vigo University to the Teleco Engineering students

1. UniVigo Meeting
Internet trends and ICT
knowledge necessary
in the next years
Universidad de Vigo - 8 March 2013
Antonio Ciccarelli - EFCA

2. Personal background
• Antonio Ciccarelli has a Master Degree in Electronic
Engineering
• He was involved in one of the first European Web
projects, funded by the European Space Agency
(1992)
• 10 years experience in the Defense & Space industry +
10 years experience in the Telco & Internet industry
• He is currently Head of the ICT Sector at the European
Fisheries Control Agency based in Vigo, Galicia, Spain
antonio.ciccarelli@efca.europa.eu
www.linkedin.com/in/antoniociccarelli

3. Disclaimer
• The current presentation was used as visual material
for an University speech
• The images and the logos used in this presentation are
shown with the only purpose to provide examples of
possible real world aspects related to the topics
treated
• The presentation is aimed only to give examples of the
current technological trends and does not want to give
more visibility to any specific company brand. An
exhaustive analysis of the possible products or
solutions available on the market is out of the scope.

4. Agenda
1. The end of the PC age
2. Everything in the cloud
3. New options and standards
4. The Internet of things
5. Robotics - 3D printing
6. A new way of working
7. Conclusion

5. 1.1 - The end of the PC age
• @Home: PC – TV integration
(New! Google Chromebook)
• @Office: Surface Desktops
• @Elsewhere: Next Generation
Smartphones 1,6 GHz Quadcore
HDMI output

6. 1.2 - The end of the PC age
• Ecosystem based on OS platform +
Market applications
• Revenue sharing between OS platform
providers and small developers
• AppStore : 800.000+ -> 71 % Revenues
• Google Play: 700.000+ -> 29 % Revenues
• New players entering the scene

7. 2.1 – Everything in the cloud
• Hardware (server, storage,
printers)
• Operating System (virtualization)
• Application (SaaS)
• and content

8. 3.1 – New options and standards
• Not only IOS and Android
• New mobile OS are emerging
(Firefox OS, Tizen, Ubuntu)
• No more plug-in and apps
limiting the usage
• HTML5 will unify all the
content into the browser

9. 4.1 – The Internet of Things
• Ubiquitous wireless connection
with all the objects (50 billion
connected devices by 2020)
• Sensors able to communicate and
interact with our body and the
external environment
• Near Field Communication (NFC)

10. 4.2 – The Internet of Things
While it may result easy
receiving and mapping
objects with an onboard
GPS transponder ...
…it is more difficult catching
and transmitting analogical
data from objects without
power supply …

11. 4.3 – The Internet of Things

12. 4.4 - The Internet of Things

13. 4.5 - The Internet of Things
All these data represent a tremendous opportunity
to realize new applications:
•Smart Grids, Smart City
•Health Apps
•NFC: Payment, security,
transportation

14. 5.1 – Robotics, 3D printing
• Incredible progress in Robotics in
the last 4 years
• Professional , military and
amatorial prototypes
• 3D printing as a new emerging
technology that will revolutionize
the production processes

15. 6.1 – A new way of coding & working
• Distributed virtual community
based on reputation and trust
• Crowdsource programming
• Large reuse of Open Source
and Web Services
• Multi-platform SDK:
iPad/iPhone, Android, Kindle
• Handicraft model

16. 6.2 – A new way of coding & working

17. 7 - Conclusion
• Period of epochal changes in all the ICT sectors
• End of PC age, end of “1 Company for the Life” job
• Be part of the new “eco-systems”: Internet of Things –
Multi-platform Apps – Crowdsource programming
• Investments and job opportunities now concentrating
in specific “niche” sectors -> extremely important:
– Identify and gain knowledge over these”niches”
– Understand how they will evolve in the next years.

18. Related Videos
• Chromebook Pixel http://youtu.be/12_esTRJfAo
• Ubuntu on Tablet http://youtu.be/h384z7Ph0gU
• 3D printing http://youtu.be/SPtkOmP_HoA
• Robosavvy http://youtu.be/TBmffcfwYaw
• Cosm - Internet of things http://youtu.be/5hRU8GbPOWk
• Boston Dynamics http://youtu.be/R7ezXBEBE6U
• Google Developer https://developers.google.com/live/shows/176217625/
• Freelancer.com work http://youtu.be/SyBkaS5xJI0