"Advances in technology have done much to change the way we live and communicate over the past quarter century. In the 1980s, telephones were stuck to walls, facts were found in books and people had to browse shelves in a record store if they wanted to buy the latest music. Now, access to all of that and more is found by just reaching into our pockets. How times have changed. Today, telephones don’t require wires, television signals are bounding off satellites or snaking through hair-like fibers etc. But the mission of those pioneering communicators still rings true: to connect people to their neighbors and to the larger world."
Some types of communication technologies used by businesses as of today are:
1) Emails
2) Group Chat
3) Instant messengers
4) Corporate Blogs
5) Corporate Websites/Intranets
6) Memos
7) Manuals
8) Fax
9) Telephones
10) Video conferencing
Some of the new types of communication technologies coming into the picture as of today are:
1) Podcasts and Videocasting - Nowadays, podcasting and vediocasting is not just for entertainment but hundreds of businesses like Disney, Microsoft and BMW are effectively using podcasts to advertise their products/services and get closer with their clients.
2) RSS Feeds - RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a new way to broadcast corporate news and structured information. RSS offers a quick, easy corporate communication channel. The RSS contents are published as a feed and the feed's content keep customers, partners and journalists abreast of corporate news and information. The RSS feeds are read using a tool referred to as a news aggregator, or an RSS reader. The aggregator periodically checks to see if the RSS feed has been updated. As the feed is updated, new information will automatically appear in the RSS reader.
3) Wikis - A wiki (sometimes wiki wiki) is a web application designed to allow multiple authors to add, remove, and edit content. The multiple author capability of wikis makes them effective tools for mass collaborative authoring. Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, is one of the best-known wikis. This in turn enhances collaboration and information exchange within the organization.
4) Blackberry - The BlackBerry is the next in mobile technology. It is a wireless handheld device introduced in 1999 which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information services. The devices are very popular with some businesses, where they are primarily used to provide e-mail access to roaming employees.
When I was working in Tata Indicom as an intern, we had an intranet system in the company through which we were kept up-to date as to all the lattest happening in the company, what we were supposed to do, deadlines etc. We also used instant messengers, group chat and emails to communicate with each other. We also had a corporate blog and website from where we used to get to know about the news of the company.
References:
http://podcasting.about.com/od/podcastsforbusiness/Podcasts_For_Business.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/communication
1) Emails
2) Group Chat
3) Instant messengers
4) Corporate Blogs
5) Corporate Websites/Intranets
6) Memos
7) Manuals
8) Fax
9) Telephones
10) Video conferencing
Some of the new types of communication technologies coming into the picture as of today are:
1) Podcasts and Videocasting - Nowadays, podcasting and vediocasting is not just for entertainment but hundreds of businesses like Disney, Microsoft and BMW are effectively using podcasts to advertise their products/services and get closer with their clients.
2) RSS Feeds - RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a new way to broadcast corporate news and structured information. RSS offers a quick, easy corporate communication channel. The RSS contents are published as a feed and the feed's content keep customers, partners and journalists abreast of corporate news and information. The RSS feeds are read using a tool referred to as a news aggregator, or an RSS reader. The aggregator periodically checks to see if the RSS feed has been updated. As the feed is updated, new information will automatically appear in the RSS reader.
3) Wikis - A wiki (sometimes wiki wiki) is a web application designed to allow multiple authors to add, remove, and edit content. The multiple author capability of wikis makes them effective tools for mass collaborative authoring. Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, is one of the best-known wikis. This in turn enhances collaboration and information exchange within the organization.
4) Blackberry - The BlackBerry is the next in mobile technology. It is a wireless handheld device introduced in 1999 which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information services. The devices are very popular with some businesses, where they are primarily used to provide e-mail access to roaming employees.
When I was working in Tata Indicom as an intern, we had an intranet system in the company through which we were kept up-to date as to all the lattest happening in the company, what we were supposed to do, deadlines etc. We also used instant messengers, group chat and emails to communicate with each other. We also had a corporate blog and website from where we used to get to know about the news of the company.
References:
http://podcasting.about.com/od/podcastsforbusiness/Podcasts_For_Business.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/communication
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