7th InfoCom Albania 2016

1 st Day | 24 May
new opportunities for monetizing the content. And, of
course- major changes will affect the marketing sector.
All the above mentioned arguments, make clear
that the development of broadband, is a must for the
economical and national development.
EaaS - Everything as a Service
Cloud computing has already proven in practice and
also in economic terms, that it’s more than a simple
tool for “cutting down costs”. It is seen also as a global
platform to incite the business sectors in new innovative
approaches. In the last MWC Conference (2016)
in Barcelona, it was made clear that now the whole
computing power is being transferred into The Cloud!
The concept of EaaS (Everything as a Service), takes life,
as long as companies are in search of alternative ways
to gather all needs, concerns and risks and then deliver
them for solution to the hands of the right specialists.
That is why, centred expertise creates economies of
scale and flexible collaboration models between different
service providers and enterprises.
Anyhow the biggest progress is in the demand that
businesses have for specialised services, which leads
to successful collaborative model between service
providers.
Naturally the government should make the difference,
for eg. the integration of electronic services for its citizens
should be vital for the transformation of public
administration within the “eGovernment” strategy, in
modernizing the communication between citizens and
public administration.
Beside the adoption of the Cloud by the SME, Albania
should profit from the favourable position it has, in
becoming an importing hosting data centre, not only
for domestic market, but also for the whole region of
the Balkans.
The Internet of Things Revolution
It can be easily proven that we have surpassed the
initial steps of interacting with devices and we are fast
pacing into the interaction between devices itself, creating
the Internet of Things.
Global tech leaders are already into the IoT and Big
Data Analytics, developing software and integrated
systems for data collection and decision making.
A new era is coming fast in which sold home appliances
will have an IP address and Wi-Fi included and
smart electric installations will be part of the most basic
home.
Respectively, even in the city level, wide scale management
systems provide the efficient distribution of
energy, water supply, traffic monitoring system, lighting
and even independent public transportation, all integrated
in the urban structure. Smart phones are now
tickets for public transportation and air travel, shopping
and trade, sustainably accompanying us toward the
smart living.
European Union has put the Internet of Things as a top
priority in its agenda, notifying that for 2016, it’s going
to finance up to 140 million Euros for pilot projects. In
its list there are applications for health services, agriculture,
wearables and automobile interconnection.
One important question raises in this discussion: Are
we ready for this new industrial revolution and if not,
which are the changes we have to implement so we
can profit from it?
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