Introduction
1.1 Background
The vision of globally interconnected set of computers in which people can easily access and share data from anywhere dated back to the 1962. At the end of the 1960s, the Internet was created and it was considered one of the most groundbreaking invention, which revolutionised the computer and communication world forever (Barry M. Leiner 2015). The Internet has the capability of disseminating information worldwide and facilitates interaction between individuals regardless of their geographical location. For instance, since the early 1990s, the cost of communication had been lowered significantly when personal computers had become a necessity in each household. People all over the world are more connected to each other and the sharing of information was easier than ever, which leads to the era that we are living now in what we call the “Information Age” (Tucci 2015).
Since then, the Internet is constantly evolving to become more interactive and productive. Over the past decade, we saw an increasing number of online services and applications hosted on the Web. Recently, the deployment of Web 2.0 has yet again changed and enhanced the Internet experience. The creation of Web 2.0, which emphasise on user-generated contents, usability and interoperability have turned former online information readers into information producers. The main feature of Web 2.0 is the ability to allow users to interact with one another in a social media network (o 'Reilly
The internet and the development of digital technology (computer-based technology) in particular, have made the most significant impact in the field of information and communication technology in the past decade. The internet is essentially a network of computers across the world which is linked through global
People no longer need homes, offices, or cafes to stay in touch with people; they can do it wherever they happen to be. Communication is now faster and easier than ever, making it much simpler for the recipient to search, share, and spread information. On top of making long-term communication easier, the Internet is filled with information about anything and everything, on almost every subject imaginable. Data is now in the hands of an individual, with up-to-the minute news, copies of important documents and photos, and collections of research information on topics ranging from weather conditions to population statistics. The Internet has positively shaped the world by creating economic opportunity, providing limitless communication, and access to
The internet has revolutionized the modern world like no other invention has before, except perhaps, electricity. The internet allows sharing and collaboration to take place between people on opposite sides of the globe. Vinton G. Cerf, often called the “Father of the Internet”, admits that when the original idea of an “intranet” was in its infancy, there was no possible way to imagine all of the ways we would come to use it (NDTV, 2013).
The easily accessible Internet and the Worldwide Web revolutionized information sharing. For the first time data could be shared in real time as text, voice, graphics, and video among anyone with access to the Internet. (Gomez).
The internet is a vast network of computers that connects many of the world’s businesses, institutions, and individuals. It allows millions of people throughout the world to send and receive messages to each other, share information, and play games (Naughton 4). It was initially designed to aid the government and help people expand academically, but it is now becoming more commercialized and used in ways that it was not made for.
Web 2.0 is the internet that allows correspondence between people, companies, and countries. The initial stages of the internet allowed users to receive information from one aspect that was to receive. Web 2.0 allows for data to transfer from the sender to the user and vice versa. Technology today requires companies to open the channels of networking and social media to survive. Web 2.0 has generated consumers that raise the bar for companies expecting to satisfy the customer. The author states, "Web 2.0 also represents opportunities for those who understand and master
From its very inception, the Internet was intended to create a means for a secure, reliable communication network, with the strategy to connect people with data. Information that once stood evanescent and restrictive by one’s personal radius of influence, flourished into an evergreen and ever-spanning wealth of information. Alan Evans, Kendall Martin, and Mary Anne Poatsy, co-authors of Technology in Action (2016) state:
The internet has revolutionized the computer and the communications like nothing else. It is the capability of broadcasting world- wide, a mechanism for sending information in different formats and the medium of collaboration and interaction between individuals and their communication devises regardless of
Today the use of a computer has provided many privileges to its users, and among those privileges the main and largest one is the distribution of information across the internet. Through the internet, the average person has the ability to access millions of databases of information at no cost. This is the intent that the internet was founded on; that all people could come together
The introduction of the ultimate business disruptors: Internet, World Wide Web and communication technologies have revolutionized the way business operates and improving the way people as well as the way people and organizations communicate and collaborate paige. The concept of Web 2.0 (Business 2.0) has earned a lot of prominence in recent years since it has positively changed the global landscape of businesses. Web 2.0 serves as a distinctive communications platform characterized by qualities such as collaboration, content sharing and user contributions eliminating entry barriers for online business. Recently, many businesses and organizations has started extensively implement Web 2.0 applications in hopes of improving communication, boosting collaboration, exchange of knowledge among the participants leading to organizational innovation paige.
The discovery of the Internet has completely transfigured man’s lifestyle by cutting distance and making the world a small and reachable place to live in. Information is made available with just a click of a button.
As of 1996, the Internet connected an estimated 13 million computers in 195 countries on every continent, even Antarctica (1). The Internet is not a single network, but a worldwide collection of loosely connected networks that are accessible by individual computer hosts in a variety of ways, including gateways, routers, dial-up connections, and Internet service providers. The Internet is easily accessible to anyone with a computer and a network connection. Individuals and organizations worldwide can reach any point on the network without regard to national or geographic boundaries or time of day.
With the introduction of the ultimate business disruptors: Internet, World Wide Web (Web) and communication technologies have revolutionized the way business operates by improving the ways people and organizations communicate and collaborate. The concept of Web 2.0 (Business 2.0) has earned a lot of prominence in recent years by positively influencing and changing the global landscape of businesses. Web 2.0 serves as a distinctive communications platform enabling and enhancing collaboration, content sharing and user contributions eliminating entry barriers for online businesses. Recently, many businesses and organizations has started extensively implementing and using Web 2.0 applications in hopes of improving communication, boosting collaboration, exchanging knowledge enabling organizational innovation paige.
The ubiquity of Web 2.0 services has transformed the ways in which we consume content online. With the Web, content producers can reach an audience in numbers inconceivable through conventional channels. Social media has ultimately revolutionised the exchange between producers and consumers, as it is now possible on a global scale. Content on social media sites such as blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and so on are continuously submitted, perused, rated and discussed by the user community.
The Internet has grown massively in the last six decades, making it one of the biggest inventions of humanity so far. I would take it a step further and call it a necessity for todays people since most use it for a considerable amount of time everyday. Tedious and everyday tasks have been revamped to fit the digital concept so that anyone can accomplish them from the comfort of their chair. Internet banking, e-commercing, socialising and paying the bills are only a fraction of everyday things you can do online. Such activities involve sensitive data that need to be relayed securely over the network and this happens with the help of OpenSSL. OpenSSL has been widely used in the last couple of years but only recently researchers found a crucial bug in the code which shook the internet community and made everyone question the stability of open-source projects.