The Internet goes much further than just providing entertainment to people, since it is responsible for giving unlimited access to information and knowledge to anyone anywhere in the world.
For this, it has had to face endless challenges but it has managed to impact not only human life but the business world, the Internet has completely revolutionized the world.
This article deals with the evolution and the main challenges that the Internet has for the future, with the aim of understanding that all things, whether qualitative or quantitative, have an origin and a future.
Keywords:
- InternetEvolutionChallengesFutureTechnologyGoogleNetworksCybercrime
INTERNET: ITS EVOLUTION AND CHALLENGES
General
The Internet has come to revolutionize our world, in 2013 it was 40 years old and had reached the number of 2.4 billion users around the world. (Direct Marketing, 2013)
All of us since we were little, we have been intrigued by magic items; that is, those elements that defied nature and were capable of revealing those abilities that were hidden and that in many cases helped the protagonist of the story, myth or legend to overcome all adversities and reach a final achievement.
However, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Arthur C. Clark was the one who left this quote which is widely mentioned when it comes to technological advances and which is relevant in the context in question.
What we once perceived as magic is now a reality planned and designed, operated and documented by technologists around the world.
Even that term "magic items" that we had used has given way to that of "enchanted objects" used by David Rose, who is one of the most active innovators in this area.
(Vasquez, 2014)
Evolution of the Internet
This brief history has been developed by Trustly and shows how the internet has evolved since 1969, when the first connection between Stanford and UCLA operators was made, when the ARPANET was also born.
Table 1 History of the Internet (Trustly, 2013)
A ñ or Fact
- 19 6 9 The first connection between Stanford computers was made and the ARPANET was born. 19 7 1 Ray Tomilinson sent the first e-mail in history, there are already 23 computers connected to the ARPANET. 1972 The first creeper virus appears. 19 7 3 England and Norway adhere to the Internet, each with a computer. 19 7 4 Vint Cerf and Bob Khan first use the word INTERNET in a protocol control transmission. 19 7 6 Ethernet is developed, the first coaxial cables that allowed data to be transported quickly. They will be the propellants of the current LAN- 197 8 SPAM is born. The first unsolicited e-mail message that reached 600 Arpanet users is sent. 19 8 2 The first emoticon is born, although Kevin Mackenzie had already introduced them, it was Scott Fahlman who suggested using J after a joke. 19 8 3 TCP / IP protocols are mandatory for all Arpanet computers. 19 9 1 Tim Berners Lee, from CERN, created the first web page, which aimed to explain what the World Wide Web was. 19 9 4 Yahoo founded and search engine launched Lycos Pizza Hut begins to manage online ordering from its website 19 95 The year the Internet is commercialized Microsoft launches Internet Explorer and Netscape develops SSL, which enables secure financial transactions 19 9 7 Weblog: Jorn Barger uses the term “Weblog” for the first time 19 9 8 Google is born and revolutionizes the way in which people find information online. At this point, the figure of one million Internet users in the world is reached 20 0 0 50 million users are infected by the ILOVEYOU virus, the first massive virus 20 0 1 The largest collective encyclopedia is launched: Wikipedia 20 0 3Safari, MySpace, Linkedin, Skype, WordPress and iTunes Store are launched 20 0 4 Gmail, Facebook, Flickr and Vimeo are born 20 0 5 Internet reaches one billion worldwide users. YouTube is born 20 0 8 Google Chrome from Google is launched. Groupon is born, the first collective purchase website 20 0 9 Foursquare is born 20 1 0 Instagram is born, only available for Apple at that time. Born and gets 10 million users faster than any other network. Google+ is born 20 1 2 Internet reaches 2.4 billion Internet users 20 13 Boom of alternative payment methods. Spanish online buyers start paying via direct online bank transfer with Trustly
Internet challenges
Vinton G. Cerf was one of the creators of the TCP / IP protocol, which is responsible for establishing connections between networks and computers as well as for data transfers.
This famous computer expert, has stressed that the Internet offers all humanity a very important gift: access to information and knowledge, declared: "Internet will change the concept of education." (Cerf, sf)
Along these lines, he encouraged young university students to undertake a new and intelligent way, since the competition that would be created on the web would be good and would accelerate progress.
However, Cerf himself recognized that the Internet still has many design problems that are not yet solved and that are of vital importance. In addition to that among its main challenges are the following.
IPV6 does not arrive
IPV4 addresses have already been adopted in more than half the world, however, the adoption of IPV6 barely reaches 7% of use, according to Google statistics.
It is clear that the Internet needs a greater number of IP addresses, and the new version could handle up to 340 sixtillion, a number that would allow each inhabitant of the earth to provide a list of billions of IP addresses.
However, in order to reach this number, it would first have to be implemented worldwide.
The evolution of the Internet of things
It is very likely that in every home that inhabits the earth, there are thousands of electronic devices, the question is why should we turn them on with different devices and not just one?
Thus, the Internet will probably continue to evolve until we can control every corner of our homes from our mobile device: from electronic devices to its temperature, things that even still escape reality.
The future of digital heritage
Cerf wondered, What would Windows do with the software we've created in this century? And, how can they read today's digital culture with the technology of the future? It is a mystery that worries experts in the field.
Therefore, he considers that they have to find a way to preserve the software with emulators that can correctly interpret old files, so he explained that in about 200 years, they will have to translate information from different sources such as tweets, emails, videos, photographs, etc.
Unprotected against cybercrime
The Internet is open to everyone, and in this world there are all kinds of people. Some use the web for good things and others to commit crimes.
It is about something that Leonard Kleinrock called "The dark side of the Internet", where he mentioned that they should seek the best balance between enjoying the benefits of the Internet and at the same time ensuring that information and data are protected.
With which the web will face new challenges to create better security certificates with greater guarantees of authentication of users, and that they can only access the network if they really are who they say they are to avoid hackers or viruses.
In addition, Cerf proposed the creation of a body in charge of cybercrime, proposing the creation of a system of instantaneous action against cyberattacks to curb threat levels and to achieve this, Cerf called for international cooperation, since there are no cybercrime borders.
(Mosquera Rodríguez, 2015)
conclusion
The Internet is today an extremely valuable tool for the whole world, in fact, it would be a bit difficult to think of a present without the Internet, since it is now part of our society, education, entertainment, economy, family, etc.
While it can be used for both positive things it could also be used for bad or negative things, however; every day the number of people who use the Internet increases.
Although part of its history was mentioned, it is not over yet, since as it continues to evolve, new trends or characteristics will probably emerge in the not too distant future that will make it better for the use of people, which without a doubt, they will always seek the way to make a profit or profit for the creation of business improvements.
Thesis topic proposal
Creation of a new business model based on social networks.
General objective
That organizations take advantage of the use of social networks to be more competitive and attract more customers.
A g r adequacy
To the National Technological Institute of Mexico for being my alma mater and to Dr. Fernando Aguirre y Hernández for their support and motivation to carry out these articles on the subject of Fundamentals of Administrative Engineering.
References
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