Hacia la convergencia total de las tecnologías de la información

Abstract

SEVERAL WORKS IN DI CATE THAT THE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION DYNAMICS HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY DURING THE LAST FIFTY YEARS, APPAR ENTLY DRIVEN BY THE SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS ADVANCES IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT). THE LOW COST INFORMATION AVAILABIL ITY IN ANY PLACE, AND IN ANY MOMENT, HAS PROPITIATED THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ACTUAL SOCIETY AS THE ""INFORMATION SOCIETY"", WHICH IN TURN HAS BEEN TRANS FORMED TO THE ""KNOWL EDGE SOCI ETY"". THIS WILL MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MAJOR IMPACTING PHENOMENON IN THE FOLLOWING DECADES. IN THIS WORK, WE PRESENT PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF AN IT EVOLUTION ARY STUDY, SUPPORT ING THE FACT THAT THEY GAVE ORIGIN AND ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION PROCESS. IN SUCH A WAY, IT SEEMS VERY PROBABLY THAT THE CONTINUOUS ADVANCEMENT OF THREE FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TYPES, SEMI CONDUCTOR DEVICES (S), COMPUTER SYSTEMS (C), AND COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS (P), WITH THEIR DIFFERENT IMPACTS WILL DEFINITIVELY TRANSFORM HUMAN BEING LIFE, ITS ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES. FINALLY, THE PROBLEM OF THE NEED OF AN ADAPTATION SYSTEM FOR ADEQUATE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE RESPONSE IN FRONT OF THE DYNAMIC CHANGES IS ADDRESSED.