Today was a very great day for our team. We were working at the CSIR campus, so our prayers have been answered. We started working as soon as the other group left to do their work outside the campus. As I had done my research on Friday, today was more like a day for me to structure my work. It took me the whole day to do that, believe me it’s not easy. I had to make sense of the data I gathered on Friday. It was more like processing the data to create information that will be useful to the CSIR.
This is the work that I did for today:
Push technology, another major Internet technology, minimizes the problems of pull technology. It is defined as the software that enables Internet, Intranet, and Extranet users to customize automatic delivery of information directly to their computers from a variety of sources (Levitt, 1997). Push distributes the information proactively via the Internet infrastructure
Push technology is a new device that is used to transmit important information to the users. It does not only send information to the users but also attracts customers that are interested in more information, not only the titles and its reach can enormously increase the exposure of the library or research center to its customers. Push technology is actually a change from spending too much time pulling unwanted information from the internet to spending too much time looking through unwanted and questionable information.
They assist in managing information for the users, content providers, and network administrators. It works with all sorts of data, including video and audio. It's fairly inexpensive and also very easy to use. They also assist individuals and companies in information overload, it also prevents lack of information since information is automatically sent to the end user’s desktop.
Push technology is extolled--it's energetic; it's resourceful and most important, it's pushy, the perfect trait in today's information-intense environment. It can compete with literally millions of information sources to grasp the attention of clients since it's right there on their desktops.
Push technology, another major Internet technology, minimizes the problems of pull technology. It is defined as the software that enables Internet, Intranet, and Extranet users to customize automatic delivery of information directly to their computers from a variety of sources (Levitt, 1997). Push distributes the information proactively via the Internet infrastructure
Push technology is a new device that is used to transmit important information to the users. It does not only send information to the users but also attracts customers that are interested in more information, not only the titles and its reach can enormously increase the exposure of the library or research center to its customers. Push technology is actually a change from spending too much time pulling unwanted information from the internet to spending too much time looking through unwanted and questionable information.
They assist in managing information for the users, content providers, and network administrators. It works with all sorts of data, including video and audio. It's fairly inexpensive and also very easy to use. They also assist individuals and companies in information overload, it also prevents lack of information since information is automatically sent to the end user’s desktop.
Push technology is extolled--it's energetic; it's resourceful and most important, it's pushy, the perfect trait in today's information-intense environment. It can compete with literally millions of information sources to grasp the attention of clients since its right there on their desktops.
Some of the significant firms in the push technology field are:
• PointCast. It functions as a “screen saver,” popping up after the PC has been idle for a while, and displaying the user’s selected channels as windows, boxes, and scrolling messages. Channels that are available in the PointCast are--the Los Angeles Times, CNN Interactive, TechWeb, and Lifestyles and more.
• BackWeb. Their products are similar to the products that PointCast offers and also provides software for intranets and “extranets.” They issue software updates online.
• Marímba. This product can also be used for software distribution.
• Netscape. This comprises of Marímba’s Castanet technology.
• Microsoft. It is adding push features to new generations of its operating systems products and “Internet Explorer” browser, and has proposed a standard for push technology, called Channel Definition Format (CDF)
• Intel. Intel is leading a pushrelated effort called “Intercast.” Intercast merges Web pages with television
Technological Medias that make use of push technologies.
• CNET
• Wired
• InfoWorld
• Slashdot
• CNN
• BBC
• McAfee Associates, they are developing an application using BackWeb's push technology to keep customers' anti-virus programs current.
Some advantages of push technologies
• It allows secure delivery of dynamic content directly to the desktops of a pre-determined and intended group of recipients in real time without even requiring them to open a Web browser. This feature is useful in delivering time-sensitive information, such as news, stock quote, current inventory level, changes in prices, and new product offering (Maddox, 1997; Moeller, 1997; Rivlin, 1997).
• It allows customization. Individual receivers can receive messages personalized by the system to meet his or her needs. The information they receive is only the information that they signed up for and nothing more
• It enables the delivery of information only to the intended recipients. It enhances safety and reduces the risk of revealing insightful information to others. Provide users’ information meet their preferences
• It keeps a log that informs the sender that the recipient has received the information and viewed it. This feature assists the dispatcher to know the errors in message delivery and prevent resulting problems and the dispatcher may attempt sending the information again.
• It can automatically distribute new applications and data files. This increases scalability and automates software applications distribution leading to the reduction in the total cost of ownership (Aragon, 1997; Rivlin, 1997).
• It automates client system maintenance. It allows the clients to manage the software. It automatically sends upgrades to all the users immediately the upgrade is available through the network and installs on their computers without the users even knowing it. This feature is very useful since it ensures that the clients always use the latest software. It is also useful to users that don’t really have experience with software and upgrades.
The push software:
• Connects users to the Internet
• Browses the databases and Web sites of participating researchers and scientists
• Downloads updated information
• Formats the information into a pre-chosen format such as a screensaver or ticker tape
• Pushes the information onto a subscriber's PC screen
• Disconnects from the Internet
• Gives the subscriber a mechanism to either read the data
• offline or re-connect directly to the data on the Internet
Later on during the afternoon, our co-ordinator came in to our office to give us feedback on the work that we did so far. She corrected a lot of mistakes that we made and also reminded us that the CSIR is a scientific research organisation thus our research should be more focused on scientific information. And that actually meant that we had to re-work on the findings. It’s going to be a long week I tell you.
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