2023-07-12 01:04:20
Currently there is a group of five technological “superpowers” that although often not seen, are part of everyday life. They are so embedded in everyone’s lives that they often go unnoticed. However, they have made it possible to digitize absolutely everything: they are tools and capabilities that human beings did not have before.
They all complement each other, resulting in greater interaction between people and machines, said Santiago Cardona, general director of Intel for Latin America, during the Intel Powerhouse, an event that brought together industry leaders and technology experts in Bogotá. .
The first is ubiquitous computing and that translates into chips (processors). Most electronic devices have a “brain”, a computing power, that component that allows a device to have intelligence. An example: a computer is equipped with a microprocessor that is what allows it to do calculations and functions.
Being ubiquitous means that it is present on many more computers, not just on PCs and cell phones. They also exist in household appliances such as refrigerators and smart televisions that offer the possibility of connecting to the WiFi network. How does he do it? Because of the processor that has the ability to “think”, to do something.
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Then a second link in this chain appears and it is ubiquitous connectivity: it is everywhere and we rarely realize it. That is where connectivity networks appear (4G, for example), WiFi. It is the ability to establish a connection of any kind, be it from a communication to a link.
There is also a third “superpower” that is the cloud: the place where all that information that is shared is stored. A place that is not physically seen, but exists. “The cloud is an abstract concept to define the computing capacity that is in the data center,” said Cardona.
In other words, when you consult social networks, the connected device has to go to consult the information in this great data repository; or when you take a photo, it is stored there for others to see.
The fourth technology that has been revolutionizing the industry is Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is responsible for interpreting the millions and millions of data that circulate on devices or on the Internet. AI has the ability to take a large volume of information and process it through algorithms: it makes something useful, makes life easier.
And the fifth point is sensory capacity. Most electronic devices are equipped with sensors that serve to make predictions and give answers. The video surveillance cameras and those of the computers that act as eyes; or the voice assistant who has hearing ability.
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“The great advantage of having sensors is that it makes communication much more interactive at the human level, that you can interact with a machine as you do with a person, you talk to it, it listens, it sees you,” Cardona said. .
After knowing this panorama, it is essential to take into account that as users who make use of these five technologies, we also face several challenges at the same time, especially those related to computer security, because as everything is digitized Furthermore, there is a great risk that this amount of information (most of it personal) that circulates will be violated.
For Santiago Cardona, the challenge for each person and for companies is to work on how to mitigate these risks, which is achieved using the best technologies, such as those related to processing that make information more secure.
Intel’s Xeon 4 chips, created especially for Data Centers, for example, make it possible for information from one point to another to arrive encrypted: it is a confidential computing technology.
Another big challenge is sustainability: as the world becomes more digitized, energy consumption increases. It is one more consequence of living in this age of digitization. “The solution is to buy the best technological advances that save energy and are more efficient.” The technology in all this becomes the very answer to those solutions, according to the expert.
How digitized is the region?
According to Cardona, talking about how digitized Latin America is is something very relative, because it varies a lot depending on the country, because there are some that are more advanced than others in certain technologies.
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An example: Brazil has already adopted 5G connectivity networks (omnipresent connectivity), which represents a great advance in the digitization of people and industries, while in Colombia (it is still 4G) the spectrum is barely going to be tendered, a process that is expected to be completed before the end of this year.
One more case that the Intel executive said is that Colombia has a higher computing penetration compared to other countries in the region, such as Mexico. In other words, in the latter there are not enough people and companies that have as much access to computers, in percentage terms. Compared to the amount of population, there are more devices in Colombia than in Mexico. In this regard, Colombians are more digitized.
According to the IDC FutureScape 2023 report, which presents information on technologies, markets and ecosystems, by 2028 more than 35% of the budgets related to information technology (IT) of the 5,000 largest companies in Latin America will be allocated to connectivity, security, computing and data assets.
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