Software Technology

Software applications, such as those in healthcare, governance and financial industry, are becoming increasingly complex, due to the rapid increase in the power of hardware systems and advances in communication network technologies. The failure of such software would be expensive and inconvenient — even chaotic — but it could also, in an increasing number of cases, impinge on public safety.

“Farmers, fishermen as well as entrepreneurs in urban areas are rapidly adopting mobile phones as a key tool to advance their commercial activities, and some poor people are finding new livelihoods on the back of this trend.” — United Nations Information Economy Report, 2010