Comparison of Internet Usage and Threats Faced by Society and Organizations

Individual Report

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
1. Comparison and contrast in between positive as well as negative uses of internet to society
and businesses.............................................................................................................................1
2. Illustrate threats faced by society and organisation while making use of internet. Along
with this, identify measures for security and privacy when services are being used online.......3
3. Carry out comparison in between two unified communication providers with respect to
distinct features referred by them................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9

Introduction
Internet refers to global system of interconnected computer network which makes use of
TCP/IP protocol suite for linking devices worldwide. This implies network of network which
involves government, business, academic, public and private networks of local to global scope
which are associated via optical, wireless and electronic networking technologies (Abomhara and
Køien, 2014). They are being used by firms for rendering their services in an appropriate way by
carrying out research in specified domain as well as analyse what is being done by their
competitors and accordingly itr assists within formulation of strategies. To understand the
concept of internet from research to e-commerce, Microsoft is being taken into consideration. It
is a public company which was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
There products comprises of Windows, Office, Visual Studio, mobile, software and many others.
This report involves comparison and between antagonistic & optimistic usage of internet, threats
being faced by firms and unified communication providers.
1. Comparison and contrast in between positive as well as negative uses of internet to society and
businesses.
The global wide area network which is liable for connecting computer systems around
the world is referred to as internet. This involves different high-bandwidth data lines which acts
as backbone of internet (Alrawais and et. Al, 2017). These lines are connected with one other
through hubs, ISPs and web servers. Internet imply the place where different kinds of
information is present and also assist within carrying out communication. Internet offers
enhanced communication, information learning, entertainment, social network and electronic-
commerce. It enables them to have impelling services and acquire knowledge with respect to
this. Internet renders both affirmative and pessimistic impacts on the both firms as well as
organisations. Affirmative uses of internet are illustrated below:
 Easier to do research: Before individuals went to libraries for having access to different
research topics but through utilisation of internet subscription can be made for online
journals or browsing is carried out for having specified information for developing
conceptual framework. More research are being published which leads to generation of
knowledge (Andrea, Chrysostomou, and Hadjichristofi, 2015). Apart from this, it will
render individuals to search for job opportunities, watch TV shows or read something.
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 Interact with individuals quickly: At present time person can communicate with
anyone through online mediums. For this, services like gmail and Skype can be utilised
for enabling individuals to interact within any part of the globe where internet services
exist (Chasaki and Mansour, 2015). Along with this, face to face, emails and pictures can
be sent which makes it easy for being in contact.
 Possibility for earning from home: Internet enables to earn online by filling up forms,
by clicking on advertisement or writing. Information acts as a valuable asset for which
people are willing to pay. By posting advertisements online, sellers and manufactures
can have higher possibility for selling their products. Like eBay, Amazon, etc.
 Quick business transactions and affordable products: Buyers as well as sellers can
carry out transaction via online paying facilities such as credit cards or Paypal.
Individuals can search online as well as chose products as per their choices. At present
scenario, all the brick & mortar stores have their own website which enables them to buy
products easily and sometimes even without shipping charges.
 Savings on travel cost: Internet enables individuals of Microsoft to opt for
teleconferencing which means that they need not to physically move anywhere its just
talking about matters (Gupta and Jha, 2015). This saves travelling cost in terms of
travelling costs, conference rooms and it becomes easy to communicate around the
world.
The negative uses of internet are specified below:
 Individuals get addicted to online games: This is the worst aspect which is being
rendered by internet as when people get addicted then they spend most of time in this
which could have otherwise utilised within something else.
 Pornography is rampant: Anyone who makes use of internet can upload any kind of
pornographic material either for fun or just for commercial purposes. This will lead to
corrupt minds of young people which are not appropriate for them.
 Loss of human touch: People are addicted to online tend activities that leads them to
forget real world people also exist within their surrounding who have socialisation needs
(Hossain, Fotouhi and Hasan, 2015). This denotes that significance is given to virtual
environment or people rather than real ones. Internet has evolved so much that they even
do not communicate with their family members in an unwanted manner.
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