8CIOReview | | JUNE 2023TRENDS SHAPING THEFuture of Connectivity By Thomas Feichtinger, Director Enterprise Architecture, Inspire BrandsIN MY OPINIONThomas Feichtinger presently works as a Director Enterprise Architecture of Inspire Brands. He has over 30 years of experience in building the enterprise architecture organization and have worked in all major industries and with technologies from mainframes to LISP machines. His main interests are in solving tough problems, whether they are technological, personnel, or process. During his career he has been on the leading edge of imaging, workflow, mobile computing, optical character recognition, artificial intelligence, as well as solving the Traveling Salesman Problem What are some of the challenges impacting enterprise architecture in the wireless space?Wireless connections are rapidly becoming the norm. In addition to private residences and places of business, it's available in a wide variety of other settings, including airports, restaurants, public transit, and even aeroplanes. Because of this, people are expecting to be connected all of the time, whether it is to make phone calls, play games, browse the internet, or use applications on their smartphones. While that's good, the problem with wireless from an architecture perspective is that the more the quantity of
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