The Internet is just the beginning: in the next few years, computers will become part of a worldwide network connecting everything from mobile phones to TV sets. In this book, best-selling e-business consultant Daniel Amor identifies the revolutionary technologies and architectures -- and the new business models -- that will enable breakthrough success in the next Internet revolution. In this book, best-selling author Daniel Amor shows how to lay the groundwork for competitive advantage in the new extended Internet. Amor covers key applications ranging from mobile commerce to home automation to next-generation Internet services. Amor introduces the key technologies of the pervasive Internet, including WAP, UMTS, XML, Jini, Bluetooth, and Microsoft .NET, and presents eight pervasive computing "vignettes," complete with technical solutions and business cases. For all e-business decision-makers and implementers -- technical and non-technical -- seeking new opportunities for competitive advantage.
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Leverage the next e-business revolution!
Dot.coms may be dead, but the Internet is alive and kicking. What's more, it's transforming itself into a worldwide "pervasive computing" network that will connect everything from mobile phones to TV sets—and offer unprecedented business opportunities. In this book, best-selling e-business consultant Daniel Amor identifies the revolutionary technologies and architectures—and the new business models—that will enable breakthrough success in the next Internet revolution. You'll discover how to:
- Lay the groundwork for competitive advantage in an era of pervasive computing
- Identify next-generation opportunities—from mobile commerce to home automation and beyond
- Build pervasive computing applications that users will pay for
- Leverage tomorrow's core technologies: XML, Jini, Bluetooth, Microsoft .NET, WAP, UMTS, and more
- Future-proof your existing Internet infrastructure and applications
Daniel Amor presents several pervasive computing "vignettes," ranging from alarm systems to party planning—complete with business cases and technical solutions. He concludes with a preview of the social, political, privacy, financial, and technological effects that will accompany the new pervasive computing paradigm.
Internet Future Strategies doesn't just help you anticipate the future of e-Business: it delivers a clear blueprint for profiting from it.
About the Author
DANIEL AMOR, a leading e-Business consultant for Hewlett Packard in Germany, is author of the worldwide best-seller E-business (R)evolution (Prentice Hall PTR). He is currently involved in several enterprise-class e-Business projects for Hewlett Packard throughout Europe and the Middle East.
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The Future is here!,
By Elfi Jones (Chicago, IL, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Internet Future Strategies: How Pervasive Computing Services Will Change the World (Paperback)
Amor describes the arising future not only from a technological point of view, but also from a business point of view and how it will impact society. This book provides a great outlook on new technologies, such as Jini, .NET and 3G and puts them into context. He shows how the Internet will evolve and which new technologies will become available in the next few years. If you read The E-Business (R)Evolution, this is the logical next step. And this time it has even been properly edited the first time!
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beautifully written, elegantly thought out book,
By Andrew Allentuck (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Internet Future Strategies: How Pervasive Computing Services Will Change the World (Paperback)
Pervasive computing is a concept that is so broad, so inclusive, that it is hard to define. From the readily appreciated idea of personal digital assistants that are hooked up to the internet via digital cell phones to cars with GPS devices that tell computers where they are and receive back data on avoiding traffic jams, the potential for the field is vast. And exciting.Daniel Amor, an internet expert who works for Hewlett Packard in Germany, has put together a beautifully written, elegantly thought out book on what pervasive computing will be. He covers a huge territory from the web today to the migration of wired services to wireless space: mobile architecture, mobile apps, home automation, business automation, services to be, and structures to be. There are imaginative case studies of services that pervasive computing will permit: web-based reporting of credit card theft, objects with tiny chips reporting their whereabouts to police when stolen, even toothbrushes with medical diagnostic chips reporting to a user or a dentist what is wrong with the user's teeth. The last case suggests the current problem with pervasive computing. The technology to make it happen exists, but users have not demanded anything like it. The talking refrigerator that orders more milk is widely ridiculed. Do we want a toothbrush to call a dentist? Socks to call a podiatrist to report a case of athlete's foot? An antacid pill that could report to an physician? The solution is to have third party administration of all this intimate data, Mr. Amor says. Many would disagree, suggesting that the cure is not to collect it at all. Currently, wireless security is not as strong as hardwired network security can be. And even that is fragile, given advances in password cracking. In a developing world of wireless services, pervasive computing is likely to grow in unpredictable ways. At the threshold of this new world, Daniel Amor's Internet Fuure Strategies has done a masterful job of mapping what may be. His work is superb, his insights often remarkable. If pervasive computing is part of your work, get the book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Introduction and Overview,
By Jenny Lang (Düsseldorf, Germany) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Internet Future Strategies: How Pervasive Computing Services Will Change the World (Paperback)
This book gives you an up-to-date overview of new devices, technologies and business cases. The book is a very good choice for professionals who wants to know about the new technologies but without the necessity to have a detailed knowledge. The focus is on the business case and how to make the ROI work. Anyone investing into the future of the Internet needs to read this book!
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