trends of infocomm james seng [email protected]
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Disclaimer
Any ideas, concepts and opinions expressed here are my own and may not
reflect the opinions of Infocomm Development Authority and/or any organizations I am affiliated with.
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Revolutions
1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
1770s Steam Engine
2050
1820s Railway and Telegraph
1940s Computer
1960s ARPANet
1850s Railway Boom
2100
Ind
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Info
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ion 1990s Internet Boom
Burst
Burst
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Internet boom and burst
Burst
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Internet growth
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1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001
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Hosts
Burst??
Source: http://www.isc.org/ds/host-count-history.html
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Internet growth
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Year
Population (in millions)
Burst??
Source: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/how_many_online/index.html
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Telecomm crisis?
Source: http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=2098913
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Where do we go from here?
1860s Now
Now 2100
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Generation Revolution
Next Generation (N-Gen) Born after 80s
“Nintendo Generation”
First generation to grew up with digital and infocomm technology
Use technologies in ways we cannot envision
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The N-Gen…
is unimpressed with technology
not afraid of technology
the authority in technology
uses technology with ease
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Convergence
IP device
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Convergence or Collision?
Philosophy:Smart Network,Dumb Device
Philosophy:Dumb Network,Smart Device
Bang
AT&T is investing 3B USD to move from circuit-switch network to an IP packet. 1,000TB of traffic on the IP network compared with the equivalent of 450TB a day moving on the voice switches.
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Internet Boom and Burst
Many companies crashed and burned.
Too much bandwidthCheap bandwidth
It is from the ashes of the burned Phoenix that a phoenix is reborn.
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Learn from the N-Gen
Future
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Trends: Gartner Hype Chart
VisibilityPeak of inflated expectations
Trough of disillusionment
Slope of enlightenment
Plateau of productivity
Emerging trends
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Trend 1: Peer-to-Peer
Problem or opportunity?
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Trend 2: IP Telephony
2.7M IP Telephony users in Japan as of 2002
“All the calls you want to make for only US$9.99 a month!” from ITU Newsblog
Technology Standards: SIP, ENUM
“1,736,247 download since 2th Oct launch”
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Trend 3: Blog
Source: Joichi Ito http://joi.ito.com/
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Trend 3: Blog
Technology Standards: Semantic Web (RDF)
The Growing Blogsphere
Hosted Blogs Created Growth Rate
2000 135,731 NA
2001 958,182 606%
2002 2,163,636 126%
2003 5,007,272 131%
2004 (est) 10,283,687 105%
Source: Perseus Development Corp.
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Crisis of the Society
Real world to Cyber worldRape -> IRC sex offendersRobbery -> Bank hackingJunk Mail -> Email Spam
Culture Identity
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Conclusion
This is only the beginning!We live in very interesting time…