Ubiquity

Heath Johnson, Nick Shaw, Danny Sloan, Brittany Milbourne, Danny Murphy

What is Ubiquity?

Defined as the existence or apparent existence everywhere at the same time; omnipresence

More or less means that a piece of technology is used by people all around the world.

SOAP• Simple Object Access Protocol

• Effective communication

• XML, HTTP, SMTP

• 3 main parts:-Envelope-Set of encoding rules-Convention

SOAP Characteristics

Extensibility

Neutrality

Independence

SOAP Pros & Cons

Advantages:-Versatile-Tunnels over firewalls & proxies

Disadvantages:-Slower than competing technologies-Only one party can use services of the other

What is XML?

Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules used to encode data.

Data is encoded inside of tags used to describe each data component.

<example>This is a sample of how to encode data in XML</example>

What makes XML Ubiquitous?

Unicode Language:

<俄语>данные</俄语>

Basis of many coding languages

Many APIs are created to read/write to and from XML syntax

Commonly used applications have version that employ open source XML formats

Applications that use XML

Ubiquity In API/GUI• Found in many devices

• Phones

• Computers

• MP3 players

• Uniform User interface

• Easier, more efficient

Ubiquity in Security

Many people use security in phones, computers, and their homes

Negative Outcomes

Easy to bypass a uniform system

Security must be unique, and will not be if ubiquitous

Many different types of security systems

Ubiquitous Network Access

• Anytime, anywhere

• Wi-Fi

• Mobile Hotspot

• Routers

Ubiquitous Physical Devices

Future of physical devices

How we will interact

How our lives will change

Surface Technology

Interactive Environments

Microsoft’s Surface Technology

The Cloud

Importance of Cloud computing

Future of the Cloud