FutureNet: The Past, Present, and Future of the Internet as Told by Its Creators and Visionaries - Hardcover

Richards, Sally

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471433241 ISBN 13: 9780471433248

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, 2002

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"FutureNet" widmet sich der brandaktuellen Frage: Wohin führt uns das Internet in Zukunft? Das Buch gibt einen einzigartigen Einblick in mögliche Entwicklungsperspektiven für Investoren, Manager und Konsumenten. Autorin Sally Richards hat bereits zwei Bücher über die Entstehung des Internet geschrieben. Sie ist ein Silicon Valley Insider und verfügt über erstklassige Kontakte zu Spitzenvertretern der High-Tech Branche. Hier bietet sie Informationen aus erster Hand: Die Internet-Pioniere Vint Cerf und Len Kleinrock kommen ebenso zu Wort wie Internet-Wissenschaftler, -Technologieexperten und -Unternehmer, die die Internet Economy geprägt haben. In "FutureNet" beschreibt Sally Richards, wie die nächste Entwicklungsstufe der Internettechnologie und damit auch der Internet Economy aussehen wird. Sie geht auf neue Trends, Konzepte, Zukunftschancen und Investmenttrends ein, die sich aus der Weiterentwicklung der Internettechnologie ergeben. Darüber hinaus untersucht sie, was Unternehmen wie AT&T, Cisco und MCI tun, um die nächste Phase der Internetentwicklung einzuleiten, und analysiert Forschungsprogramme an internationalen Universitäten. Mit einem Ausblick auf die künftigen Standards der Geschäftsabwicklung. Eine interessante und sehr aufschlussreiche Lektüre.

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SALLY RICHARDS is a veteran technology and business journalist of eighteen years and an author of books addressing the future of technology, including Inside Business Incubators and Corporate Ventures, Dot-com Success! Surviving the Fallout and Consolidation, and Silicon Valley: Sand Dreams and Silicon Orchards. She is the cofounder of Wild Women of Wonder, a group of more than 200 Silicon Valley movers and shakers who meet weekly to discuss issues of the heart and mind, and LiLoTe (Life, Love, Technology), a group of technologists addressing the mounting challenges between technologists, technology, and government intervention. You can find out more at www.SallyRichards.com.

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Find out where the Internet has been and where it is going
 
FutureNet: The Past, Present, and Future of the Internet as Told by Its Creators and Visionaries delivers an eye-opening account of how the Internet has evolved from a fictional concept to a communications system for national defense to an important business tool and limitless space that continues to grow at an incredible rate. Silicon Valley insider Sally Richards introduces you to the visionaries who have shaped the networked world . . .
* J. C. R. Licklider
* Douglas Engelbart
* Dave Farber
* Len Kleinrock
* Vint Cerf
* And many others
 
. . . and clearly addresses the new trends, concepts, and business issues arising from the evolution of the Internet.
 
FutureNet delves deep into an ever-changing technological world in which scientists, technologists, and entrepreneurs seek to push the envelope of innovation as uninformed lawmakers try to control the Internet through legislation. From ARPANET, TCP/IPs, and the advent of the World Wide Web to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), encryption, and copyright issues, you'll see how the Internet was developed, how it got here, and where it might be going.

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In 1945 The Atlantic Monthly published an article titled "As We May Think" by Vannevar Bush that planted the seeds for the potential uses of technology. Bush described a future device he called "memex" that enabled users to store and access all of their books, records, and communications with exceeding speed. Bush's work inspired generations of individuals to seek a boundless future where communication and knowledge flow endlessly over computer networks. Since that time, individuals, companies, and countries have put forth an effort to build the Internet and make it a viable tool of communication, commerce, and, more recently, an instrument to spread peace. Author Sally Richards takes a controversial look at what events birthed the Internet, what and who carried through the task of building the infrastructure, and its biggest technological, ethical, and moral challenges going into the future.
 
Silicon Valley insider Sally Richards introduces you to the visionaries who created and shaped the Net. Technologists and visionaries such as Fred Baker, Stewart Brand, Vint Cerf, Alan Cooper, Bruce Damer, Douglas Engelbart, Judy Estrin, Dave Farber, Jerome Glenn, Brewster Kahle, Leonard Kleinrock, Stuart Lynn, Craig Newmark, Charles Ostman, John Perry Barlow, Kim Polese, Lawrence Roberts, Bob Taylor, Dave Winer, Bob Young, Phil Zimmermann, and many others speak frankly about the past, present, and future of the Internet.
 
FutureNet takes readers through a journey from ARPANET to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), encryption and copyright issues, and patents. And what can we expect of a system that in fact did survive a terrorist attack with hardly a glitch when two major nodes were brought down? FutureNet delves deeply into the ever-changing, volatile world of today's technology and all of its challenges. Scientists, technologists, and entrepreneurs seek to push the envelope a little further every day, as uninformed lawmakers and government agencies try to control the Internet through legislation. What will become of the Internet and how will you be affected?
 
Through revealing profiles, candid discussions, and tireless research, Sally Richards weaves a history of the Internet's creation and evolution as it's never been done before. You'll learn how and why the Internet has become such an integral part of our lives, how much further we can expect it to become integrated into our world, and why companies such as E Ink, AT&T Labs, and Bluetooth have the potential to shape the networked world.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471433241
• ISBN 13: 9780471433248
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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