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Supernova 2005: It's a Who le New, Connected World
Published: July 27, 2005
Coming Soon...A Single, Global, Collaborative Virtual IT World (Phew!)
"Something fundamentally big is happening that will profoundly affect the life of
every person and every business over the next five to 15 years -- the collapsing of
everything into one single, global, ubiquitous, collaborative virtual IT world."
So said Hossein Eslambolchi, president of AT&T's Global Networking Technology
Services, at the recent Supernova conference co-sponsored by Wharton in San
Francisco. The conference, now in its fourth year, explores the forces in technology
that are driving computing from a centralized model to a decentralized one, from the
center to the 'edge.' These forces, which demand new systems and business models,
represent both threat and opportunity, said conference organizer Kevin Werbach, a
Wharton professor of legal studies and business ethics.
Eslambolchi was among those who focused on the opportunity: the benefits of a
single, global, and collaborative information technology world. Imagine, he suggested,
a time when "the network will take over the headache of managing disparate
technologies. It will be like having a conference call with four people, each speaking a
different language with the network rapidly translating everything into English."
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