To explain the notion of hyperconnectivity, imagine any asset communicating effortlessly and seamlessly, sharing content and making collaboration possible between anything IP addressable
There are four fundamental pillars that make up the foundation of a hyperconnective framework.
The first pillar of hyperconnectivity consists of software applications that run on PCs, servers, devices or embedded on microchips. Software applications offer innovative services and solutions for consumers, businesses and governments.
Major software development platforms: Microsoft’s .NET and Sun Microsystem’s Java.
Need: Software developers need a platform that enables them to build a new generation of hyperconnective applications.
The second pillar of hyperconnectivity enables applications to simply and easily obtain an Internet connection. Network connectivity is especially important when using wireless technologies such as cellular networks, wireless sensor networks or wireless computer networks.
Example providers: Aeris and Ambient Devices.
Initiative: The Ambient Networks Project, which has the goal of creating a ubiquitous connectivity environment in which applications can obtain a connection regardless of the connection technology used or carrier available.
The third pillar of hyperconnectivity is the reliable, backbone technology that supports an ever-scaling, high-speed, high-bandwidth Internet communications infrastructure.
Example providers: Alcatel-Lucent, CISCO, Ericsson, Huawei, Motorola, Nokia, Nortel and Qualcomm.
The fourth pillar of hyperconnectivity provides an in the cloud, secure and flexible communications framework. An Internet Service Bus enables developers, end users and system administrators to dynamically configure who and what their applications can interconnect and interact with.
Initiatives: Linxter and Microsoft BizTalk Services.
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