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 Services, not packaged software, with very cost-effective scalability
Control over unique data & sources that get richer with more users
Trusting users as co-developers & harnessing collective intelligence
Leveraging the ‘long -tail’ thru customer self-service+global sourcing
Software beyond the level of a single computer /device /machine
Lightweight user interface, development models,& business models |
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| A Machine-To-Machine "Internet Of Things" …..Extracted from Business Week & Forbes 2006 For years, tech visionaries have spun dreams of a world of connected, communicating machines -- what they call the Internet of Things. Some gurus predict that within a few years, there could be more gizmos chattering away over the Net than there are people. New wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi & RFID that can link computers, consumer electronics, vehicles, & millions of other devices are vastly speeding the process. "This is going to be very big," …By 2008, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication could drive a $180 billion annual business in hardware, software, & services, up from about $34 billion today. |
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