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Inescapable Data: Harnessing the Power of Convergence (paperback)

ISBN: 0137026730
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2005
Pages: 159

Authors: Chris Stakutis, John G. Webster

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• Inescapable Data: Harnessing the Power of Convergence
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
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• Foreword
• Preface
• Overview
• Intended Audience
• The Interviews as a Foundation
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• ChapterOne.The Inescapable Data Vision
• ChapterTwo.The Connectivity Divide
• Introduction
• Wireless and WiFi: From Confusion and Competition to Possible Synergy
• Nokia and DoCoMo Versus the Old Guard
• Connecting You
• Connected and Truckin
• Staying Connected Down on the Farm
• Connected Camping
• Untethered Displayable Data
• Religion and the Connected
• Summary
• ChapterThree.Inescapable Data Fundamentals
• Introduction
• What Is Important in Communication?
• From Postal Mail to Voicemail to E-Mail to IM and Beyond
• Data-Everywhere Devices
• Enabling Pervasive Networking
• XML...Describing It All
• Summary: The Final Blend of Ingredients
• ChapterFour.FromWarfare to Government, Connectivity Is Vitality
• Introduction
• Instant Messaging: Changing Command and Control in War
• Battlefield Connectivity
• A Connected Homeland
• Pervasive Public Surveillance
• Connecting State Governments...Together
• Summary
• ChapterFive.Pervading the Home
• Introduction
• Key Foundation Technologies
• RFID, Wireless, and XML
• For Example, Refrigerators
• From Laundry and Home Inventory to Energy Systems
• Home Security: Video
• GPSTracing Our Steps
• Summary
• ChapterSix.Connecting Medicine
• Introduction
• DNAMassive Data, Massive Value
• BioinformaticsPharmaceuticals
• Radiology
• Hospitals
• Scheduling Care Delivery
• Pediatric and Personal Health Care
• Summary
• ChapterSeven.Work Life: Oxymoron No Longer
• Introduction
• Converged ConnectionsOf Conference Calls, Cell Phones, and WiFi-Enabled Laptops
• WorkHome
• Instant Messaging
• Groupware and Virtual Office
• Text Messaging and Convergence
• The New Employee: Independent Consultant
• Social Implications
• Summary
• ChapterEight.Real-Time Manufacturing
• Introduction
• The Changing Manufacturing Landscape
• Value Stream Mapping
• RFID and Real-Time Insight into the Supply Chain
• New Computing Architectures Driven by RFID-Type Sources
• The Shipping Business
• Customized Through to Consumer
• Video-Controlled Production
• Summary
• ChapterNine.Sports and Entertainment: Energizing Our Involvement
• Introduction
• Auto Racing by Numbers
• Heads-Up Sports
• Inescapable Data and the Individual Athlete
• The Inescapable Data Racquet
• Teams and Fans: Real-Time Participation
• Player Tracking and Analysis
• Participatory Games
• TV: Yielding to User-Designed Viewing
• Video Business, Connected Style
• Summary
• ChapterTen.Connecting to Retail
• Introduction
• RFID and the Grand Retail Vision
• Mining Retail E-Commerce
• Charting the Course of Customers
• Watching Store Operations
• Metro s Future Store: A Look at Where It All Comes Together
• Buying ShoesHow Extreme Customization Is Possible
• Summary
• ChapterEleven.Computer Storage Impacted by Inescapable Data
• Introduction
• Data Classification
• Store Everything?
• The Data Preservation Challenge
• Breakthrough Compression
• Video and Media Driving Storage Growth
• From Blocks to Files to Objects
• Data Protection
• Storage Utility
• Summary
• ChapterTwelve.Super Computers, Visualization, and Networks
• Introduction
• Super Computers
• Visualization and 3D Graphics
• XML and New CPUs?
• Intelligent Networking
• Internet Enterprise
• Motes
• Summary
• ChapterThirteen.Inescapable Data in Perspective
• What Is Inescapable Data?
• Venture and Investment
• Should I Worry About Too Much Data and Connectivity?
• What Should I Be Doing to Exploit the New World?
• Predictions
• Summary
• This Book Is Based On In-Depth Interviews With These Industry Thinkers
• Index
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