Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118176073 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Authors: The Top Ten Business Take-Aways from TrillionsPeter Lucas
We put microprocessors into nearly every significant thing that we manufacture, and the cost of routine computing and storage is rapidly becoming negligible. We have literally permeated our world with computation. But more significant than mere numbers is the fact we are quickly figuring out how to make those processors communicate with each other, and with us. We are about to be faced, not with a trillion isolated devices, but with a trillion-node network: a network whose scale and complexity will dwarf that of today’s Internet. And, unlike the Internet, this will be a network not of computation that we use, but of computation that we live in. Written by the leaders of one of America’s leading pervasive computing design firms, this book gives a no-holds-barred insiders’ account of both th
"This book made me mad" according to zzzz. Am I the only person who hated this book? I had expected something forward-looking and thought-provoking with explosive ideas. That was the impression I came to this book with. I did not expect a commercial for the company the writers belong to, MAYA. I didn't expect that, and I resent that I was subjected to it. I didn't expect a book that was long on subjective retelling of history and short on forward thinking. While I sat plodding through this incredibly dry book I couldn't shake the im. Dan Droz said Thought Provoking. Trillions is one of the smartest, most thoughtfully written books I've read in along time, extending the idea of pervasive computing to include a new vision for an information ecology where hardware and software evolve as a network of interconnected fungible elements. The authors have managed, through great story telling and an interdisciplinary understanding of economics, business, design and technology, to make complex ideas seem both obvious and surprising. They've balanced accessible la. "Should help us start connecting the dots - and there are a lot of dots" according to G. Hirsch. My clients and I like thinking about the future - it's important to business strategy, and a challenge to envision your industry's future and prepare to capitalize on it. So, for the holidays this year, I'm sending each client a copy of Trillions. This book is about preparing for the inevitable moment when everything in our lives is connected through the Internet. For forward-thinking companies, this means significant opportunity.The central premise of Trillions is that, in a short time, ev