From the Information Age to the Intelligence Age: Exploiting IT and Convergence
Earnshaw, Rae A. Vince, J.A.
Earnshaw, Rae A.
Vince, J.A.
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2008
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Our ability to generate information and transport it about the planet on super highways
of optical fibre is changing the way in which we communicate, work and live.
There is not a single aspect of our lives that has gone untouched by the communication
and computing revolution that is now upon us. As the pace of change gathers it
will become clear that it will overshadow the impact of the printed word, industrial
revolution, and physical transport. The next major wave of IT development must focus
on the delivery of information and experience on demand, in the right form, at the
right time, at the right price to fixed or mobile terminals anywhere. Ultimately, bandwidth,
distance and time will no longer be significant cost elements as service and
access become the dominant features of the changing demands of an information and
experience focused society.
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Earnshaw RA and Vince JA (2008) From the Information Age to the Intelligence Age: Exploiting IT and Convergence. In: Digital Convergence - Libraries of the Future by Earnshaw RA and Vince JA (Eds.). London: Springer-Verlag: 241-251.
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