Preparing for Web 3.0: A Business Primer for The Next Generation Internet Environment
Abstract
The next generation of the World Wide Web will evolve rapidly and
dynamically over the next few years as the Internet infrastructure develops
and expands. New technologies and applications such as intelligent search,
cloud computing and ubiquitous connectivity will dramatically impact the
business practices of broadband service providers. The time for investigation into so-called “Web 3.0” applications is now. This report provides forward-looking insights and analysis of the next-generation Web to am the reader with greater situational awareness. We also identify some of the companies and individuals who will be key players in the new Web environment, including Google, IBM, Microsoft, Apple and AT&T.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: The Evolution and Revolution of the Web
- What’s Next? Key Technologies and Participants
- The Semantic Web/Intelligent Search
- Cloud Computing/Hosted Applications
- Ubiquitous Connectivity
- Modeling, Decision-Making, and Risk Assessment
- Assessing the Potential: Opportunities and Risks
- Semantic Web Opportunities/Strengths
- Semantic Web Risks
- Cloud Computing Opportunities/Strengths
- Cloud Computing Risks
- Ubiquitous Connectivity Opportunities and Strengths
- Ubiquitous Connectivity Risks
- Web-Assisted Decision-Making Opportunities and Strengths
- Web-Assisted Decision-Making Risks
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Definitions
- Appendix B: List of W3C Members
- About the Author
- Also from Pike & Fischer
- About Pike & Fischer’s Broadband Advisory Services
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About the Analyst
Tim Deal
Tim Deal serves as our Senior Analyst, with a special focus on broadband-enabled consumer electronics devices and on emerging mass market applications such as online video sharing and VoIP-optimized e-commerce. Tim has developed SWOT analyses on such products as the iPhone, the Apple TV service, and rich-media applications on such social networking sites as MySpace. Tim has been providing detailed and actionable competitive intelligence analysis to leading technology firms for more than seven years. In that time he has authored more than one hundred comprehensive syndicated reports and an equal number of custom financial models covering the computing, consumer electronics, digital media, and storage industries. Prior to his career in competitive intelligence, Tim served as a counterintelligence/human intelligence and force protection analyst with the United States Army. Tim lives in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire. Contact Tim at tdeal@pf.com.
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