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Paul HornIBM Senior VP and
Director of Research
University of ColoradoUniversity of ColoradoSeptember 14, 2000September 14, 2000
The Future of Information Technology
Information Technology Information Technology will Change Everythingwill Change Everything
World of the Future
The Third Wave
"We are witnessing nothing less than the "We are witnessing nothing less than the rise of a new economy --- a digital rise of a new economy --- a digital economy --- a new global medium that will economy --- a new global medium that will be the single most important global driver be the single most important global driver of business, economic, and social change in of business, economic, and social change in the next century"the next century"
-- LVG; June 14, 1999
On an extended time scale and over many different On an extended time scale and over many different generations of technology, the rate of growth in IT generations of technology, the rate of growth in IT performance has continued to increase. New technologies performance has continued to increase. New technologies for extremely dense storage, enormous bandwidth over for extremely dense storage, enormous bandwidth over optical fibers, and faster transistors are fueling this growth. optical fibers, and faster transistors are fueling this growth.
Although in the next ten years substantial barriers to Although in the next ten years substantial barriers to further progress will be encountered in many areas,further progress will be encountered in many areas, history history hhas shown that we have always found new technologies to go as shown that we have always found new technologies to go beyond those which are reaching their limitations. beyond those which are reaching their limitations.
Progress in information technology (IT) continues at an ever increasing pace.
Trend 1
after Kurzweil, 1999 & Moravec, 1998
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For current applications, good enough performance thresholds For current applications, good enough performance thresholds will be passed for many compute platforms and components. will be passed for many compute platforms and components. (PCs, Single function servers, Displays, Hard disk drives)(PCs, Single function servers, Displays, Hard disk drives)
Commoditization increases (silicon, disks, servers and raw Commoditization increases (silicon, disks, servers and raw bandwidth) driving providers to seek differentiation via new bandwidth) driving providers to seek differentiation via new features and higher levels of service.features and higher levels of service.
Opportunities for differentiation abound but will require higher Opportunities for differentiation abound but will require higher risk and significant investment.risk and significant investment.
Technical and economic thresholds will be passed, enabling new Technical and economic thresholds will be passed, enabling new applications and uses.applications and uses.
Implications
The The first wave of connectivity (1980's)first wave of connectivity (1980's) linked people within a linked people within a business and between academic communities via e-mail. business and between academic communities via e-mail. The The second wave of connectivity (1990's)second wave of connectivity (1990's) enabled businesses and enabled businesses and growing numbers of people to interact via e-mail, web browsers growing numbers of people to interact via e-mail, web browsers and collaborative tools. Internet based business models and and collaborative tools. Internet based business models and communities have evolved. communities have evolved. TheThe third wave of connectivity (2000's)third wave of connectivity (2000's) will involve objects - will involve objects - products, everyday things and sensors - connecting the digital products, everyday things and sensors - connecting the digital and physical worlds. New paradigms such as locality-aware and physical worlds. New paradigms such as locality-aware devices, always-on mobile connectivity and environment-aware devices, always-on mobile connectivity and environment-aware products, will drive the intermixing of personal and business products, will drive the intermixing of personal and business activities and ever tighter IT integration into human lives.activities and ever tighter IT integration into human lives.
Connected computation everywhere will rapidly change the interaction of people and objects with the digital world, making pervasive devices the dominant means of information access.
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Web servers with demonstrations on the internet.
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**assuming shared BW, i.e. cost of **assuming shared BW, i.e. cost of 2Mb/s 3G cellular is $300 in 2002.2Mb/s 3G cellular is $300 in 2002.
Cost of Equivalent Functionality (Chipset)
Pervasive devices will become the dominant means of information Pervasive devices will become the dominant means of information processing and access.processing and access.
New form factors will drive technology and innovation, and create New form factors will drive technology and innovation, and create opportunities for new applications and services.opportunities for new applications and services.
Digitally connected objects will increasingly interact autonomously.Digitally connected objects will increasingly interact autonomously.
Medical and other physiological needs will increasingly drive the Medical and other physiological needs will increasingly drive the evolution of the human cyborg.evolution of the human cyborg.
Technical capabilities are catching up to perceptual and computational Technical capabilities are catching up to perceptual and computational capabilities of humans, but people still will be very aware that they capabilities of humans, but people still will be very aware that they are dealing with machines (ie. forget HAL).are dealing with machines (ie. forget HAL).
The networks, servers and software infrastructure will be challenged.The networks, servers and software infrastructure will be challenged.I-4
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Note: Does not include cars with driver information systems (approximately 8% of 150 Million in 2006 - Jupiter)
Pervasive Devices Will Be the Dominant Means of Information Access
Economic incentives increasingly support IT delivery through Economic incentives increasingly support IT delivery through an information utility paradigm. This paradigm takes an information utility paradigm. This paradigm takes advantage of economies of scale (redundancy, peak load advantage of economies of scale (redundancy, peak load handling, skills and knowledge) and the need for companies handling, skills and knowledge) and the need for companies to focus on core competencies rather than increasingly to focus on core competencies rather than increasingly complex IT management tasks. This shift is being driven complex IT management tasks. This shift is being driven by the rise of e-business, high-speed networks, and open by the rise of e-business, high-speed networks, and open interoperability standards.interoperability standards.
An intelligent infrastructure is emerging to flexibly balance An intelligent infrastructure is emerging to flexibly balance the forces of centralization with opposing forces, such as the forces of centralization with opposing forces, such as limitations in local bandwidth, latency and the limitations in local bandwidth, latency and the heterogeneity of compute platforms. heterogeneity of compute platforms.
A utility-like model for value delivery through IT will emerge, based on an intelligent infrastructure.
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No "grand centralization" will occur, rather a hierarchy of centralized tiers No "grand centralization" will occur, rather a hierarchy of centralized tiers will govern IT deployment.will govern IT deployment.
The migration of intelligence into the network will ignite battles between The migration of intelligence into the network will ignite battles between platforms for infrastructure function (traditional IT vs networking platforms for infrastructure function (traditional IT vs networking technology). technology).
New businesses models, based on a utility-like infrastructure will emerge New businesses models, based on a utility-like infrastructure will emerge based on interoperability standards.based on interoperability standards.
IT costs will be reduced by deploying massively redundant low cost IT costs will be reduced by deploying massively redundant low cost component architectures, reducing costs over and above economies of scale. component architectures, reducing costs over and above economies of scale.
IT value will be increasingly measured, managed and optimized using IT value will be increasingly measured, managed and optimized using business performance metrics.business performance metrics.
IT labor will be increasingly displaced by technology, accelerating the IT labor will be increasingly displaced by technology, accelerating the change from a human-intensive to a knowledge-intensive businesschange from a human-intensive to a knowledge-intensive business..
Implications
Higher level building blocks allow programmers to focus on Higher level building blocks allow programmers to focus on adding new functionality with more efficiency, flexibility adding new functionality with more efficiency, flexibility and speed to market, as well as involve subject matter and speed to market, as well as involve subject matter experts. As these building blocks mature, they experts. As these building blocks mature, they standardize and become part of the winning application standardize and become part of the winning application platform. platform. The high bandwidth connectivity of the Internet and The high bandwidth connectivity of the Internet and interoperability standards will allow software applications interoperability standards will allow software applications and services to be offered as building blocks to higher and services to be offered as building blocks to higher level applications and services through the net. level applications and services through the net.
IT value will advance by building higher level software components, increasingly delivered as services, on winning application platforms.
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Next Generation e-Business Platform
Data and information have exploded due to e-commerce, business Data and information have exploded due to e-commerce, business process automation (e.g. ERP, SCM, CRM), modeling and simulation and process automation (e.g. ERP, SCM, CRM), modeling and simulation and increased connectivity through the Internet and pervasive devices. In increased connectivity through the Internet and pervasive devices. In the highly competitive world of e-business, only companies with the the highly competitive world of e-business, only companies with the capability and structure to leverage this data to best advantage will capability and structure to leverage this data to best advantage will survive.survive.
Sophisticated management and analysis of data will enable winning Sophisticated management and analysis of data will enable winning enterprises to rapidly and flexibly react to market events (sense and enterprises to rapidly and flexibly react to market events (sense and respond). For example, the static supply chains of today will be respond). For example, the static supply chains of today will be transformed by dynamic trading in business-to-business electronic transformed by dynamic trading in business-to-business electronic marketplaces.marketplaces.
The e-business of the future will be dynamic, adaptive and continuously optimized, depending on powerful business analytics and knowledge management for survival.
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Information Grows Exponentially
TPC-D benchmark became obsolete on February 16, 1999. TPC-D is replaced by TPC-H (random queries) and TPC-R (known queries, e.g. reports)
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Strategic Research Themes Pervasive computingPervasive computingIntelligent e-business infrastructureIntelligent e-business infrastructure
Platforms: (net.commerce, WebSphere,...) Platforms: (net.commerce, WebSphere,...)
eUtilitieseUtilities
Unstructured knowledge management Unstructured knowledge management Next generation webNext generation webGrowing our OEM businessGrowing our OEM business
Communications & pervasive technologyCommunications & pervasive technologyStorageStorage
Exploratory researchExploratory research
Paul HornIBM Senior VP and
Director of Research
University of ColoradoUniversity of ColoradoSeptember 14, 2000September 14, 2000
The Future of Information Technology