Consequences of a Software-Defined World #reinventthenet
The Internet and Other Consequences of a Software-defined World
IFTF Second Curve Internet Speaker Series with Bob Frankston—April 21, 2015
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Looking at the Internet as part of a large scale transition to a software-defined world, Bob Frankston considered the Internet's history in the context of disruptive changes wrought by new digital technologies. In the near future, we'll need Internet-native policies that provide what Frankston is calling ambient and borderless connectivity.
Looking ahead, the concepts behind the Internet constitute a new literacy that frames our understanding of how systems work, much as Copernicus’ solar system let us see the regularities upon which Newton built his physics.
About Bob Frankston
IFTF is honored to feature Bob Frankston. Frankston is perhaps best known as the co-creator with Dan Bricklin of VisiCalc (the first spreadsheet program) and the co-founder of Software Arts, the company that developed it. At Microsoft he championed home networking, shifting the model of connectivity from being a billable service to infrastructure. He is continuing this effort as an advocate of ambient connectivity.
Bob Frankston graduated from MIT with an MS in CS and is a fellow of the IEEE, ACM and the Computer History Museum. He is a distinguished lecturer of IEEE and on the Board of Governors of its Consumer Electronic society.
About the Second Curve Internet Speaker Series
This event is part of IFTF’s Second Curve Internet Speaker Series, an exploration into the critical elements necessary to reinvent the Internet, stemming from our 2014 Ten-Year Forecast research. The series gathers leading minds together with IFTF’s deep experience thinking about technology and the ways of communicating, coordinating, and organizing in the changing world around us.
More Information
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