Internet
to double its reach by 2012 "
... "The Anywhere revolution is gathering in steam," Emily
Green, president and chief executive of Yankee Group, said in an interview
with Dow Jones Newswires. She noted that it took 10 years for the
Internet to reach one billion people. The Internet will double its
reach by 2012, she said ... Green compared the widespread popularity
of broadband to the different applications of electricity. Electricity
went from powering lights to other devices such as coffee makers and
razors. The same broad application will happen with broadband, which
Green said has even more potential. "In terms of the cultural
and social impact, it will dwarf the last couple of revolutions we've
seen," she said ... " money.cnn.com (site accessed Sep
08)
WiMAX
to cover 1 billion users by 2012 "
... a good proportion of these will be in developing countries ..."
theregister.co.uk (site accessed Aug 2008)
See
also: 133
million WiMAX users by 2012 ""WiMAX
is here now and is the catalyst in the global marketplace to grow
demand for mobile broadband Internet access," said Ron Resnick,
president of the WiMAX Forum. "This new subscriber and user forecast
is a solid proof point of the future growth of the thriving mobile
Internet ecosystem and presents reasonable predictions of the positive
progress our industry is working to achieve." wimaxforum.org
(site accessed April 2008)
See
also:
Mobile
WiMAX will connect 8% of the world’s 1.1 billion mobile broadband
subscribers by 2012 "accounting
for nearly 88 million users worldwide, according to Mobile Broadband
Wireless: Path toward 4G. This new report from Parks Associates forecasts
52% of these subscribers will be from Asian countries while North
and South America will account for another 28%. hometoys.com (site
accessed June 2007)
See also: Mobile
Broadband users to pass 1bn by 2012 with HSPA accounting for over
70% juniperresearch.com
(site accessed Aug 2007)
Lines
between human/machine will begin to blur by 2012 "...
Justin Rattner , CTO and a senior fellow at Intel, told Computerworld
that perhaps as early as 2012 we'll see the lines between human and
machine intelligence begin to blur. Nanoscale chips or machines will
move through our bodies, fixing deteriorating organs or unclogging
arteries. Sensors will float around our internal systems monitoring
blood sugar levels and heart rates, and alerting doctors to potential
health problems. Virtual worlds will become increasingly realistic,
while robots will develop enough intelligence and human-like characteristics
that they'll become companions , not merely vacuum cleaners and toys
..." pcworld.com (site accessed July 2008)
Web
Bot - What is it? Can it predict stuff? "
...What about 2012 .... and the Web Bots? As I said, I’m not
seeing how a computer can figure out what’s going to happen
in 2012 simply by visiting websites published by real people. The
more data Web Bots get pointing towards 2012 just means more and more
people are publishing stuff about 2012 and the end of the world. Remember,
the only thing they can crawl is the internet and what you find on
the internet was created by real persons, not God. They will surely
get a strong correlation between 2012 and the end of the world; there’s
ton of websites talking about it ..." dailycommonsense.com
(site accessed Jul 2008)
Energy
costs for data centers forecast to leap 13-fold by 2012 "
Data centers - huge buildings that house the gear that drives the
Web - face a "slow-moving crisis" from the massive costs
of electricity needed to run and cool them. Today's typical data center
is 1,000 times as large and uses 1,000 times more kilowatt-hours than
a typical data center in 1972, said Subodh Bapat, vice president of
energy efficiency for Sun Microsystems. And it's only going to escalate.
He cited research showing the cost of powering data centers worldwide
could grow from $18.5 billion in 2005 to $250 billion by 2012 ...
origin.mercurynews.com (site accessed June 2008)
Quarter
of the planet to be online by 2012 "Researchers
are predicting that one quarter of the world's population will be
connected to the internet within the next four years. According to
the report by Jupiter Research, the total number of people online
will climb to 1.8 billion by 2012, encompassing roughly 25 percent
of the planet. The company sees the highest growth rates in areas
such as China, Russia, India and Brazil. Overall, the number of users
online is predicted to grow by 44 percent in the time period between
2007 and 2012. itnews.com.au (site accessed June 2008)
Blu-Ray
to overtake DVD in 2012 "While
Sony’s Blu-ray Disc technology may have gained a major foothold
yet, the next-generation home video format will overtake standard
DVD in four years. That’s according to numbers released this
week by the Entertainment Merchants Association, which expected that
Blu-ray will earn $9.5 billion in 2012, out of $25.6 billion in overall
home video revenue..." dealerscope.com (site accessed June
2008)
Inflight
broadband service revenue to grow to $936 million by 2012 "The
in-flight broadband services market is expected to grow to $936 million
in 2012, according to recent research by MultiMedia Intelligence (MMI).
MMI’s research report anticipates that given a projected 2H
2008 launch of revenue service—initial trials, with full launches
ensuing—the in-flight broadband market will debut and generate
$6.6 million worldwide in passenger revenues in 2008 ..."
Internet
to end in 2012? YouTube video claiming
that the internet as we know it will change and possibly end by 2012,
if not before, as a system of charging is being mooted. Note that
this video is entitled "The End of Sex and Porn", but that
is just to get your attention - the message is a serious one. youtube.com/AtheneWins
(site accessed June 08)
See also: Secret
plan to kill Internet by 2012 leaked? "Some
question if report that pay-per-view system to be introduced is a
hoax, but wider march to regulate the web is documented ..."
digitalizedrevolution.wordpress.com (site accessed June 2008)
PS3
to outsell 360 by 2:1 by 2012 "
... Idc Analyst Billly Pidgeon Projected Sales Numbers For The Three
Next-Gen Consoles, Through 2012. Pidgeon Suggested That By 2012, The
Ps3 Will Lead The Pack, With More Than 107 Million Units Sold Worldwide,
While The Wii Will Be Just Behind, At Nearly 107 Million Units...
To Some, The Big Shock In Pidgeon’s Report Is That The Xbox
360 Will Have Fallen Far Behind By 2012, With Just Over 40 Million
Units Sold ..." consoleupdates.com (site accessed May 08)
See also: 100m
Wii's sold by 2012 "
... Sakuri at Nomura has no doubts about the long-term popularity
of the console. He believes that by 2012 Nintendo could have sold
100m Wii's around the world. "Around
80 per cent of Wii consoles are in family living rooms. The company
has managed to embed the system in people's lifestyles.""
telegraph.co.uk (site accessed Jan 08)
See also: More
PS3s will sell than Xbox and Wii Strategy
Analytics forecasts that the PS3 will sell 121.8 million units by
2012, compared with XBox at 59.7 million units and the Nintendo Wii
at 23.3 million units. GameDailyBIZ (site accessed Nov 2006)
See
also: 35million
Wiis in America by 2012 nintendojo.com
(site accessed May 2007)
Renault
planning to launch electric vehicle by 2012 "Renault
has announced that it is currently working on an all-electric city
car and hopes to have it to market by the 2012 Olympics ...The new
car will be engineered from the ground up and will be Renault's first
electric car since its 1992 Zoom concept car ..." leftlanenews.com
(site accessed Apr 08)
See
also: Hyundai to produce fuel cell electric vehicles by 2012 "
... Hyundai plans to expand a demo fleet of FCEV´s to 500 units
by 2010, including mid-to-large size SUV´s, then establish a
small production system to begin mass production from 2012 ..."
worldwide.hyundai-motor.com (site accessed Mar 08) See
also this comment
50
million projectors built into phones by 2012 "
... Companies from all over the world have announced plans to enter
the miniature display market. With so many different parties willing
to make such an investment in the idea of mobile projection, it seems
to be a foregone conclusion that the mobile industry will soon see
many new devices that enable handsets to externally project images
..." cellular-news.com (site accessed Mar 08)
Fewer
notebooks and more open-source technology -
Gartner Highlights Key Predictions for IT Organisations and Users
in 2008 and Beyond ... "By 2012, 50 per cent of traveling workers
will leave their notebooks at home in favour of other devices ...
80 per cent of all commercial software will include elements of open-source
technology ..." gartner.com (site accessed Feb 08)
900
HDTV channels by 2012 "
....Viewers around the world can expect their HDTV broadcast opportunities
to grow by about 150 channels a year between 2006 and 2012, says a
study from Northern Sky Research (NSR) ..." rapidtvnews.com
(site accessed Feb 08)
Social
media users to exceed one billion by 2012 "Social
Media Applications -- such as MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr
-- will attract over one billion broadband users within five years,
according to market research from Strategy Analytics. The study recommends
that media companies view social media both as a tremendous opportunity
and a competitive threat ..." software.tetraki.com (site
accessed Dec 07)
See also: Social
networking to level off by 2012 "Membership
growth in social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook in
all regions is expected to peak in 2009 and level off by 2012 ..."
pcworld.com (site accessed Oct 07)
Vehicle
and people tracking revenues to reach 3.3 billion euros in Western
Europe by 2012 "
... wireless connected vehicle tracking solutions will be regularly
tracking over 15 million vehicles in Western Europe by 2012 ...The
tracking of people through their mobile phones is also set to increase
as concerns over personal security outweigh reservations over privacy
and as the controlled use of personal location information becomes
more accepted. The tracking of staff, particularly vulnerable workers,
will be a strong initial driver in the business sector, but personal
security applications in the private sector, such as child tracking
are also gaining acceptance ..." juniperresearch.com (site
accessed Dec 2007)
25%
of Entertainment by 2012 Will be Created and Consumed Within Peer
Communities " ... 'The trends we
are seeing show us that people will have a genuine desire not only
to create and share their own content, but also to remix it, mash
it up and pass it on within their peer groups - a form of collaborative
social media,' said Mark Selby, Vice President, Multimedia, Nokia
... Selby continues, "We think it will work something like this;
someone shares video footage they shot on their mobile device from
a night out with a friend, that friend takes that footage and adds
an MP3 file - the soundtrack of the evening - then passes it to another
friend. That friend edits the footage by adding some photographs and
passes it on to another friend and so on. The content keeps circulating
between friends, who may or may not be geographically close, and becomes
part of the group's entertainment." money.cnn.com
(site accessed Dec 2007)
Nearly
24 million subscribers to use 3G LTE technology for mobile broadband
services by 2012 "Juniper Research
predicts that subscriber numbers for 3G LTE (Long Term Evolution)
will approach 24 million by 2012, just two years after the early versions
of the technology are expected to be deployed. The report discusses
how LTE is expected to be the long term successor in mobile broadband
as it offers a migration path from existing 3G/HSPA technologies already
in place ..." juniperresearch.com (site accessed Nov 2007)
Mobile
VoIP users to hit 250 million by 2012 "Rapid
growth is expected in the sphere of mobile VoIP due to the potential
for consumers to save on their bills, according to a new study. Research
conducted tech advisory firm Disruptive Analysis suggested that mobile
internet technologies such as 3G will be regularly used to carry voice
calls within the next five years. In fact, it was predicted that VoIP
over 3G will pick up some 250 million users by 2012, despite very
few people currently making use of these services ..." telappliant.com
(site accessed Nov 2007)
Invisible
tank ready for service by 2012 "New
technology that can make tanks invisible has been unveiled by Britain's
Ministry of Defence. In secret trials last week, the army said it
had made a vehicle completely disappear and predicted an invisible
tank would be ready for service by 2012. The new technology uses cameras
and projectors to beam images of the surrounding landscape onto a
tank ..." Dailymail.co.uk (site accessed Nov 2007)
Global
Ethernet market will exceed £15bn in 2012 "Ethernet,
the networking technology that analysts predicted would die in the
1990s, will be a £15bn market by 2012, according to analysts
at Ovum Research. The current 20% annual growth of the technology
is driven by expanding telecoms carrier Ethernet offerings, says Ian
Redpath, senior analyst and co-author of Ovum's latest forecast analysis
..." ComputerWeekly.com (site accessed Nov 2007)
2012:
A Day in the life of John Webber "John
Webber is a young, ambitious professional. He has a very intense life
with interests spanning work, social and political aspects, many friends
spread all over the world and a girlfriend. He is accustomed to using
new technologies and web 3.0 services: he sees them as a way to simplify
his life and enable the broad, rich set of personal and digital interactions
that he requires on daily basis in his life. John
works for a multinational enterprise. He uses his mobile appliances
(laptop, office PC, smartphone, etc.) in an interchangeable way, to
interact with colleagues, send/receive multimedia e-mails and edit
reports and critical information for his company...." Marco
Casassa Mont, www2.hp.com/blogs (site accessed Oct 2007)
Sex
with robots by 2012 "...
In 2006, Henrik Christensen, founder of the European Robotics Research
Network, predicted that people will be having sex with robots within
five years ..." msnbc.msn.com (site accessed Oct 07)
Commercially
Available Cellulosic Fuel by 2012 "...
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Energy,
John Mizroch:"We‘re doing something very important for
the country. We‘re trying to create an industry that doesn‘t
exist yet. That is, cellulosic energy biorefineries ... Mizroch
outlined his goal to bring commercially available cellulosic ethanol
to the market by 2012 ..." hoosieragtoday.com (site accessed
Oct 07)
South
Korea to develop a jumbo "flying ship" by 2012 "South
Korea said today it planned to develop a "flying ship" capable
of carrying 100 tons of cargo at a cruising speed of up to 300 kilometres
per hour ... The
craft will be 77 metres (254 feet) long and 65 metres wide, and is
designed to benefit from the powerful natural lift achieved by objects
travelling at high speed close to the water surface ..." economictimes.indiatimes.com
(site accessed Sept 2007)
Mobile TV Worth $6.6 Billion From 120 Million Viewers By 2012 "There
will be nearly 120 million people watching mobile broadcast TV in
more than 40 countries by 2012, which will generate $6.6 billion in
revenue according to Juniper Research. That’s a significant
jump from the 12 million viewers the analysts expect for this year
... " moconews.net (site accessed Sep 2007)
Linux
will be on a third of Smartphones by 2012 "By
2012, Linux will be running on nearly 31 percent of all smart devices,
thanks to a growth rate faster than Windows Mobile and Symbian, according
to predictions from a research firm ..." pcworld.com (site
accessed Sep 2007)
Mobile
social media booming by 2012 "
... Globally, end-user generated revenues from social networking,
dating and personal content delivery services will increase from $572m
in 2007 to more than $5.7bn in 2012, with social networking accounting
for 50% of the total by the end of the forecast period ..." juniperresearch.com
(site accessed Aug 2007)
Long
term movement of the North Magnetic Pole "The
change in velocity of the North Magnetic Pole since the early 1970s
has been remarkable – 9 km/yr to 41 km/yr. This is clearly seen
in the accompanying plot which shows the average rate of motion between
observations as a function of time. The acceleration has also increased
from 0.22 km/yr2 to 2.21 km/yr2 ..." gsc.nrcan.gc.ca
See also: Magnetic
field reversals gsc.nrcan.gc.ca
(site accessed Aug 2007)
My
computer in 2012 "
... In 2012, my computer is the size of a credit card. I'll take it
with me wherever I go and turn it on either using a scan of my eye
or my thumb. It comes with no monitor and no keyboard, but once turned
on, it will project a display on a surface, and I can tap and move
around objects like an iPhone. I will mostly interact with it via
voice, ...." Si Chen, opensourcestrategies.blogspot.com
(site accessed Jul 2007)
Google to tell us what we want by 2012 "
...The
goal is to enable Google users to be able to ask the question such
as 'What shall I do tomorrow?' And 'What job shall I take?' "
latimes.com (site accessed July 2007)
Big
jump in touch-screen technology by 2012 "
... Revenue for the eight leading touch-screen technologies overall
is expected to rise from $2.4 billion this year to $4.4 billion by
2012, primarily due to increased use in mobile phones, personal digital
assistants and game consoles ... " wirelessweek.com (site
accessed June 2007)
Online
ad spending to double by 2012 "According
to a report by JupiterResearch, projections of online ad spending
are predicted to nearly double by the year 2012. Total U.S. ad spending
is anticipated to grow from $19.9 billion in 2007 to $35.4 billion
in 2012. The explosive growth of social networks will provide a valuable
space for online advertising by creating an abundant availability
of inventory..." adotas.com (site accessed June 2007)
Online
gaming to beat $13 billion by 2012 "A
new report by analyst firm DFC Intelligence has claimed that the total
worldwide market for both online gaming subscriptions and the trade
of virtual in-game items will surpass $13 billion by the year 2012..."
mcvuk.com (site accessed June 2007)
Global
mobile broadcast TV subscribers to exceed 150 million in 2012 "A
new report by independent market analyst Datamonitor, predicts the
number of mobile broadcast TV subscribers to grow from a mere 4.4
million today to an estimated 155.6 million by the end of 2012 ..."
domain-b.com (site accessed June 2007)
What
TV will look like in 2012 "
... Will the networks always cater to advertisers first? We could
go to a pay-per-view paradigm -- I might pay a couple of bucks to
download commercial-free episodes of shows I really liked, and I bet
plenty of other folks would too ... " film.com (site accessed
May 2007)
The Game Industry in 2012 "In
an entertaining, insightful and sometimes tongue-in-cheek presentation,
GoPets founder and CEO Erik Bethke has looked forward five years.
Here are his 20 predictions. They might not all come to pass, but
you’ll do well to be prepared…" next-gen.biz
(site accessed May 2007)
No
landlines by the end of 2012 Landline
use is already declining, and with WiFi enabled cellphone services
being rolled out, landlines look set to be a thing of the past. Fractals
of Change (site accessed May 2007)
Linux to appear on 200 million plus mobiles by 2012 "
... Today, just over eight million handsets are making use of a commercial
Linux OS, but this will rocket to more than 127 million during the
five-year period of growth, with real-time operating system (RTOS)
replacements adding another 76 million handsets to this tally, according
to figures from ABI Research ..." ITPro (site accessed Apr
2007)
Gmail storage to reach 3560 MB by 2012 Webpronews.com
(site accessed Mar 2007)
Wi-Fi phones will disappear from the market by 2012 "...
according to a report from Juniper Research. The
company predicts that the world-wide market for voice-over-Wi-Fi handsets
will grow to almost US$70 billion by 2012, but that only two percent
of this will be WLAN-only handsets. The vast bulk will be dual-mode
handsets, able to operate as both WLAN and cellular phones. "The
handset market is moving to a stage where no one wants to carry two
or three devices in their pocket, so the ability to have a single
device for all calls is a compelling proposition," said Basharat
Hamid Ashai, the report's author..." pcworld.com (site accessed
Mar 2007)
The
world of work in 2012 "...
In 2012, the most important part of your cell phone plan will be the
price per transferred megabyte, not call minutes. You'll leave your
house without a timetable printout, a clear idea of what gift you
want to buy for your girlfriend, or even where the shop you want to
visit is. You'll read all your email on your cell phone first, and
only use a computer when the response needs to be more than a couple
of lines ... " Gabor's Blog (site accessed Feb 2007)
Broadband
to reach almost half a billion subscribers worldwide by 2012 "
... The
latest update to ABI Research's online Broadband Subscribers Database
forecasts that the total number of DSL and cable broadband users in
the world will grow by an average of 9% annually over the next five
years to reach 480 million subscribers by 2012 ... " abiresearch.com
(site accessed Feb 2007)
Residential VoIP users to hit 267m by 2012 "Global
residential VoIP services will attract 267 million subscribers in
2012, a huge jump from the 38 million users registered last year,
new research has predicted...." itnnews.com.au (site accessed
Feb 2007)
The
wireless world in 2012: An Olympic Dream "You
begin the day on your 4G cellphone/PDA by confirming the schedule
of events, then activating your electronic tickets so you can use
the express line at the security gate. While you've been "on
hold" on your phone, waiting for confirmation, you've been on
your PC checking the weather (a sunny day, of course) and looking
for the least-congested route to Wembley Stadium...." CommsDesign.com
(site accessed Jan 2007)
5
Reasons Mac will overtake Windows in the Home by 2012: 1)
Overall market share on the rise; 2) iPod V Zune; 3) Windows Vista;
4) Usability; 5) Power of the Bloggers. Converting.com (site accessed
Jan 2007)
Organic Electronics Market to reach $19.7 billion by 2012 "....The
commercialization of organic electronics is also leading to research
into new kinds of materials. For example, solution-processable small
molecule materials promise larger and lower cost OLED displays and
hybrid organic/inorganic materials will help expand the photovoltaic
markets with lower cost solar panels and effective solar chargers
for mobile electronics. And, as organic electronics materials begin
to be manufactured in commercial quantities, NanoMarkets expects prices
to fall dramatically which, in turn, will make it easier for organic
electronics to penetrate new markets.." Nanomarkets.net (site
accessed December 2006)
iPod
will release a new model by 2012 capable of holding a whole year's
worth of video contact "Google's
Vice President of European Operations, Nikesh Arora, recently spoke
at the FT World Communications Conference and told attendees that
iPod will have almost unlimited storage potential for music and video
in the near future...." webpronews.com (site accessed Dec
2006)
A
shockwave of technology change by 2012 "...the
convergence of the World Wide Web and the telephone network will create
a new animal he calls "the great Internetwork" that will
extend far beyond desktop PCs and telephones to reach cars and other
mobile platforms .... "Everyone will want to connect to database,
like a wildebeest wandering through the Serengeti, where everyone
wants to feed on it..." John Gantz, chief research officer
of IDC, quoted by CIO India (site accessed Dec 2006)
2012
Advanced User TV Experience "I
am in digital-electronics-gadget nirvana. My home sports a fully wireless
broadband Internet environment, where content moves freely among the
home serve, several multiple high definition screens, the office PC
and the mobile devices that I continually upgrade...." Donna
Bogatin, zdnet.com (site accessed Dec 2006)
Global
vehicle production to reach 78m by 2012
"Automotive
research firm CSM Worldwide has looked into its crystal ball and forecast
that worldwide vehicle production including cars and trucks will jump
to 78 million units for 2012 from the 2005 level of 62 million. The
biggest region for growth is China, whose output is expected to increase
106.3% by 2012 with total production close to 10 million cars."
Motorauthority.com (site accessed Nov 2006)
See
also: Chrysler
aims to double international sales by 2012 bbj.hu
(site
accessed Jan 2007)
"Passive
TV viewing is alive and well, niche audiences grow and
there’s an enormous opportunity for high-quality personalised
and participatory content" - 2012 prediction for TV by Fremantle
CEO Tony Cohen. Jemima Kiss, paidContent.org (site accessed November
2006)
High
definition DVDs will take until 2012 to comprise more than half of
the overall DVD market "The eleventh
edition of Kagan's market research report The State of Home Video
forecasts, unsurprisingly, that the VHS video format is in its very
last days and that while standard-definition DVD discs rule the market
in 2006, their share will diminish as high-definition formats like
Blu-ray and HD DVD (or a possible hybrid of the two) gain traction
and consumer adoption. What might be surprising is how much time (or,
depending on your point of view, how little time) Kagan forecasts
that high-definition disc formats will only comprise more than 50
percent of the DVD retail sector in the year 2012."
Digitaltrends.com
(site
accessed October 2006)
Third
of cars to get Bluetooth coms by 2012 Electronics
Weekly.com (site accessed July 2006)
Starting
up in 2012 "08.52 Welcome to the
Microsoft Horizon Operating System. Today is July 10th 2012. The temperature
outside is 105 degrees Fahrenheit, the windspeed is 40 knots gusting
to 80 knots, the air pollution level is extreme and the UV level is
dangerous. The Homeland Security Threat Level is red ..." Mark
Gibbs, Network World (site accessed July 2006)
US
Uranium industry to produce 20 million pounds by 2012 StockInterview.com
(site accessed July 2006)
Touchscreen
phones could reach 40% of handsets by 2012 "...Strategy
Analytics predicts that the touch screen user interface in mobile
phones will start to see significant growth by the end of 2007, assuming
that the right conditions are present. By 2012, 40% of all phones
may incorporate touch screen technology .... (the report) concludes
that the mobile phone market is almost ripe for an explosion in touch
sensitive user interfaces and, when it comes, it will be capacitive
technology that dominates." NE Asia Online (site accessed
July 2006)
Internet
Protocol (IP) surveillance market to reach $6.48 billion by 2012
"End-users'
need for remote accessibility of real-time data will push the world
Internet Protocol (IP) surveillance markets from $435.8 million in
2005 to $6.48 billion in 2012, according to research firm Frost &
Sullivan's report, 'World Internet Protocol Surveillance Markets.'
'IP
surveillance system facilitates remote accessibility of real time
data, which is the greatest differentiating factor with respect to
conventional systems,' says Frost & Sullivan research analyst
Sathya Durga. 'Through this feature any video data which may be live
or recorded can be accessed from any location in the world through
network systems.'" Industry Week (site accessed July 2006)
India
To Have 13 Million Wireless Broadband Subscribers By 2012
“There
is huge potential for broadband wireless Internet and voice-over-IP
services in India because there are still more than 600,000 villages
with no basic communications services..” ContentSutra
(site
accessed July 2006)
Corporate
IT managers have about five years to prepare for a shock wave of technology
change
"By 2011 or 2012, the trends will become more severe, forcing
companies to adapt or disappear...the convergence of the World Wide
Web and the telephone network will create a new animal ..."the
great Internetwork" that will extend far beyond desktop PCs and
telephones to reach cars and other mobile platforms. That will change
business forever as it multiplies the number of "customer touch
points," counted as Internet commerce transactions." ITWorld.com
(site accessed June 2006)
NHS
Computer system to link general practitioners (GPs) in England to
nearly 300 hospitals by 2012 "It
involves an online booking system, a centralised medical records system
for 50m patients, e-prescriptions and fast computer network links
between NHS organisations ....senior academics question whether the
National Programme for IT has been properly designed and rigorously
reviewed to meet the needs of 24-hour health care." BBC News
(site accessed June 2006)
Key
technology predictions 2003-2012 Wireless
networks; networked chips; microelectromechanical systems; alternate
power sources; pen and paper will join the digital world - predictions
by Gartner. Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends (site accessed
May 2006)
Subscribers
to Mobile WiMAX services will skyrocket over the next several years,
growing from 1.7 million in 2007 to 21.3 million in 2012, according
to a new study by Juniper Research. The growth will follow the initial
release of certified WiMAX equipment planned for early 2007. EETimes.UK
(site accessed May 2006) Article
no longer accessible
See
also: 67
million WiMAX subscribers by 2012. newswireless.net
(site
accessed Feb 2006).
Worldwide
homecare systems expected to reach $1.2 billion by 2012 "The
homecare market is changing. New services needed in the home include
intravenous (IV) therapy, pain control, and basic needs services delivery.
Delivery of new services depends on systems integration." Genetic
Engineering News (site accessed May 2006)
The
Web will be out of IPv4 addresses by 2012 "By
2012 about 17 billion devices will connect to the Internet, estimates
Research firm IDC Corp. Frost & Sullivan's principal analyst for
carrier infrastructure Sam Masud agrees. '2012, that's when we estimate
the world will be out of IPv4 addresses,' he said. 'Between 15 and
20 years isn't exaggerating.' InformatioWeek.com (site
accessed May 2006)
