Broadband technologies will soon make high-quality, real time collaboration - between anyone from anywhere in the world - a reality, with enormous implications for the conduct of business. This book provides insights into this phenomenon and to the dramatic opportunities it will open up for today's companies. This book contains the latest thinking from the world's leading experts on this subject, including Clayton Christensen, Reed Hundt, and others. The debate over the future of broadband is ongoing, and this book offers a cogent picture of where broadband can really take us, how soon it will happen, which emerging technologies hold the most promise, and what businesses have to do to position themselves for success.
Most of us techno-geeks live and breathe in the world of broadband, and it's become an invisible "given" in our lives. But often it's good to step back and look at the broader picture of the industry... This book does just that: The Broadband Explosion - Leading Thinkers on the Promise of a Truly Interactive World edited by Robert D. Austin and Stephen P. Bradley. Contents: The Promise of Broadband: The Broadband Explosion; Broadband and Collaboration; Broadband … more