When WWW was built, it was nothing else than a private, closed and scientific network to share and exchange files, articles, in a steady rythm. Fair enough. From Tim Bernes-Lee’s Arpanet to Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn who created TCP/IP protocol, everything was done in a “scientific, military, professional” approach, for few users in fact. And from a couple of hundred scientifics to 2,4 billions users, let’s say there’s probably a huge gap…And the emergency to rebuild something different, from scratch or in incremental way, but reboot the system. Some say that the only IPv6 solution (eg that solutes the problem of the exponential needs for IP address) is already a titans’ work…And don’t believe it will be possible to start from zero, and recreate something more efficient.
The experts say there’s challenges that this new “web” must overcome, as:
- security: inside and bornbuilt security systems to avoid firewalls and sustain authentification, without identity hacking
- mobility: only the network counts, as you’re mobile, you never have to be unplugged by ruptures in the different networks/rates. content everywhere, anytime, anydevice and without any interruption
- resources: always find the best way with less consumption to deliver content
- multilanguages: to improve the writing, characters and different signs in any language
- repetition: push messages on several networks at-a-time
No need to say that facing these big issues, the former structure of Internet is not sufficient anymore. And different theories with for example, IP concepts that identified localised adress more than identity, or identify contents or services more than machines. Internet may be tomorrow a single highway more than a network of networks, which was the spirit of the begining. And has to be more “fluent” and flexible, dealing with the huge amount of datas and contents that goes every day all around the world. The future is in creating emergency roads, to double and increase the different ways to deliver datas rate, called “redondance”, and give up with old IP notion: enhance security and hold the real identity online, through a personal adress, linked to people/place (eg mobile) more than device. A very interesting journey and project, and we know it worths all over the efforts to get there.
Moreover:
– http://www.strategyland.com/2011/rebuild-the-internet
– http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/a-call-to-rethink-internet-search
– http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/techfile/240835-smartphones-make-internet-giants-rethink-strategy.html
– http://www.rethinkeverythingblog.com/the-internet-of-things
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