Internet and Multimedia Technology Trends

  • The Browser will become the preferred interface.

  • Java, already known as the defacto standard, will offer more attractive features in reducing the cost of internet development to that of classical client/server projects.

  • Event-based modeling will provide software developers significant advantages over in-house development.

  • Sophisticated tools will monitor display events as they change. Agents will be used to post events, but will be able to make their own decisions about how to process events. Window dialogs will assist engineers with dynamics of display objects.

  • Businesses will find they will not be equipped to keep-up with new multimedia technology. To compensate, they will defer to out-sourcing to obtain Internet Technology.

  • The proliferation of the internet will give rise to Data/Service Centers, that will provide multiple companies access to data and services on a global basis. Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) become prevalent. .

  • Embedded wireless communication will find its way into the internet. This technology will facilitate remote access to the Internet, rendering further proliferation of its use.