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.
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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.