Novelties On The Internet Technology and Services

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Novelties On The Internet Technology and Services

• Budi Rahardjo
• http//budi.insan.co.idInstitut Teknologi
  Bandung
• 2004

Presented at Techno Pre-Eminence 10th Conference
Exhibition 2004 (TPE-2004), RISTI, PT
Telekomunikasi Indonesia, December 2nd 2004
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Internet Wonders

• IEEE Spectrum November 2004 asked 40 Tech
  Gurus Most important technology of the last 40
  years. Answers
• Integrated Circuits
• Internet
• Computers
• Technology that has evolved in a surprising ways
• Internet
• Cellular

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History of the Internet

• Started as a research network, ARPANET
• Grew to cover research and education entities
• (Thus, it is mind boggling when somebody said
  internet for education.)
• Then, 1990s, become accessible to public and
  commerce. All hell breaks loose!

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History of the Internet (part 2)

• Future Internet Protocol (IP) becoming public
  utility, ubiquitous / pervasive
• Difficult to find the right business model,
  especially when it has become public utility
• Internet2 (back to square one)?

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History of Internet Applications

• Email (still the most popular applications)
• File transfer (FTP)
• Information system (gopher, WAIS, etc.)
• Hyper information system (WWW, portal, weblog
  blog, virtual desktop)

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BLOG
http//gbt.blogspot.com
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History of Internet ApplicationsMultimedia Apps

• Multimedia applications
• Streaming audio video
• Games / entertainment
• VoIP, MoIP
• (Voice over Bluetooth?)

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GAMES
TANTRA
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History of Internet ApplicationsPeer To Peer
Applications

• P2P applications (file sharing / exchange,
  multimedia exchange)
• Bandwidth hungry
• Legal aspect?
• What kind of business model?

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History of Internet Devices

• Computer terminals
• Personal computers, portable notebooks
• Cellular phones and PDA. Mobile devices
• Internet-enabled devices (coffee maker, toaster,
  refrigerators, TiVo)
• Next? ATM machines, embedded systems

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Technology Drivers

• Computer Technology
• Moores law complexity doubles every 18 months
• Good enough
• Storage Technology
• Increases 3 times / year
• Good enough
• Network Technology
• Increase in speed, lower in price
• But new bandwidth-hungry applications.The need
  for (more) speed!

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Internet Governance

• No centralized management (?). Responsibilities
  are distributed (e.g. IP allocation, DNS).
• What about ENUM?
• ICANN vs. ITU
• Communities
• Co-operation and collaboration are the keys
• Open standards based on consensus (e.g. RFC)
• Open forum to discuss technical aspects
• Caught Government off guard
• Still trying to find the best Internet governance
  model

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IP Problems

• IP (v4, that is) is not the best protocol, but
  good enough.
• No guarantee. No QoS.
• (Sometimes) it is difficult to predict the
  quality.
• Solution?
• Many managed solutions have failed to gain
  popularity. For example Asynchronous Transfer
  Mode (ATM). Would MPLS have the same fate?
• Just throw in more bandwidth if you need more.
  Bandwidth is cheap.

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IP Problems

• IP (v4) has no built in security
• Solution?
• Add band-aid / patched security solutions. Good
  enough.
• Security built in applications, instead
• Would IP v6 help? Maybe but need more IPv6
  devices

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Problems vs. Opportunities

• But, IP is so pervasive. Everybody uses it. You
  cannot escape from it. Mind as well build
  opportunities around it.
• How to unlock the opportunitiesbehind IP
  business ?

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Summary

• The Internet is here and will continue to grow
  with
• New applications and technologies
• New innovations
• Still trying to find
• the right (Internet) governance model
• the right business model

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the Internet

• The most important technology for the last 40
  years?
• THE INTERNET
• The most important technology in the next decade
• THE INTERNET
• Technology that has evolved in a surprising way
• THE INTERNET