Ubiquitous Computing For Business Video Enhanced Edition

Following in the footsteps of the web, Web 2.0, and the iPod, Ubiquitous Computing ("UbiComp") is the next game-changing technology. Leading expert Bo Begole, the director of PARC’s UbiComp Center, shows executives, technology managers, and entrepreneurs how to successfully incorporate UbiComp into their own products, services, and strategies. Begole introduces the technologies of UbiComp, shows how they fit together, and identifies the challenges and opportunities they present. Next, he answers the key questions decision-makers and strategists ask most often about UbiComp, including: What is it, why does it matter, and how will it impact my business? What industries will be most affected first? Which parts of my organization will UbiComp change most? What UbiComp solutions should we consider for our internal business processes? How should I position my company for these transformations? What barriers must we overcome and which barriers can we erect for our competitors? What should I build, partner, or buy? What barriers does my company need to overcome to adopt a UbiComp-based business?

Ubiquitous Computing ("UbiComp") is the next game-changing technology. In Ubiquitous Computing for Business, Video Enhanced Edition , PARC UbiComp pioneer Bo Begole shows you how to successfully incorporate it into your products, services, processes, and strategies. Begole introduces UbiComp's component technologies, thoroughly illuminates its potential impact, and demonstrates how to achieve real competitive advantage with it. The videos included in this enhanced Safari title illustrate both the power and practicality of UbiComp for businesses and consumers.

This Element is an excerpt from Ubiquitous Computing for Business: Find New Markets, Create Better Businesses, and Reach Customers Around The World 24-7-365 (9780137064434) by Bo Begole. Available in print and digital formats. Finding breakthrough opportunities to add value in a world where computing is already ubiquitous. Computing has always been about creating results for human use, but in the past, the primary bottlenecks were technical. Today, the bottlenecks are primarily human: cognitive limitations of users, legal and policy constraints on data access, and the economic objectives of businesses. Today’s ground-breaking inventions require deeper knowledge of human, social, business, and political problems....

This Element is an excerpt from Ubiquitous Computing for Business: Find New Markets, Create Better Businesses, and Reach Customers Around The World 24-7-365 (9780137064434) by Bo Begole. Available in print and digital formats. Advanced secure printing from smartphones: how Xerox is leveraging the cloud to deliver a new generation of printing innovation. People occasionally need to print something from the phone: email attachments, presentations, brochures, or customized information sheets. Although Xerox could easily add Bluetooth or WiFi to its multifunction devices, new hardware isn't nee.

Provides research developments on mobile technologies and services. Explains how users of such applications access intelligent and adaptable information services, maximizing convenience and minimizing intrusion.

Following in the footsteps of the web, Web 2.0, and the iPod, Ubiquitous Computing ("UbiComp") is the next game-changing technology. Leading expert Bo Begole, the director of PARC's UbiComp Center, shows executives, technology managers, and entrepreneurs how to successfully incorporate UbiComp into their own products, services, and strategies. Begole introduces the technologies of UbiComp, shows how they fit together, and identifies the challenges and opportunities they present. Next, he answers the key questions decision-makers and strategists ask most often about UbiComp, including: What is it, why does it matter, and how will it impact my business? What industries will be most affected first? Which parts of my organization will UbiComp change most? What UbiComp solutions should we consider for our internal business processes? How should I position my company for these transformations? What barriers must we overcome and which barriers can we erect for our competitors? What should I build, partner, or buy? What barriers does my company need to overcome to adopt a UbiComp-based business?

" This book examines the implications of pervasive computing from an operational, legal and ethical perspective, so that current and future e-business managers can make responsible decisions about where, when and how to use this technology"--Provided by publisher.