Pervasive Computing and Its Impact on Next Generation Military Systems

Abstract

The former CEO of IBM, Louis Gerstner, once defined Pervasive Computing (PvC) as "a billion people interacting with a million e-businesses with a trillion intelligent devices interconnected." This is the vision of pervasive computing; a web of interconnected and interoperable devices, information, services and people. Enabled by the advent of broadband wireless and wired networks, the increased power and commodification of information technology (IT) components, and the emergence of a new class of software called middleware, technology companies around the world are spending trillions of dollars a year to make this vision of PvC a reality. This paper examines PvC, or, as it is sometime called ubiquitous computing, within the context of the greater IT-based "convergence" phenomenon. It also reveals how the technologies and solutions supporting this new compute paradigm will soon impact our next generation military systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 2003
Accession Number
ADA458201

Entities

People

  • Timothy A. Bailey

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Computational Processes
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Standards
  • Ubiquitous Computing

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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