The Network: the New Infrastructure of Our Future Prosperity
THE NETWORK: THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR FUTURE PROSPERITY By: Karl-Heinz Land Author, Speaker, and Investor neuland GmbH & Co.KG he digital matrix permeates all areas In many regions of the world, a new Tof modern life. Digital transformation digital infrastructure is emerging. This is not only growing at a fast speed but data and communication system is a also permanently increasing acceleration. global, finely woven fabric that will be Although the media, business, and politics much larger, more powerful, and more talk and write in "4.0 mode" (commerce useful than anything we are familiar with 4.0, industry 4.0, education 4.0), we have from the first 20 years of the internet. already reached the "Fifth Industrial In this "world machine," everything can Revolution," with the Internet of Things communicate with everything. It will fuse (IoT), blockchain, and artificial intelligence the capabilities of man and technology, emerging as critical technologies. In generate information of unprecedented this environment of rapid growth, value, and manage even the most cloud and big data have become the complex global processes. It will optimize most important business enablers. itself, break down boundaries between industries, and enable solutions that are The "Fifth Industrial Revolution" is only a distant concept today. In the past, characterized by cyber-physical systems cities, and companies used to settle near and IoT. These technologies not only rivers, railway stations, and motorways enable automated and AI-controlled to gain rapid access to the infrastructure processes, routines, and services but will and accelerate the value chain. Today, ultimately abolish the interface between access to high internet bandwidth and the artificial and the biological sphere.
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