Future of Computer Networking
By: Dorothy Arrington
The definition of internetworking is the practice of connecting a computer network
with other networks through the use of gateways that provide a common method of
routing information packets between networks. Every day, billions are connected
simultaneously just by their cellular device. The most common internetwork that you use
is the Internet, which is a collection of networks based on numerous underlying
hardware technologies. This paper will be able to provide you with information about
internetworks future plans within ten years, as you read, begin to think of the advances
that could be taking place at this very moment.
The future of internetworking is in the making for the next decade, whether you
want to believe it or not. With new devices and different usage within the future, you will
slowly begin to see a division of disagreement. Some people who are for the
innovations, and some who are against change. Those are the ones who see it as
something to slow down the internet itself with people putting IP Addresses on every
electrical device. In the article, “The Future of Computer Networking – Inter-device
Internetworking and Pro Curve Network” written by Pranay Rupani, he states the
“naysayers [are] saying how the extra data is going to clog the data pipes flooding them
with data rendering them useless whereas others have grave security concerns about
the usage of the data.” I can semi understand on how people are perceiving this
technological innovation could be.
The example provided was explaining on how light bulbs and toasters will have
IP address and be connected to the internet, to some that can be pointless . But in Red
Herring’s article, “The Internet 10 Years From Now. Diamond Engagement Ring
Brought Right to Your Hand?” it explains how the technological advances in 2016 will be
able to know your medical history, and/or information, by the radio frequency
identification (RFID) tag that is attached to your identification bracelet that automatically
generates alerts to the nursing station. It also shares an advancement that will be able
to connect you to family, who happen to be in another continent, so when you exit
surgery you are able to converse with them immediately. In addition to the medical
advancements, it shares how your vehicle will contact with the dealership one a crisis
arises and the dealership would receive the information wireless without you even
realizing it. The upcoming inventions can be classified as burden to some or benefits to
others. With the medical advancements, many can come together and agree how that
will be a benefit for the patient’s health; but the light bulbs could be deemed
purposeless.
With careers requiring a master’s degree, making sure that their employees are
more knowledgeable of their field of interest, can only grant the economy with
technology with more innovations. While students are learning more and getting better
understandings of technology, the promise of the future’s innovations has a large range .
You will now be able to expect internetworking connectivity to things we use daily.
Education institutions that are broadening their horizons with innovations are becoming
benefits in today’s economy. The students that are learning about the improvising the
internetwork are essentially going to take over the world, whether you want to believe it
or not.
Sadly, not everyone is on the positive side about innovation. These innovations
will slowly decrease the need of human workers. Jobs will be demolished simply
because machines will be able to take over and fix themselves . Typical occupations that
necessarily did not need technological leadership, will eventually start be taken over by
innovations. Teachers will be replaced, medical tests will be performed by machines,
and eventually the human touch will be redundant. Connecting to other networks and
computers, internetworking, will be the most important thing in the future. When a
problem arises with any connections it can mess the entire connection between
devices.
A new innovation within internetworking is Pro Curve Networking, as described in
the previous article, “Pro Curve Networking initiative from the networking arm of HP has
a neat solution that will make the networks for the future ‘think’ the way they are
supposed to. Each port (access path) on the router or switch will have individual silicon
chips that would monitor the traffic flow of the network. These mini-processors will have
software installed on them to optimize the running of each and every device connected
to them and because the software is programmable ports can easily switch from one
application to the other according to demand.” Pro Curve Networking will be something
that will have its ups and downs within the economy. While its being tested, and the
kinks can be eliminated it can finally be taken seriously, and ultimately trusted from
household to household, resulting in sale increase.
According to the inventor of the Wide Area Information Server, Brewster Kahle
declares “the Internet ‘will just become like plumbing, which you won’t notice unless it
backs up.” To be able to make all of these changes with the Internet, the government
has to be involved and able to protect citizens regardless of age. In the article it
elaborates to say “No matter what, people will continue to make money from Internet
innovation in a variety of ways.”
Another advancement that will continue booming is cloud computing, which is the
delivery of computing as a service rather than a product over a network. Cloud
Computing is, in addition, taking over companies as we speak. Being able to save
documents onto a network and giving co-workers permission to read, write, and edit
speeds time without confusion. Households are able to store their email on a network,
and if one day your inbox is “accidently” deleted, easy retrieval is provided. Apple, a
commonly known company, has started their own cloud network. iCloud is cloud service
that automatically and securely stores your content so it’s always available to any of
your Apple devices and computer. It automatically gives you five gigabytes free of
storage, and if you were to need more, you are able to purchase more from your device.
The future is sneaking up on us and by time we actually figure it, something else
new will be in progress for us to start learning. With advancement, comes money. To do
all of these innovations, we have to be financially stable. That can be a problem for the
economy especially since we are in such debt currently.
Personally, I am more than prepared for the technological advances that my
generation is expected to witness. I plan to be a part of the team that will be making
internetworking slowly take over the world. My opinion still stands that it will be a benefit
to the economy. The few problems I could see arising from our dependency on
internetworking is that we will not know how to adapt without it in cases if it were to go
down. Another problem that could arise would be the future generation will only know to
depend on the Internet, with connecting and working on your own is slowly evaporating
now, the future generation will entirely depend on the network. My generation has lost
all respect for patience, and we only have time for what we have to do. So my only
thoughts are that the future generation will be worse. Speeds will have to be faster,
computers will have to work harder in a shorter amount of time.
I hope that this paper was able to get your mind thinking about things that could
be updated and be a benefit for others. Sit, and write up an invention that you can see
to better our generation as a whole. Work out the kinks, and make sure it works. Work
to succeed and to be successful. Know what the future holds, and find a slot to fit in and
you will make it.
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