Infrastructures and
Knowledge Ecosystems

Projected
Time Frames

Portalized experience gateway develops

Knowledge interoperability standards in place,
de facto or de jure

2002 onward

Proprietary portals replaced by open, interoperable platforms

2003–2004 and onwards

Proof-of-concept of highly personalized WINWINI experiences

2004–2005

Fusion of mission critical applications through portal

Most industries have demonstrated this capability

2002

Progressive Web services development

Web services making major headway in corporate settings today; major development in all sectors in next three to five years

2003–2007

Enterprise applications infrastructures and solutions

EAIS will create powerful enterprise infrastructures and solutions of all kinds

2003–2007

Development of community of practice infrastructures and experiences

Communities of practice become recognized as the dominant structure for knowledge creation and sharing

2003–2008

Mobile work and learning pilots

Many enterprises have launched mobile pilots. Over the next two years, leading enterprises will develop work and learning pilots to explore the impact of wireless technology

2003–2004

Enterprise-based development of pervasive technology, ambient intelligence

Pilots will lead to more ambitious ambient intelligence applications

2004–2008

Full ambient intelligence environments as described in ISTAG Report

Five ISTAG elements come together sufficiently to support ambient intelligence: 1) very unobtrusive hardware, 2) seamless mobile/fixed Web-based communications infrastructure, 3) dynamic and massively distributed device networks, 4) natural feeling human interfaces, and 5) dependability and security

2009–2010