What most of us know as "the Internet" is actually a set of largely autonomous, loosely coordinated communication networks. As the influence of the Internet continues to grow, understanding its real nature is imperative to acting on a wide range of policy issues. This timely new book explains basic design choices that underlie the Internet's success, identifies key trends in the evolution of the Internet, evaluates current and prospective technical, operational, and management challenges, and explores the resulting implications for decision makers. The committee-composed of distinguished leaders from both the corporate and academic community-makes recommendations aimed at policy makers, industry, and researchers, going on to discuss a variety of issues: How the Internet's constituent parts are interlinked, and how economic and technical factors make maintaining the Internet's seamless appearance complicated. How the Internet faces scaling challenges as it grows to meet the demands of users in the future. Tensions inherent between open innovation on the Internet and the ability of innovators to capture the commercial value of their breakthroughs. Regulatory issues posed by the Internet's entry into other sectors, such as telephony.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, TU Dortmund (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: Love and hate, joy and anger, passion and frustration, life and dreams, hopes and illusions – the themes and topics to be found in Kirby Wright’s fictional works is endless. A California resident with Hawaiian blood, growing up in Honolulu, HI, and attending Punahou School, a private school with such exquisite graduates like presidential candidate and governor Barack Obama, winning short story and poetry contests in his teenage years and then publishing two successful novels later on, Wright lived his dream coming out of a world that was caught in between cultures, which could not be any different. Experiences that directly translated into his works, with the protagonists Jeffrey and Ben Gill roaming the islands of Hawaii, always searching for a way to unite both worlds and free themselves of the stigma of being a hapa haole. The present paper focusses on the fictional work of Kirby Wright, including the novels Punahou Blues and Molokai Nui Ahina, and explores the way Hawaiian culture and the topic of “coming-of-age” in a multicultural society are integrated and used. A brief introduction to Hawaiian literature and cultural history, including a portrait of author Kirby Wright, will be followed by a summary of both novels and a look into to what extent the setting of a novel is crucial to its interpretation, before I will then explore the way in which Wright presented the coming-of-age of the protagonist in his work and in how far this was connected to Hawaiian culture and traditions.

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: 1.0, Sheffield Hallam University, course: MA Public Relations, language: English, abstract: The 2010 UK general election was dubbed the 'internet election', and political party communications chiefs deployed a whole range of new weaponry in the bid to win the 'hearts and minds' of voters. This paper critically evaluates this statement using reference to current and recent high profile campaigns, plus reference to wider academic research and analysis.

Ubiquitous connectivity is the biggest revolution in business since the Internet—and this is the first strategic guide to harnessing its power Anywhere examines the far-reaching impact of what can only be termed a business revolution, and it explains how to build a strategy using global connectivity to generate new streams of revenue and, ultimately, dramatic business growth. President and CEO of Yankee Group, the industry authority on the business impact of global connectivity, Emily Nagle Green describes how best to steer business initiatives, partnerships, product development, customer service, target markets, and virtually every other aspect of a business in order to succeed in the Anywhere business environment. With Anywhere, businesses now have the ability to remain connected to customers 24/7, but only those that take advantage of this “ubiquitous connectivity” in a strategic way today will remain standing tomorrow. Anywhere combines extensive background information, tactical tools, and high-level advice that every forward-looking company needs in today’s fast-paced, highly competitive business environment.

This book examines the topic of policing of the Internet by presenting readers with two sides to each point under debate. Are teens in need of policing or are the dangers they face greatly exaggerated? Readers will explore whether or not the Internet requires special policing and/or regulation, the threats posed by cyberterrorism and identity theft, and the role, both positive and negative, of social networks. Two essays on cyberbullying are also included. Perspectives are presented from eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials, and many others.

The anatomy of the Internet: how it's structured, what makes it work, who controls it, and how to support internetworking capabilities in your organization If you work in any aspect of internetworking planning, design, development, or management, you need to have as complete a picture as possible of how the Internet is structured and what makes it work. Internet Architectures explains Internet components and the technical relationships between them, names the key players involved and the agreements currently in place between them, reveals proprietary architectures, and arms you with a wealth of practical information on: * Backbone technologies, including packet over SONET * Protocols and a description of ISP network architectures * Servers, routers, and software * Communications infrastructures * Access technology, including xDSL, ADSL, FITL, and frame relay * QoS and its support technologies, including ATM, RSVP, IPv6 * Policy, regulation, peering, and reciprocity arrangements * Multimedia and supporting technology * Internetworking security