Modeling the Internet and the Web: Future Internet Technologies

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Modeling the Internet and the WebFuture
Internet Technologies
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Introduction

• The Internet is continually changing
• Increased availability
• Increased size (both in quantity and quality)
• Increased speed
• These changes have enabled new technologies
• Multimedia
• Security / Anti-Advertising
• Extending the Internet

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Multimedia

• Audio
• Pay services for music online
• iTunes Time Magazine Idea of the Year
• New Napster

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Multimedia

• Video
• IPTV
• Underdevelopment by Microsoft
• Being tested in Switzerland by Swisscom/Bluewin
• Pay-TV service over broadband
• Digital TV, Live and On-Demand, Interactive
  program guides, managed content, web, email, IM
• Based on Windows Media 9
• About 2x Compression over MPEG-4
• Thus usable over standard ADSL

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Multimedia

• Video
• Streaming video using Web Cameras
• Yahoo IM has offered streaming video since 2001
• MSN Messenger since March, 2003
• AOL is currently testing streaming web camera via
  AIM and as part of its proprietary online
  service
• Linksys is putting out a new wireless web camera
  that does not require the use of a computer
• Closed Captioning on Streaming Media
• AOL is currently developing this technology for
  its deaf subscribers

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Security

• Viruses
• There have been several major computer virus
  outbreaks this last year
• All major computer viruses are now transmitted
  over the Internet
• Email has become a primary transmitter of viruses
• Email providers are now blocking viruses before
  they reach consumers computers

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Security

• Viruses
• AOL has published some statistics on email
  viruses that it has blocked
• In the last year AOL has blocked over 500 Million
  email viruses
• The average user will get a virus infected email
  once every 2 weeks
• 300 new viruses are identified every week

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SPAM

• This is by far the biggest newsmaker in Internet
  technology at this time
• PEW Internet Project SPAM Study
• 75 are bothered by their inability to stop SPAM
• 80 are bothered by dishonest SPAM
• 76 are bothered by offensive and obscene SPAM
• 30 are afraid that SPAM blockers will block
  non-SPAM email
• 25 of Internet users say SPAM has reduced their
  email use

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SPAM

• SPAM filtering
• Many Client-side applications already available
• SPAM will soon be fought Server-side as well
• MSN will be adding SpamKiller to its new MSN
  Premium Service in Winter 2003
• AOL is already SPAM filtering and reports that
  2.4 billion SPAM emails are blocked a day

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SPAM

• Other Anti-SPAM initiatives
• Many States have enacted some form of Anti-SPAM
  legislation
• AOL, Microsoft and others have been lobbying
  Congress for Federal Anti-SPAM laws
• The following bans on SPAM tactics are under
  review by the Federal Government
• Misleading Subjects
• Sexually Explicit (without a label)
• Mass Mailing using addresses collected by
  automated programs or recombination techniques
• Use of false return addresses

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Extending the Internet

• Wireless Web
• Most Wireless phone providers also offer wireless
  web
• Wireless IM
• AOL is partnering with several providers to offer
  AIM and ICQ on wireless phones
• Hotspots
• Hotels, Airports, Convention Centers, Truck Stops
  and Cafes

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Extending the Internet

• IP Telephony
• Polands Border guard is installing a 6,500 phone
  IP Telephony System
• Remote Surgery
• Using a highly reliable VPN based on Cisco MPLS
  the first telerobotics surgery took place in
  Canada
• Internet Schools
• In Hong Kong 70,000 primary and secondary school
  students have access to 38 multimedia enriched
  courses

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Extending the Internet

• Centrelink
• The Australian government has built a web portal
  that links citizens to information, programs and
  services from 25 national and local government
  agencies
• This system has saved Australia 500 million
  dollars over 5 year and has greatly improved
  customer service
• Microsoft Xbox
• Currently Online Gaming
• Soon to have Online Music, Photos, Karaoke, slide
  shows and more

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Presentation Information

• This presentation was created on November 8, 2003
• The following resources were used
• Cisco 2003 Annual Report
• www.cisco.com
• Microsoft Annual Report 2003
• www.microsoft.com
• www.aol.com
• www.news.com
• www.macromedia.com
• www.pewinternet.org
• www.amazon.com