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A single tiny pocket calculator is more
powerful than all the computers that existed in the world
prior to 1950. Our children's video games are more potent
than the multi-million dollar business computers of only
10 years ago.
The world's most powerful technologies --
computing, communications and media -- are converging. With
annual revenues of well over $3 trillion, these industries
form the largest, most dynamic and fastest growing industrial
block in the world.
Infomedia will emerge as the primary competitive
weapon of the 21st century. A new generation of technologically
astute companies will leverage infomedia to achieve stellar
success, while others will sleep through the change only
to waken in a world remade.
The Infomedia Revolution is also challenging
us on a very personal level. It will raise new issues of
morality, privacy and ethics. It is changing the way we
work, play, entertain ourselves and conduct our everyday
lives. It is changing the way our children interact with
others and how they are educated. Their new world will be
very different from ours.
The Infomedia Revolution is already
upon us.
With more than two decades in the professional
arena, Frank Koelsch is a seasoned veteran of the computing
and communications industries. Major communications carriers
and computer manufacturers such as IBM, Digital Equipment,
Northern Telecom, Bell Canada, Xerox, Fujitsu and Honeywell
have sought his advice on the development of new technologies,
products, services and the formation of business strategies.
For the past 10 years he has also managed the Gartner Group
business in Canada, providing research and analysis to the
largest high-tech vendors and users.
Frank Koelsch is a recognized industry
expert, widely quoted in newspapers and magazines as well
as the trade press and general media. He is regularly invited
to speak in private and public forums on trends and issues
related to the effective deployment and use of computing
and communications technology.
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