Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Cerf's up: economic future tied to growth of ‘internet of things’

[Michele Neylon :: Blacknight]

Good to see Ireland being mentioned on an ICANN mailing list :)


On 27 Apr 2012, at 17:16, Anne-Rachel Inné wrote:

> Cerf's up: economic future tied to growth of ‘internet of things’
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> http://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/item/26920-vint-cerf-in-dublin/
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> 26.04.2012
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> One of the internet’s founding fathers Vint Cerf, who co-invented TCP/IP technology – the platform upon which the internet runs – said that by the end of the decade every person and machine on the planet could conceivably be internet-connected. This means more economic opportunities will arise for IT-skilled economies, as the cost of internet-enabling anything falls.
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> Cerf, vice-president and chief internet evangelist at Google, who was in Dublin today to address Google staff, said he was impressed at how a country like Ireland made the right policy decisions over a number of decades to develop its ICT economy.
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> “I'm very impressed at how over the last few decades Ireland concentrated its belief in ICT in order to build up a new kind of business base," said Cerf, who was instrumental in creating the internet as we know it by helping develop TCP/IP while a programme manager at DARPA.
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> “Your policies encouraged outside investment. Long-term planning showed the ability to develop markets not strictly domestic."
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> Cerf said he recalled the early days of the international services industries in Ireland when companies would actually mail physical credit card receipts.
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> “But Ireland showed the ability to go after the bigger jobs, built up its skills base and attracted international businesses.
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> “You came to the table with a lot of thoughtful effort to prepare your country for the IT space."
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> Light at the end of the tunnel
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> Cerf acknowledged that Ireland suffered the same disease as the US - the property bubble and subsequent economic collapse. "In the US, the light at the end of the tunnel hasn't produced the jobs we hoped. It's been a jobless recovery so far. That is going to change and I have a feeling of optimism about the perverse effect that technology has, that it is not just static.
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> “The internet is as good an example as anything that has evolved over time and is continuously rolling out new kinds of apps.
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> “Every time you do something with software, you have to break it.
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> “In that sense, the more IT activity you can undertake gives you the opportunity to be helpful to other people."
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> Cerf expressed his belief that there is a long-term growth prospect for the IT industry.
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> “The key is to grow your IT skills base. There are going to be new possibilities and new problems to solve, it's not going to stop.
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> “I'm optimistic about that segment of IT activity - in the UK, the IT economy is over 7pc of their economy - that, frankly, surprised me. And that growth is continuing.
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> “Every year, there is a 15pc growth in the number of people and machines and by the end of the decade everyone on the planet could be on the internet.
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> “This is going to expand. Look at the apps economy - 'hey, there's an app for that' - and it's going to go beyond mobile, every machine can be connected to the internet. Ally that with cloud, it's a confluence of the two.
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> “This is making it possible for more people than ever to write apps and this is going to expand to other machines - you've heard of the internet of things.
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> “The cost of internet-enabling anything is dropping dramatically. It costs 50 cents to internet-enable a light bulb. This isn't a crazy idea - once you put something on the internet you make it controllable. The more devices connected to the internet, the more opportunities.
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> “That means there's a raft of potential waiting to penetrate the IT space."
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> Check out our video interview with Google's Vint Cerf here:
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