Welcome to the world of amorphous computing

The actually risky approach is the wide-open set-ups with zero security I at times stumble across. These networks are based either on ignorance or some misguided sense of providing a public service. Here, trust is the assumption, and it is not a good idea. Trust is what you do when you don't know any better.

Rise of open access to corporate networksMy advice to both sides is to come clean and solve the minor problems involved in resolving this growing tension. Without giving away any numbers, I can say there is in any case a rapidly rising incidence of open access to corporate networks worldwide. And it is so easy to solve this problem.

To my mind, the implications are profound with the possibility to share screens, processing power and memory. This is going to be a world of amorphous computing, in other words than one of isolated devices and people. Actually, it will be the social networking of the machines.

In the leading companies I work with I have seen the removal of dedicated offices, fixed-line telephones, wired internet access, along with the old ways of working and managing. Mobile phones, laptops, iPads, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and flexible working are nevertheless the norm, and wired anything just doesn't work anymore.

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