Waking up in the networked era

We have come a long way from August 1995 when Netscape had its successful IPO. In a short span of fifteen years, we have powerful digital networks in play. Products are connected to each other and to the internet. Business processes are interconnected--not just within companies but across companies. across industry boundaries. Increasingly, service delivery is provided through far-flung, virtual networks. 

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I wrote Waking up to the Network Era in 2004 much before Facebook or Google or Twitter or Groupon. But, the essential themes and ideas of network era appear still to be valid, although they require some updating, which I plan to do in subsequent blogposts.

Waking up in the networked era