September 2007 Archives

We're starting to build a five year plan, and want your assistance. Please visit our wiki site and offer your comments on the questions posed there or your thoughts on the critical projects we should consider.
http://confluence.et-test.psu.edu/display/stratplan/home

Some questions to get you started:

What are reliable sources of technology projections?

How should we plan for the continued growth of social networking? Facebook now has some 30M members and over 70,000 developers working on new applications.

Video delivered over IP networks will become more common. The end of analog broadcast video will occur in Feb. 2009. HDTV sales are booming. The Digital Commons project will develop more talented students creating rich multi-media presentations. Where does all this fit into our plan? What are the implications and opportunities for course delivery and for our backbone network?

Autonet Mobile, Inc. makes a router for automobile use that converts CDMA celluar signals to 802.11. How we modify applications or plan new services if we assume a near real-time capability to update portable devices or ones which will require voice for both input and output?