The document discusses the growth and impact of the Internet. It notes that the Internet has evolved through different stages from an experimental DARPA network to today where it directly connects over 7 million computers worldwide. The number of Internet hosts and users has grown exponentially and is projected to potentially reach the entire human population by the year 2001. The document outlines how the Internet is a network of networks that allows sharing of information and resources through applications like email, the World Wide Web, file transfers and more.
1 of 85
More Related Content
Computers by suchit nanda
1. Is Internet the futureIs Internet the future
Profit Tool?Profit Tool?
2121stst
January, 1999January, 1999
H&RA,H&RA,
Taj Mahal Hotel, MumbaiTaj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
Suchit NandaSuchit Nanda
C.E.O.C.E.O. ™
4. Waves of Change...Waves of Change...
Agricultural AgeAgricultural Age
Industrial AgeIndustrial Age
Information AgeInformation Age
Networking AgeNetworking Age
where the Network is thewhere the Network is the ComputerComputer
access to information almost asaccess to information almost as
important as the information itselfimportant as the information itself
Collective “intelligence” (simulated)Collective “intelligence” (simulated)
5. Business Drivers - 3 Easy PiecesBusiness Drivers - 3 Easy Pieces
Cost reductionCost reduction via improved logistics, inventory,via improved logistics, inventory,
procurement, management (Intra andprocurement, management (Intra and
Intercompany)Intercompany)
Business to business information supply chainsBusiness to business information supply chains
Revenue generationRevenue generation via improved marketing,via improved marketing,
customer management, distributioncustomer management, distribution
Internal info. AccessInternal info. Access - to Intranets and Internet- to Intranets and Internet
6. Impact of ITImpact of IT
Supply chain managementSupply chain management
Customer as an individualCustomer as an individual
New relationships: customer & businessNew relationships: customer & business
New organizational formsNew organizational forms
New organizational behavioursNew organizational behaviours
Enable organizational knowledgeEnable organizational knowledge
Individual mobility/flexibilityIndividual mobility/flexibility
Virtualness (time and space independent)Virtualness (time and space independent)
7. MainframeMainframe
The computer revolutionThe computer revolution
UNIXUNIX
PCPC
The Internet revolutionThe Internet revolution
InformationInformation
At YourAt Your
FingertipsFingertips
9. Internet: Directly Reaching 7,000,000+ ComputersInternet: Directly Reaching 7,000,000+ Computers
Courtesy of M. Isaacs, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
11. The Electronic Networking UniverseThe Electronic Networking Universe
Digital Transport Pipes
Inter-
networking
Voice
Telephony
Mass
Media
Manage
-ment
Applications
12. ... a network of networks... a network of networks
... a community of people who use... a community of people who use
and develop these networksand develop these networks
... a collection of resources that... a collection of resources that
can be reached from thesecan be reached from these
networksnetworks
The Internet is ...The Internet is ...
13. ... free... free
... owned/governed by anybody... owned/governed by anybody
... paid for by any Government... paid for by any Government
... only for academic & research... only for academic & research
purposespurposes
... for Unix users alone... for Unix users alone
The Internet isThe Internet is notnot ......
16. Number of HostsNumber of Hosts
19691969 -- 44
19771977 -- 111111
19871987 -- 28,17428,174
19941994 -- 3,212,0003,212,000
JUL 1995JUL 1995 -- 7,000,0007,000,000
17. Welcome to CyberSpaceWelcome to CyberSpace
10 Million Computers
Seamlessly Integrated
on 100,000 Networks
The Internet On-Line Providers
Enterprise
Internets
Gateways
18. Internet EvolutionInternet Evolution
1
10
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
100,000,000
1968 1973 1979 1984 1990 1995 2001
Stage 1Stage 1
DARPADARPA
Experiment,Experiment,
operationoperation
Stage 2Stage 2
EnterpriseEnterprise
Internets,Internets,
R&AR&A
scalingscaling
Stage 3Stage 3
UniversalityUniversality
Internet Hosts
1992-Internet Society created1992-Internet Society created
1986-NSFNet created1986-NSFNet created
1984-DNS created, DARPA divests Internet1984-DNS created, DARPA divests Internet
Jan 1983-ARPANet adopts TCP/IP, CSNet
created, first real Internet begins
Jan 1983-ARPANet adopts TCP/IP, CSNet
created, first real Internet begins
1989-first public commercial Internets created1989-first public commercial Internets created
1981-Bitnet created1981-Bitnet created
1995-NSFNet ceases,
non-USA nets >50%
1995-NSFNet ceases,
non-USA nets >50%
Kahn poses internet challenge 2Q 73
Cerf-Kahn sketch gateway and TCP in 2Q
1973
Cerf-Kahn paper published May 1974
Cerf team full spec - Dec 1974
Kahn poses internet challenge 2Q 73
Cerf-Kahn sketch gateway and TCP in 2Q
1973
Cerf-Kahn paper published May 1974
Cerf team full spec - Dec 1974
ARPANet
1990-ARPANet ceases1990-ARPANet ceases
20. StatisticsStatistics
Traffic grew 2100% from July `93 - July `94Traffic grew 2100% from July `93 - July `94
4.852 million host computers (Jan 95)4.852 million host computers (Jan 95)
Average 10 Users per hostAverage 10 Users per host
48 Million people48 Million people
1 million new users per month1 million new users per month
12,000+ newsgroups12,000+ newsgroups
5,500 mail lists5,500 mail lists
> 8,000,000,000 messages in 1994> 8,000,000,000 messages in 1994
50 gigabytes - distributed worldwide50 gigabytes - distributed worldwide
22. The Internet is Layered
computers, access devices, routers,
operating systems, telecom
transmission circuits
computer software and systems to
allow computers and applications to
directly interoperate
Underlying
Components:
Internet/
Intranets:
Applications:
email WWW FTP
etc,
etc,
etc
Services/
Plug-ins:
Users/
Agents:
23. Using All the Tools of the TradeUsing All the Tools of the Trade
Information SharingInformation Sharing
CollaborationCollaboration
Product ResearchProduct Research
Product DevelopmentProduct Development
Public RelationsPublic Relations
MarketingMarketing
ProfessionalProfessional
DevelopmentDevelopment
Product DistributionProduct Distribution
SalesSales
Customer SupportCustomer Support
EntertainmentEntertainment
Personal ComputersPersonal Computers
Specialized ServersSpecialized Servers
Personal CommunicatorsPersonal Communicators
Cellular Phones, TV sets,Cellular Phones, TV sets,
Telephone/Fax...Telephone/Fax...
World Wide WebWorld Wide Web
Email, lists, newsEmail, lists, news
File TransfersFile Transfers
Discovery and actionDiscovery and action
AuthenticationAuthentication
Financial transactionsFinancial transactions
(…+not invented yet)(…+not invented yet)
24. How Snail Mail works...How Snail Mail works...
Name, address,
zip, stamp, etc in
right place and
order
25. Electronic Mail DomainsElectronic Mail Domains
General form: user@somewhere.domainGeneral form: user@somewhere.domain
Trailing domain:Trailing domain:
– com - commercial e.g..com - commercial e.g.. ibm.comibm.com
– edu - educational e.g..edu - educational e.g.. maristb.edumaristb.edu
– gov - government e.g..gov - government e.g.. nasa.govnasa.gov
Top level domain:Top level domain:
– in - Indiain - India
– au - Australiaau - Australia
– ca - Canadaca - Canada
– uk - United Kingdomuk - United Kingdom
Fully Qualified Domain Name - FQDNFully Qualified Domain Name - FQDN
– May have 2, 3 or 4 parts such as tom.nandanet.comMay have 2, 3 or 4 parts such as tom.nandanet.com
26. E-Mail DeliveryE-Mail Delivery
Bill ClintonBill Clinton
WashingtonWashington
Suchit NandaSuchit Nanda
BombayBombay
E-Mail ServerE-Mail Server
White HouseWhite House
WashingtonWashington
E-Mail ServerE-Mail Server
BombayBombay
Bill’s Mailbox
From : Bill Clinton
To : Suchit Nanda
Subj : Hello!
Suchit’s Mailbox
From : Bill Clinton
To : Suchit Nanda
Subj : Hello!
27. Advantages of E-mailAdvantages of E-mail
Low CostLow Cost
Location & Time independenceLocation & Time independence
Speed of deliverySpeed of delivery
SecuritySecurity
File EnclosuresFile Enclosures
Simple to useSimple to use
Wide ReachWide Reach
28. Electronic MailElectronic Mail
Mailing ListsMailing Lists
Distributes mail to a list of namesDistributes mail to a list of names
People who share common interests -People who share common interests -
“interest groups”“interest groups”
LISTSERV’s - Special case for BITNET viaLISTSERV’s - Special case for BITNET via
e-mail to:e-mail to:
– LISTSERV@MARISTLISTSERV@MARIST
• body = “list global” (find names of lists)body = “list global” (find names of lists)
– LISTSERV@MARISTLISTSERV@MARIST
• body = “subscribe foo-l Firstname Lastname”body = “subscribe foo-l Firstname Lastname”
(to subscribe to the list named foo-l)(to subscribe to the list named foo-l)
Other Mail ListsOther Mail Lists
78. Software DistributionSoftware Distribution (FTP)(FTP)
Adobe(TM) Acrobat(TM) software lets you createAdobe(TM) Acrobat(TM) software lets you create
electronic documents from a wide rangeelectronic documents from a wide range
of authoring tools for sharing acrossof authoring tools for sharing across
different computer platforms.different computer platforms.
Adobe(TM) Acrobat(TM) software lets you createAdobe(TM) Acrobat(TM) software lets you create
electronic documents from a wide rangeelectronic documents from a wide range
of authoring tools for sharing acrossof authoring tools for sharing across
different computer platforms.different computer platforms.
81. What is Emerging?What is Emerging?
Access: cheaper, faster,Access: cheaper, faster,
ubiquitous, simple, seamless,ubiquitous, simple, seamless,
convenientconvenient
Open Global MarketplaceOpen Global Marketplace
Security: authentication andSecurity: authentication and
encryption = financial servicesencryption = financial services
Easily and effectively be aEasily and effectively be a
global information providerglobal information provider
Mobile Agents: altering the lostMobile Agents: altering the lost
and found equationand found equation
83. Future of InternetFuture of Internet
International Data Corp predicts 200International Data Corp predicts 200
million people by year 2000 from presentmillion people by year 2000 from present
40 million users40 million users
300,000 users in 1998. 2 Million by 2000300,000 users in 1998. 2 Million by 2000
World Wide Web to top 100 million 1999 -World Wide Web to top 100 million 1999 -
Forrester ResearchForrester Research
84. Steps to take ...Steps to take ...
Get connected NOW! - Its simple+low cost.Get connected NOW! - Its simple+low cost.
EZFAX to cut FAX costs by 10 times!EZFAX to cut FAX costs by 10 times!
E-mail to cut comm costs by 15 times!E-mail to cut comm costs by 15 times!
CyberCafes / KiosksCyberCafes / Kiosks
Internet Ready Rooms - “Web on the Bed” :)Internet Ready Rooms - “Web on the Bed” :)
Web for information / knowledgeWeb for information / knowledge
Web to broadcast information - e-BrouchureWeb to broadcast information - e-Brouchure
Web for business - e-CommerceWeb for business - e-Commerce
85. • Nanda Netcom (P) Ltd.
• E-mail: suchit@pobox.com or suchit@lwbbs.net
• WWW: http://www.nandanet.com/
• Voice: (91-22) 5701111
• BBS: (91-22) 5702020 or 5708900
• Fax: (91-22) 5708926
• 401/402, Gateway Plaza, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai
Lake, Mumbai 400076. India.
Thank YouThank You