THE DIGITAL MESH
Nim L. Langcoy
Software Development Engineer for Emerging Technologies
The 4th Industrial Revolution
1st
Mechanization,
Water power,
Steam power
2nd
Mass Production,
Assembly Line,
Electricity
3rd
Computer,
automation
4th
Cyber Physical
Systems
Gartner’s Top Strategic Tech Trends
“…8.4 billion connected
things will be in use
worldwide in 2017, up 31
percent from 2016, and will
reach 20.4 billion by 2020.
Total spending on
endpoints and services will
reach almost $2 trillion in
2017.”
- Gartner
ENIAC
The first general purpose electronic computer
Digital Mesh
- is the web of wearable and mobile
devices and the Internet of Things sensors
that people use to find information or
communicate online.
People
Devices
Services
Internet of Things
=
Digital Mesh
?
People
Personal Devices
Artificial
Intelligence
Data
Analytics
Services
Internet of Things
Smart Home
Smart City
Intelligent Digital Mesh
What is the impact of the
Intelligent Digital Mesh?
Business Transformation.
Business
Transformation:
Mesh app and
Service Architecture
• Changes to
architecture,
technology and tools
to develop solutions
Business
Transformation:
Conversational Systems
• Virtual personal assistants
(VPA)
Cortana
Siri
Business
Transformation:
Conversational Systems
• Virtual Customer Assistants
(VCA) for customer service
and sales
FRIA
Fsoft’s Really Intelligent Agent
powered by
Business
Transformation:
Adaptive Security
Architecture
• Fluid, Multi-layered
security
• Use of user and entity
behavior analytics
Business Transformation:
Adaptive Security Architecture
"There is a saying 'the future is here,
it's just not evenly distributed yet'.”
- Chris Vein, Chief Innovation Officer for Global
Information and Communication, World Bank
From: https://www.theguardian.com/global-developmentprofessionals-network/2013/nov/21/smart-cities-relevant-developingworld
Innovation in
Developing
Economies
Technology in Developing Economies
• Developing countries have experienced an
unprecedented level of technological advancement
in the past 15 years
• Technological advancements in low- and middleincome nations has increased more rapidly than
high-income countries.
From: https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2007-08/developing-economies/
Technology in Developing Economies
• The developing world is still adopting pre-existing
tech
• Advancements take much longer to disseminate
within a nation
From: https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2007-08/developing-economies/
So…
• It will be especially important for governments to
consider investing in modern technology to
facilitate their country’s inclusion in the global
economy.
Why Technology?
• Reduce the costs of production and increase the
efficiency of manufacturing process.
• Create new opportunities in other sectors,
expanding supply and demand in previously nonexisting industries
• Provides a means of establishing standards for
quality to allow the country to build credibility in
the global market.
• Progress made with respect to new technologies
can have far-reaching benefits
But…
• Implementing technology simply because it
exists isn’t enough.
Technology must be tailored to the unique
Appropriate
Technology
situations
present in the countries
to which it is
brought
- Dr. Ernst Friedrich Schumacher
Where can Cebu start?
Create smart cities in
Cebu.
We are still
weaving the
mesh.