What is Pervasive Computing?

Pervasive computing gives us tools to manage information easily.
Information is the new currency of the global economy. We increasingly rely on the electronic creation, storage, and transmittal of personal, financial, and other confidential information, and demand the highest security for all these transactions. We require complete access to time-sensitive data, regardless of physical location. We expect devices -- personal digital assistants, mobile phones, office PCs and home entertainment systems -- to access that information and work together in one seamless, integrated system. Pervasive computing can help us manage information quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly.

Pervasive computing is about making lives simpler.
Pervasive computing aims to enable people to accomplish an increasing number of personal and professional transactions using a new class of intelligent and portable devices. It gives people convenient access to relevant information stored on powerful networks, allowing them to easily take action anywhere, anytime.

These new intelligent appliances or "smart devices" are embedded with microprocessors that allow users to plug into intelligent networks and gain direct, simple, and secure access to both relevant information and services. These devices are as simple to use as calculators, telephones or kitchen toasters.

Pervasive computing simplifies life by combining open standards-based applications with everyday activities. It removes the complexity of new technologies, enables us to be more efficient in our work and leaves us more leisure time. Computing is no longer a discrete activity bound to a desktop; pervasive computing is fast becoming a part of everyday life.

AbsoluteBusiness will help get you ready.
AbsoluteBusiness and IBM are at the vanguard of pervasive computing.  Using our expertise with complex information technology, AbsoluteBusiness can help to define the new way of life. AbsoluteBusiness leverages its knowledge of business processes and ability to analyze enterprise data into an unrivaled perspective on business problems and solutions across the global economy. And our leadership in security solutions for networked environments matches our commitment to a world that is both interconnected and secure.