At the time of writing, I am right in the middle of nowhere in the western United States. Yet—through the magic of a communications network spanning the globe—I could pay for my breakfast without any form of cash and get a confirmation in a bit under thirty seconds from my bank over 13,000 kilometers away. Meanwhile, people in the VMware vExpert community were communicating with me, and I asked a digital personal assistant living in my cellphone for the most direct route back to the hotel.
Even though we sometimes take this for granted a bit too much, it is undeniable that over the last 50 years, digital telecommunication networks have revolutionized the way we work, live, and communicate, from the humble beginnings of ARPANET all ...
