This is a (public) presentation given by Sun MIcrosystems CTO Greg Papadopoulos at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando in 2004. As of a decade later (January, 2014), this presentation is remarkable for its prescience -- IP is indeed the backplane and the internet has in fact become the computer.

1. The Aware Enterprise
Greg Papadopoulos
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2. The Revolution
Computers
1T
People
Everything
$100
100B
10B
Cost to
Connect
$1
1¢
1B
10M
1990
Things
Connected
2000
2010
2020

3. Traditional Network Devices
WW installed, 2012
Appliances/toys
Industrial/Automotive
Entertainment
Handhelds
Computers
11,000M
400M
1,300M
2,600M
1,080M
Source: IDC Estimates, 2004

4. RFID Tags and Sensors
WW installed, 2012
Traditional
Network
Devices
17 Billion
Source: IDC Estimates, 2004
1 Trillion!

5. The Revolution
Computers
People
Everything
Aw
ar
en
es
s
1T
100B
10B
1B
10M
ctivity
e
Conn
1990
2000
nity
mu
m
Co
2010
2020

6. Frontiers of Automation
HR
EDI
F inance
Sales
Service
Ops
R&D
6

7. Frontiers of Automation
Communities
Sales
Mobility with
Security
Service
Ops
R&D
Simulation
7

8. Frontiers of Automation
Communities
Mobility with
Security
Sales
Service
Ops
R&D
Simulation
Awareness
M anufactured goods
Distributed assets
8

9. Frontiers of Automation
Communities
Mobility with
Security
Sales
Service
Ops
R&D
Simulation
C on
Awareness
T el e
met
ry
tr ol
M anufactured goods
Distributed assets
9

10. Frontiers of Automation
Communities
Mobility with
Security
Global
Wireless
Networks
Sales
Service
Ops
R&D
Simulation
C on
Awareness
T el e
met
ry
tr ol
M anufactured goods
Distributed assets
10

11. The New Software
Shrink-Wrap
App
Application scales from 1
to perhaps 100's of users
O/S
Processor
For Desktop:
1 copy SW = 1 copy HW
OS400 MVS
AS400
DGUX
Irix
88K
VMS
VAX
MIPS
Solaris
Ultrix
Aegis
TM
SPARC®
Linux
Alpha
68K
370
x86
AIX
Power
HP-UX Windows Server
x86
Precision

12. The New Software
Comp
Shrink-Wrap
Comp
App
MW
MW
Comp
O/S
Processor
MW
Networked
Components
Comp
MW
OS400 MVS
AS400
DGUX
Irix
88K
VMS
VAX
MIPS
Solaris
Ultrix
Aegis
TM
SPARC®
Linux
Alpha
68K
370
x86
AIX
Power
HP-UX Windows Server
x86
Precision
Service must scale
to 10,000's or millions
of simultaneous users!

13. The New Software
Comp
Comp
App
Comp
O/S
MW
MW
MW
Comp
MW
Processor
OS400 MVS
AS400
DGUX
Irix
88K
VMS
VAX
MIPS
Solaris
Ultrix
Aegis
TM
SPARC®
Linux
Alpha
68K
370
x86
AIX
Power
HP-UX Windows Server
x86
Precision
The
Java Platform
TM
XML
The Windows
Platform

14. The Network Computer
Global
N etwork
Core
Devices
Things
Access Edge
Data
Center
Service Edge
Desktops
SunRays
Java Card
RF Tags
Phones
PDAs
Sensors
Platform
Sun
Remote
Services
RF ID Readers/
Sensor
Gateways
Robots
SmartDust

15. The Network Computer
Service Global Access
Edge N etwork Edge
Core
Legacy
SM Ps
SunRay
Server
N BCs
L7
Switching
F irewall
Blocks
Cable
H ead-end
Desktops
In-Store
Proc.
Streaming
Data Center N etwork
Event F usion
Things
Content
Distribution
Load
Balancing
Devices
F iles
Storage
Base Station
Controller
SunRays
Java Card
Phones
RF Tags
PDAs
Sensors
Solaris
SPARC
LIN U X
X86/AM D64
Sun
Remote
Services
RF ID
Readers/
Sensor
Gateways
Robot
SmartDust

16. The Network Computer Developer
View
Service Global Access
Edge N etwork Edge
Core
Devices
Things
Java Desktop
System
Java Enterprise System
...
Legacy
M sg.
Dir.
App.
SM Ps
Web
SunRay
Server
N BCs
L7
Switching
Load
Balancing
In-Store
Proc.
Streaming
Blocks
Event F usion
F irewall
Data Center N etwork
Content
Distribution
Cable
H ead-end
Files
Storage
Base Station
Controller
Desktops
Java Studio
Java
Identity
Developers/Engine
ers
SunRays
Java Card
Java
M obility
RF Tags
Phones
PDAs
Sensors
Solaris
SPARC
LIN U X
X86/AM D64
Sun
Remote
Services
RF ID
Readers/
Sensor
Gateways
Robots
SmartDust

17. The Network Computer Administrator
View
Service Global Access
Edge N etwork Edge
Core
Devices
Things
Java Desktop
System
Java Enterprise System
...
M sg.
Legacy
Dir.
App.
SM Ps
Web
SunRay
Server
N BCs
L7
Switching
Load
Balancing
In-Store
Proc.
Streaming
Blocks
Event F usion
F irewall
Data Center N etwork
Content
Distribution
Cable
H ead-end
F iles
Solaris
SPARC
LIN U X
X86/AM D64
Control
Sun
Remote
Services
Teleme
try
Teleme
try
Storage
Base Station
Controller
Control
Desktops
Java Studio
Java
Identity
Developers/Engine
ers
SunRays
Java Card
Java
M obility
RF Tags
Phones
PDAs
Sensors
RF ID
Readers/
Sensor
Gateways
Robots
SmartDust

18. The Network Computer
Global
N etwork
Core
Devices
Things
Desktops
Services
Access Edge
Service 1
Data
Service 2
Center
Java Card
Service Edge
View
Services
RF Tags
Phones
PDAs
Sensors
Platform
Sun
Remote
Services
RF ID Readers/
Sensor
Gateways
Robots
SmartDust

19. Explosion at the Edge
Global
N etwork
Devices
Things
Desktops
SunRays
Data
Center
Java Card
RF Tags
Phones
PDAs
Platform
RF ID Readers/
Sensor
Gateways
Robots
Sensors
SmartDust

20. The Network Computer
Global
N etwork
Core
Data Flow
Devices
Things
Desktops
Access Edge
Data
Center
Service Edge
Java Card
Telemetry
Services
RF Tags
Phones
PDAs
Sensors
Platform
Sun
Remote
Services
RF ID Readers/
Sensor
Gateways
Robots
SmartDust

21. The Network Computer
Global
N etwork
Core
Control Flow
Devices
Things
Desktops
Control
Services
Access Edge
Data
Center
Service Edge
Java Card
RF Tags
Phones
PDAs
Sensors
Platform
Sun
Remote
Services
RF ID Readers/
Sensor
Gateways
Robots
SmartDust

22. Network of Things
●
Awareness of things made, sold,
owned
–
–
–
●
Where is it?
Is it okay?
Should some action be taken?
Sensing the health of complex
systems
–
–
–
Environment
Infrastructure
People

23. Environmental Monitoring
Example
Spill
Site
Sensors

24. Structure at the Far Edge
Devices
(IP)
Things
(Sub-IP)
Tag, sensor, dust, ...
Reader/
Gateway
Self-assembling networks

25. Everything Becomes a Service
●
Automate service processes
●
●
Repair, maintenance, consumables,
optimization
Transform one-time sales to annuities
Jet Engines
Servers
Storage
Filter Systems
Mobile Phones
Washing
Machine
Printers
Thrust
Application SLA
Remembering Things
Purified Water
Connectivity Contracts
Clean Clothes
Printed Pages

26. Impact of the Aware
Enterprise
New business models/processes are
emerging as the enterprise becomes
aware
● Proliferation of amount and different
types of data dramatically increases the
traffic flowing from outside in
● Today’s computing models cannot scale
economically or technically
Aware Enterprise Demands a Different Approach
●

27. Network Computer
Requirements
Developer Community
Software Stack
Compute and Storage
Engines

28. The Operations Challenge
Was...
●
Availability
●
Performance
●
Scale
Price/
Performance
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29. The Operations Challenge
Was...
Becoming...
●
Availability
●
Service Level
●
Performance
●
Efficiency
●
Scale
●
Security
Price/
Performance
Total Cost of
Service Level
29

30. Economy of Scale
Cost
Bad
Scale
30

31. Economy of Scale
Cost
Bad
Better
Scale
31

32. Decision Point
Mask Complexity
or
Engineer it Away
32

33. New Definition of Scalability
A system is scalable
only if you can add
resources without
adding complexity
33

34. “System” Is Changing, Again
Historical Cycle of Computing Industry, every 10 – 15
years
System When
MF
Minis
'60s
'70s
Tech
Scale
Trans/Core
1
SSI/MSI
1
PC/WS '80s
uP/ LSI
1
SMP
VLSI / DRAM
100
'90s
34

35. “System” Is Changing, Again
Historical Cycle of Computing Industry, every 10 – 15
years
System When
MF
Minis
'60s
Scale
Trans/Core
1
SSI/MSI
1
PC/WS '80s
uP/ LSI
1
SMP
'90s
VLSI / DRAM
100
'00s
Server-on-a-Chip/
Fiber Optics
1000's
BF WTS...
'70s
Tech
Grid, U tility, H orizontal,
35

36. Old systems are components in
the new one
Server connected
to networks
Datacenter system
built from networks

37. Re-cap
●
●
●
Radical shifts in software are
resulting in radical shifts in systems
Computing systems will be built out
of IP networks, rather than just
attaching to them
Emerge with a new definition of
system
37

38. And if IP is the backplane
then...
The Whole Internet
is the Computer!
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