Eugene Roman
Group President
Systems & Technology
Bell Canada

'Net-puting'-the genesis of next generation communications

Communications is entering a new era, a digital revolution driven by IP.

Two environments are central to this transition: computing and networking. Computing layers intelligence onto a vast network of connectivity-available anytime, anywhere. The genesis of the next generation of communications is the marrying of these two environments. We call this "net-puting."

Net-puting is synonymous with eBusiness on Demand. Net-puting architecture is the key many companies have been searching for in overcoming the 'siloed' nature of computers and organizations…and improving the performance of the entire enterprise.

At Bell Canada, we are already reaping the benefits of net-puting. We have completed the merger of IP-based wireline and wireless network at our core. Now, by taking a net-puting view of the world, we are getting the horsepower of the computer into network.

The enormous potential for net-puting is not restricted to organizations like ours. Companies with foresight can vastly reduce internal costs by opening up the power of the network. Net-puting lowers the costs of computing by optimizing unused capacity, and providing higher performance, less wait time and greater reliability.

This is pioneering work. Net-puting is a vision that is reshaping our own internal infrastructures and that will enable a new array of communication services and capabilities for other farseeing enterprises.

In a net-puting environment, where computing is ever more pervasive and resilient, the universal glue is network.