05 Jan convergence
We are experiencing two great movements toward convergence in previously separate technologies:
- Voice and Data Convergence in which IP telephony is enabling telephone and wireless phone communications to share the same wires and bandwidth as data communications
- Structured and Unstructured Content Convergence in which databases (structured data) automatically mingle with documents, videos, images and sound files to bring users richer experiences.
These movements involve dramatic technical complexity and risk, but the benefits are worth the pain.