In other words, the digital information revolution is not likely to produce a world that looks significantly different than the world of the recent past. But it is producing a world that functions in radically different and better ways, with individuals and organizations able to access and use a vast array of information to improve their lives and society. Indeed, after 5,000 years of civilization, we are only now moving from a relative inert and obtuse world to a one that will be intelligent and “alive with information.” And in this world a vast array of opportunities for new products, services and business models will be enabled by the ICT revolution and the drive to create an intelligent world.
