THE ATOMIC AGE OF DATA

The report of the 2014 Aspen Institute Conference on Communications Policy is a series of chapters that synthesize the ideas that emerged from participants during the three-day dialogue, look at the interplay between the vast increase in data created on the Internet of Things and the resultant strain on the networks that carry this information.
The Internet of Things outfits the physical world with digital intelligence and moves data flows to the atomic level.
Data needs to be thought of as “infrastructure.”

COMMUNICATIONS POLICY 2014 REPORT

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Words From Charlie

Foreword to the 2014 Conference on Communications Policy Report

CHAPTER I

Introduction

CHAPTER II

Mapping the Internet of Things

CHAPTER III

Policy Issues and Recommendations

CHAPTER V

Conclusion

CHAPTER IV

The Smart City Use Case

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This report is written from the perspective of an informed observer at the Aspen Institute Conference on Communications Policy. Unless attributed to a particular person, none of the comments or ideas contained in this report should be taken as embodying the views or carrying the endorsement of any specific participant at the Roundtable.

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THE ATOMIC AGE OF DATA

The Internet of Things outfits the physical world with digital intelligence and moves data flows to the atomic level.

Data needs to be thought of as “infrastructure.”