The information superhighway is going to grow up just like the Internet grew up, as a series of small disconnected networks that eventually interface and interoperate with one another. The future of the information superstructure is going to be based on the Internet and a suite of private value-added networks. You’ll see regional installations and private companies with their own internal networks forming the new network.
Predictor: Kushner, Brian
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Infosecurity News, David Bernstein asks Brian Kushner, vice president of information systems for Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp., about standards on the information superhighway. Kushner replies: ”The information superhighway is going to grow up just like the Internet grew up, as a series of small disconnected networks that eventually interface and interoperate with one another. The future of the information superstructure is going to be based on the Internet and a suite of private value-added networks. You’ll see regional installations and private companies with their own internal networks forming the new network.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Infosecurity News
Title, headline, chapter name: Infohighway Security Viewpoints
Quote Type: Direct quote
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