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What will the Web be like in 2015 During the past five years the Web has evolved from a rather 'surface' information environment to a broad and deep resource that feeds the information, research, shopping, support, and social needs of millions of people throughout the world. All this in just five years But such a widely used system that is ever faster expanding its user base, content, searchability and the services it offers takes on a life of its own as it grows exponentially. This means that the Web of today will become MUCH more valuable as the months and years go by, as new technologies, new ideas, new content, and an ever-expanding critical mass of users build upon the shoulders of every previous advance. Because of this type of growth and the innovations and content yet to come, it's almost impossible to envision what the Web will be ten years from now (after all, it's only about ten years old today!) Yet we can assume that the breadth and depth of information accessible through the Web will expand greatly. The numbers and types of services offered, the companies that provide them, as well as those who consume them will expand greatly. Most businesses will be at a severe competitive disadvantage, to the point of extinction, if they don't do business and offer support over the Web. Long before ten years from now - in fact already today in many cases - the Web (is) will be as critical to business success as being listed in the paper tomes of the "Yellow Pages" used to be. Education will become dependent on the resources of the Web, and one of the most critical skills needed by students will be expertise in how best to access, find, winnow, and validate a world's worth of information at their fingertips. Perhaps most importantly, by ten years from now the Web will be such an essential resource that we'll have forgotten how we could have ever conducted our business or lived our lives without it. Just ask any teenager, today. This article from the Harrow Report www.theharrowgroup.com The way they used to do business Contact Us