What are Emergent Collectives and why are

they important?

@jangdevos

Information and Communication

Technologies (ICTs)

areBreak

Technologies

Downloads ousts CD sales

Open Source versus Propriety Software

Do we need a CIO ?

TV stations become obsolete

Digitalization of society

Broadband access

Disruptive Innovations

Businesses that do not change their business models will break and fail to stay in business

Emergent collectives

Capacity to scale the network

Value for the user

Broadband access to

the network(min.15Mbps)

Access to the network

Consumerization of IT BYOD

The user is in control of the content

No single controlling entity

Who’s in Control?

The walled gardens

What business model is now appropriate ?

Example:How to fight piracy ?

Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem

- Legal actions “sue-them-until-they-die”

- Blocking access SOPA, PIPA, HADOPI

- Creating alternative business models

Why are ECs important ?

commoditization and

digitalization of almost

everythingDouble roles: customer and supplier

independent one-person businesses

mixture of leisure and workboundaries of the workplace and

the privacy of the home are

becoming vaguecompetitive advantages of the early days, become more and more handicaps in current times

Centralized control of a market or

a service offering is less feasible

The future

Thank you