Anywhere: How Global Connectivity is Revolutionizing the Way We Do Business

by Emily Nagle Green

Is your business prepared for the world of ANYWHERE? “Companies are beginning to conceive, design, develop, and distribute products and services in profoundly new ways…But how to exploit this new connectivity? Read on.”
―From the Foreword by Don Tapscott, bestselling author of Grown Up Digital and Wikinomics “ Anywhere paints a compelling picture of what the next transformation of wireless will look like and who it will impact. Those who want to capitalize on the new wireless world should read this book.”
― Dan Hesse, CEO, Sprint “Connectivity is fast creating a level playing field among developed and emerging markets. Those who understand how to leverage the connected world will be best positioned to impact it. Anywhere is a must-read for anyone who wants to be a relevant leader in a global economy.”
― Rajeev Suri, CEO, Nokia Siemens Networks “Emily Nagle Green takes it up a notch with a breezy style that makes the arcane accessible and the possible plausible. It’s the kind of sensible outlook that can only come from deep knowledge and analytic rigor―both hallmarks of Yankee Group.”
― Tom Sebok, President & CEO, Young & Rubicam North America “Required reading for anyone interested in understanding how and why communications advances are fundamentally altering business. Green explains how the connectivity revolution offers unbounded opportunity to thrive in the nascent Anywhere future.”
― Reed Hundt, former chairman, U.S. FCC “This book highlights the unstoppability of the advance of connectivity, creating the imperative for business leaders to respond.”
― Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent About the Book: A pill bottle helps health care professionals monitor patients taking medication. A vending machine reports its own inventory over a wireless network. A telephone speeds checkout by serving as a debit card in retail stores around the world. The future of the world―and business― is ubiquitous connectivity, the total interconnection of people, ideas, and products through a global digital network. As the network grows and the world of data expands, every citizen will have instant access to virtually anything he or she wants. Where is this network? Anywhere. And you must learn to use it to the fullest if your business is to thrive in the coming years. In this groundbreaking book, Emily Nagle Green, president of Yankee Group, a leading global connectivity research fi rm, charts a course for the future by explaining:

304 pages, Hardcover

First published July 2, 1905

About the author

Emily Green is chairman of the board at Yankee Group Research, Inc. In this role, she helps guide the firm's direction, speaks to the market and works with key clients. As the firm's CEO from 2005 to 2010, she partnered in its acquisition with primary investor Alta Communications and led its transition to the global connectivity research vision it calls "Anywhere."

Throughout her varied career as a technology engineer, marketer and researcher, and through her published work and speaking engagements, Emily has become a widely respected thought leader on the impact of connectivity on networks, enterprises and consumers.

Emily earned a B.S.L. cum laude in linguistics from Georgetown University and an M.S.E. in artificial intelligence and computer graphics from University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Engineering.

She currently serves as vice-chair of Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX), the U.S.'s largest Internet advocacy council.