Even as small and midsize companies struggle with Web 2.0, it's time to look ahead at the even newer opportunities and challenges posed by Web 3.0 and the next generation of Web tools and techniques. In this first of a three-part series, a look at where the Web was and where it is now
Don't Miss: Part 2 -- The Next Web
Don't Miss: Part 3 -- Web 3.0: The Risks and the Rewards
For well over a decade now, the Web, the Internet on which it rides, and the various software devices and programs that make it work have been evolving so rapidly, creating so many business opportunities and challenges that many small and midsize businesses have had their hands full just hanging on.
The good news: Things aren't going to slow down.
The challenging news: Things really aren't going to slow down.
While envisaging where the Web -- and its kaleidoscope of related technologies -- is headed on its wild Internet ride can only be speculative, the value -- and possibility -- of understanding in advance the implications, opportunities, and challenges of technology for small and midsize businesses is fundamental to their success, whatever the "final" form of the next Web.
Next Page: Where We've Been And Where We Are: Web 1.0 and 2.0
