Dr. Alferov, who is 70, and Dr. Kroemer, who is 72, were cited for independently developing electronic components called heterostructures that turned small, solid-state lasers into practical devices and greatly accelerated communications circuitry.
Now, accelerated communications that came from desktop publishing have given way to arduous website overhauls; the mental freedom that came from mobile phones untethering us from our desks has turned into the mental drain of 24/7 accessibility and accountability.
Jonathan Coopersmith recounts the multigenerational, multinational history of the device from its origins to its workplace glory days, in the process revealing how it helped create the accelerated communications, information flow, and vibrant visual culture that characterize our contemporary world.
Storing the certificates until they become expired can accelerate future communications.
Marketers and communicators also must become internal change agents and nudge administrators and providers to rapidly accelerate digital communications throughout the organization to attract and retain patients, drive better performance and add brand value.
The Internet, e-mail and fiber optics have all combined to accelerate global communications in unimagined ways.
Today's rapidly improving office collaboration platforms, tools and operating policies often result in accelerating how communications content is developed, distributed and measured.
More than just debunking dot-com hyperbole, this starker assessment of the potential in the developing world for third-generation wireless contradicts the very basis of the International Telecommunications Union's plea 15 years ago for the new standard's development -- to accelerate the spread of communications.
As communications protocols accelerate to real-time (think Twitter) we are seeing more work processes move to approaches that favor just-in-time coordination over advanced planning.
As a separate company, we believe that Skype will have the focus required to compete effectively in online voice and video communications and accelerate its growth momentum".
The most important event of the past decade has been the growth and widespread use of the Internet, which, in accelerating and multiplying communications and transactions across borders, has converted quantity of communications into quality and created a new social realm that transcends local activity and subverts the concept of identity.
