Exploring the European Union Research Policy in Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing

This Frost & Sullivan research service, titled Exploring the European Union Research Policy in Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, aims to define the concept of pervasive and ubiquitous computing. The definition will be expanded illustrating some applications in order to give an idea about the scope of pervasive and ubiquitous computing. It proceeds to illustrate how those technologies are interpreted in the policy-making arena. The cases of Japan, South Korea and EU will be discussed. The EU Disappearing Computer Initiative will be further analysed. The last section provides readers with some comments on social and business implications of pervasive and ubiquitous computing.