| What is access? Access is a means to an end—the means of closing the gap that separates ideas, understanding, knowledge, insight, and action. Access facilitates, access informs, access empowers, and access has the ability to transform the way we work, live, play and learn. From the telegraph to radio to television and the Internet, technological evolution over the past 100 years has focused on advancing access to create a wireless, always-connected world without borders. In today’s information economy, access is more relevant than ever. Access creates opportunities for businesses and individuals to communicate and collaborate in ways that drive economic growth and improve the quality of our lives. Access means the ability to communicate wherever, whenever, and on any device—a quick glance at e-mail on a smartphone while rounding the golf course, secure connectivity to vital corporate data from a laptop in a hotel room, real-time patient updates while toting a tablet PC from the operating room to the recovery room. Boundless and easy information access transforms work from just being a place to an activity and is the engine driving the successful 21st century enterprise. |
