2. Are we really ready for this?

3. Technology Scaleability how many millions? Performance with millions of objects? Reliability downtime billing

4. P517: CORBA (1996 and 2001)

5. Agents (1996 and 2001)

6. Some of P715 Conclusions CORBA 2.x interoperability based on IIOP is adequate, however some problems exist. more stable implementations are required First results with OMG A/V Stream control prototype are encouraging. CORBA systems need additional support for persistency, transactional behaviour, scaleability, security, and maintenance More and better tools for specification, development, and testing of DOT systems

7. Education and Psychology Do we have the engineers to build it? Do we have the competence at PNOs? Will management support it and accept the problems?

8. So what now? Do the remaining homework for technology Develop the expertise to do it Get management commitment