Presence 2.0

In April 2005, I wrote a white paper describing how presence can help develop the case for a converged network. Looks like it's time for an update.

With location based networking - using wireless access points to triangulate signals on RFID enabled devices - companies are able to track assets throughout their physical spaces. The next logical step is to track the RFID enabled ID badges that all employees must wear. Thus, the simple buddy list with green and red balloons that is getting "smarter" can be improved one thousand fold by changing the person list interface into a map layout that tracks people's movements throughout the wireless enabled campus.