Connectivity the challenge for the future

As we seek to find increased the gains by factor times by interconnecting various components doing specialized work, the challenges we encounter in terms of two components talking to each other becomes non-trivial. Further, the complexity of interconnection increases as we move from connecting homogeneous components and further to heterogeneous components.
Increased connectivity is presenting a challenge across all sectors, whether this is in medical systems with issues of legacy interfaces and centralized patient records, the need to connect a camera to a personal computer via a home network or the high availability required of an integrated manufacturing network that may span the world.