Here, survival of the fittest may well change the rules of the game and possibly those who don't pay attention to the undercurrents, which as a consequence could become an unavoidable two-edge sword for many who delay their participation. History, as we've come to know, repeats itself. This is unfortunate for some, but lucky for many. And there are many opportunists in today's global competitive marketplace who are prepared to put in the effort and risk to thrive in the new economy.

Applications of technology
In a later article, I'll address some typical applications of the technology. I'll highlight the powerful new concept of active-reflexive data associations, where the data becomes your eyes under the hood, eking out key data associations as they form and bringing them to your attention according to significance escalation policies. I'll also look at the impact that active data reflexivity can have on the all-important knowledge churn, which equates to portal survival energy. I'll address distributed SOAP XML knowledge transactions and iconographic drag and drop user-customizable applications that use Java Server Pages and Java 2 Enterprise Edition Java Servlets to build scalable server-based applications in real-time in response to user requests.