IBM research is working on a middleware system that will enable users to tap into the data on mobile devices to create a virtually unlimited pool of data and provide essentially infinite access to the Internet. Stefan Schoenauer, an IBM researcher at the company's Almaden Research Center, in San Jose, Calif., said IBM Research, as part of the company's IBM Extreme Blue program, has developed a prototype of a data-sharing middleware platform for mobile devices. The platform will enable heterogeneous devices, regardless of their operating systems or hardware, to access the network via various communication modes, including device-to-device direct communications.
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