Machine to Machine: Research The seamless configuration of multidisciplinary networks is essential to the rapid, reliable flow of information. The progressive conversion of all data resources into a common digital format will ultimately permit the merging, manipulation, and dissemination of discrete information resources throughout a global communications network. Bridges: cross network, black box translators, network peripherals, information filters, global connectivity. Storage: uniform digital formats that integrate various media types and permit free exchange of the storage medium between different retrieval and processing units. Data Storage Connectivity Machine to Machine: Issue