Autonomous intelligent devices communicating, collaborating and discovering each other is a world vision hitherto relegated to the Sci-Fi channel. Yet, with recent breakthroughs in intelligent middleware, device communities can extend beyond the Internet by communicating peer-to-peer regardless of platform or OS. Agent-based intelligent middleware can enable collaborative device communities that communicate in real-time and push content without requiring the user to ‘Google' for, or even think about it. Read this white paper to learn the basic technology requirements to enable intelligent apps and prepare your organization for the next generation of community-based software development.