Architecting and Developing the Digital Platform

If you’ve already decided on a platform strategy, learn techniques, framework and major considerations for developing and deploying an integrated platform.

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Five Key Traits of the Digital Platform

  • Intelligence
  • Orchestration
  • Experience
  • Trust
  • Agility

The Platform Battleground

Understanding and building a "DX platform" that can sustain, advance, and scale business and operations may be the most important decisions leaders make for the next 10 years.

Leaders must architect a platform to effectively compete in the platform business economy, and develop and govern that platform. Megaplatforms compete to own infrastructure and development environments. Application-centric platforms look for the network effect to expand their reach. Industry-specific platforms harness multiplied innovation to build niche ecosystems. Every business must incorporate these new options into its own DX platform.

What:

Once the platform approach is decided, this module will help senior IT leaders and their implementation teams find the most appropriate ways to architect and implement that vision. While every platform is different, IDC will help you understand the three most important qualities common to successful DX platforms.

Why:

A digital transformation platform is absolutely necessary for delivering digital transformation at scale. The platform will be the anchor point for the future enterprise and for developing and maintaining a digital business ecosystem. Understanding the five critical dimensions for the DX platform is vital to a successful transition. Avoiding challenges such as ungoverned development, culture wars, and security are vital to successful architecting a true DX platform.

How:

To develop the DX platform, the organization needs to take the following steps:

  • Architect the DX Platform
  • Select technology vendors for your platform

Five Key Traits of the Digital Platform

  • Intelligence
  • Orchestration
  • Experience
  • Trust
  • Agility

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  2. Employing Appropriate AI Technologies

  3. Modernizing Infrastructure for the Digital Enterprise

  4. Rationalize and Modernize Applications for the Digital Enterprise

Successful DX efforts have measurable, achievable and supported goals, strategy and KPIs

IDG Environmental Policy

International Data Group is committed to protecting the environment, the health and safety of our employees, and the community in which we conduct our business. It is our policy to seek continual improvement throughout our business operations to lessen our impact on the local and global environment. We are committed to environmental excellence, pollution prevention and to purchasing products that reduce the use of natural resources.

We fulfill this mission by a commitment to:

  • Encouraging all partners to share in our mission
  • Understanding environmental issues and sharing information with our partners
  • Recognizing that fiscal responsibility is essential to our environmental future
  • Instilling environmental responsibility as a corporate value
  • Developing innovative and flexible solutions to bring about change
  • Using our platforms and position in the IT industry to promote sustainability
  • Minimize air travel to help reduce our impact on the environment
  • Minimize use of materials and energy consumption in our offices
  • Create a working environment that efficiently uses our office space
  • Develop and maintain a hybrid working model that benefits both our employees and business partners
  • Encourage employees to measure, minimize and collaborate on reducing energy consumption at home and in the office
  • Engaging employees and promoting active participation in environmental and sustainability initiatives