digital economy
SHIFTING HORIZONS
Luke Whitehead of Couchbase takes a detailed look at the shift towards the digital economy, the
evolution of Big Data and the Internet of Things and what it means for enterprise architecture.
T
he digital economy is
transforming the business
world. Powered by the
Internet, it’s an economy
based on the cloud,
mobile, social media and Big Data.
At the heart of every digital economy
business are its web, mobile, and
Internet of Things (IoT) applications,
providing the primary method of
interaction between companies and
their customers, not to mention
supplying more of the infrastructure to
actually run their businesses.
But what is the impact of the
digital economy on businesses? To be
successful and deliver great customer
experiences, not only are businesses
transforming how they work and what
they’re offering, they’re overhauling
their infrastructures to accommodate
their evolving needs.
Today’s web, mobile, and IoT
applications share one or more (if not
all) of the following characteristics.
They need to:
S
upport large numbers of
concurrent users (tens of
thousands, perhaps millions).
D
eliver