Building Digital Ecosystem Architectures

The design of digital solutions has become a pressing concern for practitioners faced with a plethora of technology impacting their business. From cloud computing to social networks, mobile computing and big data, to the emerging of Internet of things, all of which are changing how enterprise products, services, rooms and buildings are connected to the wider ecosystem of networks and services. This book defines digital ecosystems with examples from real industry cases and explores how enterprise architecture is evolving to enable physical and virtual, social, and material object collaboration and experience.   The key topics covered include:Concepts of digitizationTypes of technological ecosystemsArchitecting digital workspaces Principles of architecture design Examples architecting digital business models Examples of digital design patterns Methods of monetizationConclusions