Digital Technologies 2

This chapter is a continuation of Digital Technologies I ( Chapter 6 ). The learning objectives Chapter 6 are revisited in this chapter with the objective of highlighting the objectives covered in this chapter. Chapters 6–8 are focused on demystifying the various digital computing technologies in the context of digital transformation strategies for businesses. These three chapters provide a managerial abstraction of digital technologies that helps in mapping the technological underpinnings of digital transformation. Chapters 6 and 7 focus on elemental categories of digital technologies based on the nature of capabilities they enable for business. Chapter 8 focuses on composite technologies that built from a combination of the elemental technologies covered in Chapters 6 and 7 . At the end of Chapters 6 and 7 , students will learn the following. A managerial abstraction of key digital technologies in the form of a taxonomy. Different levels of capabilities enabled by digital technologies and their relevance to business. What makes Digital Era technologies distinct from earlier technology eras? Current state of each technology category and what to expect in the foreseeable future. The following technology categories were covered in Chapter 6 : Instrumentation Interfaces Communication Chapter 7 builds on the content discussed in Chapter 6 and provides a deep dive on three technology categories listed in the following: Computation Data Management Digital Security