By now, most people have heard of what IDC calls the 3rd platform or others call SMAC – Social, Mobile, Analytics/Big Data, and Cloudd. But, few people actually understand the profound effect that they are having on business models, stakeholder interaction, information, sourcing, and security. Together, they represent a fundamental shift in not only how companies interact with customers/partners/employees, but also in how IT organizations interact with the rest of the business. Architecture is key to making both of these transformations successful, but at the same time, a new world requires new architectural thinking.

This workshop distills the extensive research done by IDC in 3rd platform business, technologies, and architecture into a compelling vision of digital transformation and what Analysts and Architects need to do to make both themselves and their companies come out on top.

• Digital Transformation is here now…a review of thethe dramatic changes
• Brief overview of 3rd platform technologies
• More importantly, not what they are, but what they MEAN too your organization
• New interaction models for IT and the business
• Strategic Architecture for Digital Transformation
• Implications for Business Analysts and Architects