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# Digitalisation and Cloud Solutions

# Welcome to DCS

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## Track Courses
> Last Update: February, 2024
> [name=Rafael J. BARROS]

[Information Systems Major](https://scis.smu.edu.sg/bsc-information-systems/majors/information-systems)

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:information_source: For the latest information check the [course progression](https://smu.sg/SCISCurriculum ) document at https://smu.sg/SCISCurriculum
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| Technology Solutioning | Software Design and Development |
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|IS458: Cloud Management & Engineering | IS459: Big Data Architecture |
|IS425: Digital Transformation Strategy |CS201: Data Structures & Algorithms |
|IS412: Enterprise Business Solutions |CS202: Design & Analysis of Algorithms |
|IS446: Managing Customer Relations with Analytics: Asian Insights|CS460: Foundations of Cyber-Physical Systems |
|IS456: Overseas Project Experience (IS Technopreneurship) |CS440: Foundations of Cybersecurity |
|IS404: Technopreneurship Study Mission (Asia)|CS301: IT Solution Architecture |
|IS405: Technopreneurship Study Mission (Non-Asia)|CS462: Internet of Things: Technology and Applications |
| SMT481 : Smart-City Operations Research |CS461: Mobile & Pervasive Computing and Applications |
| IS462: Virtual Reality for Business |IS442: Object Oriented Programming |

Also explore the [Work Study Electives](https://computing.smu.edu.sg/undergraduate/academic-experience/wsp/smu-accenture)

## IS Project Experience

Do check the [DCS Survival Guide Template](https://smu.sg/dcs).

## About Digitalisation
> Do search both Digitalisation and Digitalization

The Digital Enterprise is the new normal. Digital Transformation is everywhere. New business strategies to adapt to the new working reality is a must.

Explore [this article](https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2020/6/consider-the-three-ds-when-talking-about-digital-transformation) for a better understanding of digitization, digitalization and digital transformation.


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:speech_balloon: *"The confluence of elastic cloud computing, big data, AI, and IoT drives digital transfromation. Companies that harness these technologies and transform into vibrant, dynamic digital enterprises will thrive. Those that do not will become irrelevant and cease to exist. If the reality sounds harsh, that's because it is"*

**Siebel, T. M., & Rice, C. (2019)**. Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction [E-book]. RosettaBooks.
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[Digital Government Blueprint (Singapore)](https://www.tech.gov.sg/files/media/corporate-publications/dgb-public-document_30dec20.pdf)
"A Singapore Government that is digital :minidisc: to the core, and serves with the heart :heart: "

[Pulse of the Profession 2023 (2023)](https://www.pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/pulse/power-skills-redefining-project-success)


[Pulse of the Profession 2021 (2021)](https://www.pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/pulse/pulse-of-the-profession-2021)

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:chart_with_upwards_trend: Change in your business over the past 12 months compared to the 12 months prior in the following areas
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## About Cloud Solutions
> Do search about Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Native and X as a Service

### Cloud Infrastructure


Statista. (February 6, 2023). Enterprise spending on cloud and data centers by segment from 2009 to 2022 (in billion U.S dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2023, from https://www-statista-com.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/statistics/1114926/enterprise-spending-cloud-and-data-centers/

[DORA - DevOps Research & Assessment](https://www.devops-research.com/research.html)

The USA's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines **five essential** characteristics of cloud computing:

**On-demand self-service.** Consumers can provision computing resources as needed, automatically, without any human interaction.
**Broad network access.** Capabilities are widely available and can be accessed through heterogeneous platforms such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and workstations.
**Resource pooling.** Provider resources are pooled in a multi-tenant model, with physical and virtual resources dynamically assigned and reassigned on demand. The customer generally has no direct control over the exact location of provided resources, but may specify location at a higher level of abstraction (for example country, state, or datacenter).
**Rapid elasticity.** Capabilities can be elastically provisioned and released to rapidly scale outward or inward according to demand. Consumer capabilities available for provisioning appear to be unlimited and can be appropriated in any quantity at any time.
**Measured service.** Cloud systems automatically control and optimize resource use by leveraging a metering capability at some level of abstraction appropriate to the type of service (for example storage, processing, bandwidth, and active user accounts). Resource usage can be monitored, controlled, and reported for transparency.

Although most people using cloud services do not meet all of these characteristics, in terms of software delivery performance, those who do are over 20 times more likely to be in the elite group than the low-performing group.

# What is Digitalisation and Cloud Solutions?
**Digitalisation & Cloud Solutions** are components of a **business strategy** [1] to create amazing journeys, for both, employees and consumers *-internal and external customers-*

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## Singapore's Digital Goverment Goals

Check the [Digital Government Blueprint](https://www.tech.gov.sg/digital-government-blueprint/)


## Annual Survey on Satisfaction with Government Digital Services (Citizens) - For 2021

[Statistics](https://www.tech.gov.sg/who-we-are/our-statistics/)

# Technology Trends

## Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2024

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## Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2023

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*Use Industry Cloud Platforms to complement and strenghtened your exixting capabilities*
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## Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2022

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> [name=Chris Leong CMO Schneider Electric]
> Source: Gartner

### Cloud-Native Platforms

### Distributed Enterprise

### Total Experience

### Hyperautomation

## [LECTURE] Digital Economy and Development: an ASEAN Perspective

The digital economy or the digitalization of economic activity is the disruption we are all facing today. It amounts to billions of everyday online connections among people, businesses, institutions, devices, data and processes. Hear Prof Mari Pangestu share on her views and opinions:

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## Check How to form an efficient data and analytics strategy
> [name=Mike Rollings]

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### Data-Driven Vision
* How to put a well developed vision-statement

### Stakeholder Outcomes
* Who are my stakehoders
* What are they goals (job-to-be-done)
* What initiatives generate the most business outcome value
* How will er measure the results

### Value Propositions

The new normal is challenging the future of business. This has compelled organisations to take advantage of new technologies to innovate and seamlessly integrate the physical and digital world. Digital Transformation is now a need in order to survive in the COVID era.

The Digitalisation & Cloud Solutions Track enables students to engineer IT solutions to enhance operational excellence, integrate information-processes-people and drive innovation.

To help design your track experience, you may choose **any 4 track courses.**


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:bulb: If you enjoyed more the **CORE couses** in our **Technology Solutioning and Management** -the ones on the left- you may be business oriented.


:desktop_computer: If you enjoyed more the core couses at the **Software Design and Development** category -the ones on the right- you may be technical oriented.
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If you are more business oriented, into management and strategic solutioning using Information Systems and Technology, choose Track courses from our **Technology Solutioning and Management** category:

# References

[1] Business Strategy

### What is a Strategy?
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### What is NOT a Strategy
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