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A well-thought-out idea, a powerful marketing message, an informative info-graphic, a restaurant menu card, a movie poster, a cheat sheet, London tube map.  What is common in all of the above? The title of this post is a hint.  They are all something on a page. Anything that fits a page is a  well articulated viewpoint of a customer.  Anything on a page is an amazing vehicle to reach the information to the right audience at the right place and time. Three principles to bear in mind:  1. Focus on the outcome of the process (why) 2. Take the viewpoint of the audience (who, when, where) 3. Apply sophistication to the tools yet keep the output simple (how)

A blueprint for Digital Ecosystem Graphic A Digital Ecosystem is a conglomeration of  Internet of Things (IoT) , Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Big Data Analytics, Hybrid compute platform that enable new business models banking on the currency of data that is mostly real-time in nature hence more valuable to the users.  This is an opportunity for businesses to create value out of through investment in digital technologies.  The  Digital Ecosystem  value-chain should cover sourcing, analyzing and consuming digitized engineering data and information.  Digitize: source engineering data into IT systems Analyze and Automate: process data and control devices Consume: share and use information that is of value to business Each element in the value chain is currently at a different stage of maturity.  Digitize . For years, the field of engineering has advanced and adopted automation yet largely in silos partly due to proprietary technologi...