Reaching Your New Digital Heights

David W.Wang is a senior business executive of the nextgen network, IT, and digital solutions, an outstanding digital transformation evangelist, and a consulting principal in the global marketplace. David is also the author of Software Defined-WAN for the Digital Age: A Bold Transition to Next Generation Networking (CRC Press, 2019) and Cash in on Cloud Computing: A Conversational Guide for Buying and Selling Cloud Services (Meghan-Kiffer Press, 2015).

• PART ILayer 1 – Key Digital Concepts, Disruptions, and Milestones 1 From 0, 1, Toward Digital Infinity – The New Binary World 2 From 1st to 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) – Exponential Changes 3 From Data to Big Data – Oil of the Digital Age 4 From Hardware to Software-Defined Architecture – The Digital Way to Go 5 From Wireline to Wireless Communications – Ubiquitous Connectivity 6 From Human Work toward AI – Bridge to the 4IR Future PART IILayer 2 – Digital Thinking from the Building Pillars of Technologies 7 From Electronic Tubes to Microchips – Brain Cells of Digitalization 8 From Dumb Pipe to Next-Gen Intelligent Network – Auto-Healing Infrastructure 9 From On-Prem IT to Cloud Computing – Powerhouse for ICT 10 From Web 1.0 Toward Web 3.0 – The Unified AI Web 11 From Copper to Fiber Optics – At the Speed of Light 12 From Basic Firewall to Cybersecurity – Holistic Cyber Defense 13 From Onsite Database to Cloud Storage – Data Sustainability 14 From Server Boxes to Virtualization – Catalyst of Cloud Computing PART IIILayer 3 – Smart Digital Behaviors and Capabilities – Sense, Think, Connect, Communicate, Visualize, and Act 15 From Online People to Things – IoT Leading Digital Ecosystem 16 From Program Coding to Algorithms – Thinking Flow of Digital Work 17 From Managed to Self-Managed – Let Machine Learn to Act 18 From Social Media Toward MetaAIverse – Our Next Digital Space 19 From 4G LTE to 5G – Automations Enabler PART IVLayer 4 – Digital Solution and Application Models – Operation Transformation, Customer Experiences, and ICT Ecosystem 20 From Point Solution to Digital Platform – The Single Pane of Glass 21 From Central to Edge Cloud – Real-Time Intelligence and Solutions 22 From Virtual Machines (VMs) to Cloud Containers – Agile Computing 23 From Web Surfing to Over-the-Top Streaming – Video and Gaming Frenzy 24 From Data Center to Hyperscaler – Pivotal Data Power 25 From Service Chaining to SASE – Solution Fabric Stitching 26 From Street Malls to eCommerce – Digital Market Makers 27 From Physical Banking to FinTech – Finance in the Cyber Age PART VLayer 5 – Wisdom in Digital Space – Equilibrium, Leadership, and Culture 28 From Data Protection to Trusted Cloud – Digital Rights and Safety 29 From Digital Addiction to Mindfulness – Digital Era Equilibrium 30 From Entrepreneurs to Digital Leaders – New Vision and Horizon 31 From Traditional to Digital Media – Freedom and Its Boundaries 32 From Hierarchic to Digital Culture – Shaping A More Dynamic and Intelligent Society Afterword – Some Bold Predictions on the Post-Digital Future