Platform ecosystems: Aligning architecture, governance, and strategy

摘要

Operating software platform systems such as Android and iOS have millions of apps available on them.These apps are causing a paradigm shift in organization––big or small, private or public, for-profit, orphilanthropic. Information technology (IT) is no more utilized by individual companies to competeagainst each other. Utilization of IT has shifted to platform ecosystems competing against each other.Platforms, as the name suggests, provide a foundation on which firms build their products and services.A large part of value offered by these platforms to their millions of users depends on the scope of appsavailable, even though these platforms have little control over the app developers. This book is an optimalmix of IT andmanagement strategy regarding platformecosystems. Starting fromdefining platforms, thebook provides a solid foundation on architecture, governance and strategy of platforms. It is available inpaperback format in print version and on Kindle in digital version.