As illustrated by the numbers in the figure,The World is Increasingly Digital and Connected,the world around us is not getting simpler. It is getting more complex due to the following developments:● Exponential growth of digital information, such as social media, mobile, and big data● Globalization and spread of business networks● Internet of Things or Internet of EverythingAt the end of 2009, 5% of the world's population owned smartphones. Four years later, that figure jumped to 22%. Currently, 1.7 billion people are on social networks. Over the next three years, that audience will surpass 2.55 billion. By 2020, 5 billion people will enter the middle class and come online, while 50 billion devices will be connected to the "Internet of Things",creating a digital network of virtually everything. And cloud computing - a $41 billion business in 2011 - will grow to a $241 billion business in that same time frame.