Advancement of technology
As the world grows in the advancement of technology, complexity is all around every business as well as every person. There are several technological advancements which include the application of robotic process automation, internet of things, social media, global digital infrastructures, algorithmic decision making and digital business platforms and many others which are the main catalyst of digital complexity. The technologies have led to the interconnection of devices as well as networks and human actors, processes, institutions, technical artifacts and organizations. Organizations, as well as humans, have turned to digitally enabled solutions which solve the current challenges of digitalization. As a result, the complexities in information technology introduce new challenges as well as opportunities to information system-related researches.
An example of the complexity of technology is when a person searches something in the website, there are millions of results that are instant and all address are the same issue as requested by the searcher. The results, on the other hand, do not only reflect the concerns of the searcher but also the concerns of the creator of that content. A simple website search has been complicated and has several interconnected actors who are the user, advertisers, websites and topics as well as many other technical and social entities. The use of technology nowadays has resulted in a sophisticated and complex system.
There are several characteristics of the complexity of digital technologies. The first characteristics are embedded this is because digital capabilities enable conversion of information to be embedded in objects such as watches, shoes and many other objects. Additionally, digital capabilities enable objects to be in a position to provide decision support to the adaptive cognitive process of all the social actors. Another main characteristic is connected. The users, as well as objects that are connected to digital capabilities, are connected through the use of application software and websites of social-technical relations. Another major characteristic is the fact that digital technologies are editable as a result of the innovation of social-based computation. As a result of a recurrent adaptation of mutually dependent objects and connected as well as diverse social actors, there is a possibility of a change in the social-technical system that defies simple extrapolation from the original change. Finally, digital technologies are associable through their shared characteristics. Their associability allows the user to be in a position to identify emerging trends and patterns across different geographies in a new way which never existed in the past.
Organizations data have been at risk of hackers as a result of increased complexity which has almost interconnected every data in the organization increasing the risk of an increased number of vulnerabilities. Organizations can be in a position to reduce digital complexity through, ensuring that they hire the best skills which will help them in adapting with changing technologies. Additionally, transferring their operations to cloud computing can be one of the ways to reduce the complexity of ever-growing technology. Finally, an organization can ensure that it has adapted to application modernization which will help in solving current and future technological needs for a business..