What is Digital Transformation, Digitalization, and Digitization
How API relateds to Digital Transformation
Who is also confused by the terms digitization, digitalization, and digital transformation? Hands up! Well, at least I was. That’s for sure because people use those terms as synonyms or mixing them.
In the following, we explain the three terms and how they relate to digital technologies such as API (Application Programming Interface).
What is Digitization?
Digitization refers to creating a digital representation of physical objects. For instance, we scan a paper document save it as a digital document (e.g., PDF). In other words, digitization is about converting something non-digital into a digital representation or artifact. Computer systems can then use it for various use cases.
An API doesn’t digitize. However, an API can play the role of integrating two computer systems to reduce media breaks.
For example, a user enters personal info into a mobile app. The mobile app sends this info to an API that will push the info into a backend system or database. The data is then accessible for other computer systems and use cases.
