<s>
A	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
integrated	O
communications	O
environment	O
where	O
digital	O
devices	O
communicate	O
and	O
manage	O
the	O
content	O
and	O
activities	O
within	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
components	O
of	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
generally	O
include	O
websites	O
,	O
cloud	B-General_Concept
servers	I-General_Concept
,	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
,	O
social	O
media	O
outlets	O
,	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
web-based	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
in	O
business	O
includes	O
every	O
resource	O
that	O
is	O
either	O
a	O
computer-	O
,	O
mobile	O
device-	O
,	O
or	O
electronically-based	O
resource	O
in	O
the	O
organization	O
in	O
an	O
integrated	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
an	O
organization	O
conducts	O
business	O
activities	O
through	O
the	O
Internet	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
electronic-based	O
communications	O
system	O
,	O
including	O
websites	O
,	O
e-mail	O
,	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
optimization	O
strategies	O
,	O
social	O
media	O
marketing	O
,	O
podcasts	B-Operating_System
,	O
webinars	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
even	O
voice	B-Application
over	I-Application
IP	I-Application
phone	O
service	O
(	O
VOIP	B-Application
)	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
conducting	O
these	O
activities	O
in	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
they	O
conduct	O
these	O
activities	O
within	O
their	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
,	O
they	O
deal	O
with	O
interactions	O
,	O
transactions	O
and	O
relationships	O
with	O
other	O
organizations	O
 '	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environments	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
the	O
global	O
business	O
community	O
participates	O
in	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
organizations	O
see	O
their	O
daily	O
activities	O
within	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
integrations	O
between	O
the	O
various	O
activities	O
generally	O
become	O
stronger	O
and	O
intentional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Optimum	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environments	I-General_Concept
require	O
communications	O
and	O
integrations	O
within	O
individual	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
computers	O
,	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
personal	O
digitally-based	O
devices	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
communications	O
and	O
integrations	O
between	O
computer	O
software	B-Application
applications	I-Application
and	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
in	O
an	O
organization	O
includes	O
systems	O
of	O
email	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
,	O
storage/data	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
accounting	B-Application
software	I-Application
programs	O
,	O
web-based	O
applications	O
,	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
applications	O
and	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
optimum	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
would	O
include	O
the	O
strategy	O
and	O
implementation	O
of	O
all	O
of	O
those	O
systems	O
,	O
software	O
programs	O
and	O
applications	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
an	O
integrated	O
environment	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
them	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
with	O
other	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environments	I-General_Concept
outside	O
the	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
communication	O
environments	O
(	O
DCE	O
)	O
are	O
well	O
known	O
as	O
computer	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
digital	O
communication	O
environments	O
contain	O
a	O
central	O
hub	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
is	O
connected	O
to	O
everything	O
in	O
some	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
hub	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
located	O
inside	O
a	O
networking	O
system	O
,	O
or	O
could	O
be	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
internet	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
digital	O
social	O
environments	O
need	O
one	O
central	O
server	B-Application
to	O
distribute	O
information	O
to	O
each	O
of	O
its	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
environments	O
we	O
encounter	O
can	O
be	O
reproduced	O
in	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
,	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
immersive	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
in	O
which	O
an	O
artificial	O
,	O
interactive	B-General_Concept
,	O
computer-created	O
scene	O
or	O
"	O
world	O
"	O
is	O
generated	O
for	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
find	O
most	O
immersive	O
digital	B-General_Concept
environments	I-General_Concept
in	O
theme	O
parks	O
.	O
</s>
