<s>
Digital	B-Application
nervous	I-Application
system	I-Application
is	O
a	O
phrase	O
,	O
popularly	O
associated	O
with	O
Bill	O
Gates	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
vision	O
for	O
how	O
the	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
of	O
an	O
enterprise	O
could	O
be	O
analogous	O
to	O
the	O
autonomic	O
nervous	O
system	O
of	O
a	O
biological	O
organism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
actual	O
phrase	O
digital	B-Application
nervous	I-Application
system	I-Application
may	O
not	O
have	O
originated	O
with	O
Gates	O
however	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
reported	O
that	O
Judith	O
Dayhoff	O
used	O
the	O
term	O
before	O
Gates	O
did	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Ballmer	O
attempted	O
to	O
explain	O
the	O
digital	B-Application
nervous	I-Application
system	I-Application
by	O
saying	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Is	O
the	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
really	O
adding	O
value	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
'	O
digital	B-Application
nervous	I-Application
system	I-Application
 '	O
is	O
kind	O
of	O
an	O
interesting	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	B-Application
nervous	I-Application
system	I-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
being	O
synonymous	O
with	O
the	O
term	O
'	O
Zero	O
Latency	O
Enterprise	O
 '	O
,	O
another	O
phrase	O
representing	O
the	O
way	O
an	O
enterprise	O
uses	O
IT	O
systems	O
to	O
rapidly	O
communicate	O
between	O
customers	O
,	O
employees	O
and	O
trading	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
digital	B-Application
nervous	I-Application
systems	I-Application
was	O
used	O
in	O
1987	O
–	O
89	O
at	O
the	O
IBM	O
Guide/Share	O
Conference	O
in	O
a	O
presentation	O
originally	O
titled	O
"	O
The	O
Body	O
Enterprise	O
"	O
later	O
retitled	O
"	O
The	O
Cybernetic	O
Factory	O
--	O
the	O
next	O
generation	O
in	O
CIM	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
