This document discusses digital transformation and the secure, intelligent platform needed to enable it. It notes that digital transformation involves adopting new technologies and business models to increase agility, productivity and customer experiences while reducing costs. The platform should amass and unlock big data, embrace multi-cloud environments, reinvent the network, and leverage machine learning/AI to drive business insights. Cisco's strategies for its Spark, DNA Center and other platforms aim to provide such a secure, intelligent platform for digital business.