Digital transformation has become synonymous with the various technologies driving it forward. These include mobile, social, sensor technologies, big data and the cloud. But it seems open source might be having just as big an influence as the rest.

Some experts even believe the digital transformation revolution is being fuelled by open source. Since open source has reduced the cost of creating and developing the new digital platforms that drive transformation, and the work is being done collaboratively through code and infrastructure platform sharing, the evolution of technology has bred whole new business models and platforms, most of which are dominating the world's economy.