Mahendra k Sharma

SMAC is an important piece of the puzzle for many businesses seeking digital transformation, another buzzword that we are hearing less of these days. The urgency of digital transformation is fading as many e-commerce businesses have already made the switch, and those who haven’t are severely behind the times. SMAC created an ecosystem where businesses could improve business operations while making the transition to the digital world. # SMAC   Companies can use SMAC as a platform to prioritize and consolidate social, mobile, analytics, and cloud resources where it makes sense if the c-suite doesn’t consider it the only solution. It’s pretty simple. If you want a piece of platform technology that can help you prioritize, monitor and analyze these parts of your business in a digital age, SMAC may be for you. But don’t rule out using other resources, including your own strategy, as powerful allies to a tool. What I think, SMAC is an important solution but not as an all-in-...

The Digitization of money, rapid proliferation of the Internet and mass-adoption of mobile phones are positive headwinds in India’s journey towards a digital economy. While the potential for scale and growth for fintech companies is undeniable, success will be determined by the ability of players to scale without compromising risk and security. Trouble makers in the digital eco-system are evolving and are finding innovative ways to breach it and hence the need to evaluate the current risk and security measures. Security and a pointed focus on compliance is of paramount importance, regardless of platforms – online or on mobile. Cyber breaches and successful phishing attempts have been possible on account of weak authentication across a majority of sites where user ID and password are sufficient to gain access to the sites and services. How Blockchain helps ??   Blockchain technology promises to facilitate fast, secure, low-cost international payment proce...