siliconindia | | MAY 20198IN MY opinionSECURE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: A PART OF MODERN IT STRATEGYBy Vijay Kumar, SVP & Head - Technology, eMudhraVijay is responsible for Technological Advancements, Engineering & Product Innovations, and is instrumental in setting-up eSign technology (Digital India Program). He is involved in Technical Architecture of eSign from its start, with Information Technology Ministry (MEITY). ith the rise of cloud solu-tions & distributed work-forces, organizations can no longer rely on the old ways of doing things. What they need to do to meet the demands of today's tech-savvy customers, while staying on the right side of cost & ef-ficiency is to shift to a more progres-sive IT Strategy, especially the one that places huge emphasis on secure digital transformation. But achieving this is easier said than done. This is because implementation of a progres-sive IT strategy with digital transfor-mation as its centrepiece is a long & continuous process, wherein you have to align your IT capabilities with or-ganizational business requirements. This in-turn requires complete under-standing of business strategic drivers by having a clear view of business needs, as well as key success criteria, business processes, goals and busi-ness drivers. Such IT strategy should also consider all sides of technology management, including cost control, hardware, software applications, as well as how investments in these ca-pabilities support the overall business strategy. It should also emphasise on training and successful usage of its implementations. To put it in simple words, digi-tal transformation is the thoughtful transformation of activities, process-es, competencies and models of the organization to leverage the changes and opportunities of a mix of digital technologies. This not only consid-ers the present, but also accelerates with future shifts in mind. Let's take a look at the two crucial as-pects of a complete and meaningful Digital Transformation: Paperless Transformation: Low Cost, High EfficiencyOne of the main intention behind this transformation is to bring paper-less and presence-less transactions across all organizational needs. This not only makes the process effort-less, but also removes the difficulties of record keeping and speeds-up the process closure; varying from inter-nal employee automation to dealing with external stakeholders. The adop-tion of cloud applications and online IT infrastructure makes it easy for any business to plug-in necessary re-quirements using suitable solutions and design the process automation.Implementation of workflow platforms with electronic signature capabilities brings-in a lot of val-ue for a business organization to go paperless. Nowadays, we have le-gally compliant signature solutions which make any electronically signed WVijay Kumar
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