siliconindia | | September 20189workforce that is stimulated by the work they do, rather than be deadened by mechanical tasks. Most businesses find that when they introduce automation into the work-place, people are happier without the constraints of opera-tional tasks, the entire business becomes more productive, and people focus on adding more value to their company.Connected Smart World is the RealityFirst our phones connected to the internet, now everything does. The world is moving towards `Smart Organization', `Smart Cities', `Connected Vehicles', `Smart Security', and so on. Smart devices/sensors are available for every-thing from day-to-day living to manufacturing. Augment-ed Reality makes it easier for consumers to make buying decisions. Hospitals are able to monitor patients remote-ly, gathering vital stats with connected devices enabling them to remotely advice medication. Getting everything around us to be Smart and then using the data collect-ed from these sensors gives organizations critical inputs to analyze and learn how to improve products, tweak offerings, and provide the enhanced customer experience that enables them to stay ahead of the competition.Data is the Source of TruthLet's shift focus from Sensor-based Data to actual Data, the `truth' that is being collected in the world of technolo-gy. A recent Forbes article says, `there are 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day at our current pace, but that pace is only accelerating with the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT)'. Enterprises too are not just collecting data, but constantly seeking to refine their use of it; most crucially, identifying the golden data sets on which var-ious analytics/Artificial Intelligence can be applied for self-learning and self-healing. `Smart' is possibly not good enough anymore, you have to be `intelligent' now. Speed to Market PlatformA strong blend of seamless process deployment & infra-structure is the key for speed to the market. DevOps is a culture and set of practices that bring various enterprise
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