Mobility reshaping IT- Governance ... minimize churn and maximize revenue!

Mohini Ratna
Editor- VARINDIA

It is truism that corruption is a burning issue in India today. Various means are seemingly being employed to tackle this hydra-headed evil of corruption. Technology is one such means which has the potential of checking the geometrical progression with which corruption is spreading its wings in the country. Adoption of technology is a process and we are all part of this ecosystem. e-Governance is the way forward for tackling corruption, which will not reduce unless citizen services are delivered at the doorsteps. This will reduce the common man’s interface with government departments. To run the system effectively, mobile services really are the way forward, particularly in India where cellphones have now penetrated to the lowest end of the pyramid. I think if you have to deliver services at that level, nothing is better than taking the mobile route. 

Nowadays, in the corporate world many organizations are enabling “Bring Your Own Device” in the enterprise. IT managers are balancing security and support concerns with the very real potential to reap significant cost and productivity benefits from the BYOD trend.

Cloud computing has provided SMEs a level-playing field, which can benefit from a hosted environment and compete on a larger scale. Experts are veering round to the view that the forceful advent of the Big Data will lead to a new boom in the job market.  However, it must be taken into account that connectivity is still a great challenge in our country.

This is so because the ability to access, analyze and use extremely large volumes of data through specific technology will require a whole new cluster of data workers globally. According to one estimate, there will be a need for a minimum of 1,00,000 data scientists in the next couple of years in India. As things stand today, India's economic growth is likely to hover around 7.5 per cent in the calendar year 2013, but the continued uncertainty factor in the government policy may derail the country's longer-term growth prospects.

Last but not the least, with constantly increasing operating costs and customers’ demand for new services, it is incumbent upon the stakeholders to improve the quality of service. It had to transform the way its entire organization perceives the value of IT. To do so, it needs to create a fully integrated, highly efficient delivery system that would demonstrate IT’s value to the overall business through clear key performance indicators (KPIs).

Meanwhile, the big question facing the nation is: “KAUN BANEGA RASHTRAPATI” of the Republic of India!!!