Digital transformation with best of efforts of companies was not happening at the pace wanted. The companies themselves had no clear idea of how to go about it.
Dr. Parvez Hayat, IPS, former DGP & a Google Scholar
Since the onset of concept of smart cities in Barcelona facilitating information sharing through ICT towers by laying optical fiber and censors. Gradually the concept of smart cities began to expand early in Europe and later in USA such as San Francisco and elsewhere in developed and developing nations.
That the world was thrown in an existential crisis is a harsh reality that cannot be negated. That we are still struggling with it, with end in sight is not an understatement.
*That the consequent lockdown threw every single human activity out of gear from a school to every trade, unorganised sector and what not.*
The supply chain of essential commodities had to be up and running though truncated for the world to survive. Other sectors want to make whatever good of already a lost cause.
*At least something skeletal could be maintained and so that some revenues keep coming.*
Herein came the whole concept of digital transformation.
*The digital transformation undeniably has been perforce. Digital Mindset precedes digital transformation, but there was no time.*
Any loss of time would have added to already aggravated human, social and economic situation. The way to go was digital. There was a technology, heard or known, tested or otherwise, enjoying people’s faith was ready to be lapped. There was no other choice. *If it was not planned, so it be.*