'We are in an era where lot of information is getting digitized'

Prashant Gupta, Partner, Risk Advisory, BDO

“Today we are all talking about bringing different devices, means together and working for providing better services to the citizens and across the globe. An interesting thing I have observed in Germany’s e-Healthcare is that there were a bunch of special kids who used to previously come to the hospital for treatment, but now they are all treated at homes with the help of IoT solutions. It is really interesting to see how things have evolved. Digitization is going to bring a lot of advancements and will ease the doing of business. We are seeing an era where lot of information is getting digitized over a period of time. But digitization is also enabling IoT, which has its own pros and cons. An example is that of patients across US and Europe with pace makers experiencing a massive attack, because some people were trying to exploit the vulnerabilities without thinking that it can have an impact on people’s lives.”

Prashant was speaking at the 15th VARINDIA INFOTECH FORUM held in New Delhi on 25th May, while sharing his vision towards the adoption of IoT in the country. The VARINDIA INFOTECH FORUM entered its 15th year by bringing together the who’s who of the ICT industry, IT consultants and senior government officials and PSUs and setting up a platform for a day-long event consisting of power-packed sessions of technical presentations, panel discussions and discourses on issues impacting the technology landscape and, most importantly, business networking. The theme of the 15th INFOTECH FORUM was – “Digitization and Role of IoT for Next-Generation Enterprise”.