Tech of the Week -A weekly tech podcast channel from Softweb Solutions Inc

Anshita: Hello, and welcome to another episode in our tech of the week podcast series. I am Anshita Solanki, Senior Content Writer at Softweb Solutions. I have with me, Abhinav Srivastava, Sr. Business Manager at Softweb Solutions – an Avnet company.

Our today’s episode is dedicated to artificial intelligence, and I would like Abhinav to talk about how companies across industries can use AI to accelerate their digital transformation journey and create value across different areas of the business chain.

So, Abhinav, can you please tell us about the current situation of AI adoption, considering the new normal?

Abhinav: Sure, Anshita.

The unprecedented global crisis has triggered a monstrous shock in demand and supply, disturbing the ability of many companies to foresee future trends. The fragility of the situation has forced technology laggards to rethink upon their entire business value chain model including manufacturing, retail, supply chain and more. The key is to embrace AI as integral part of the business model, putting the technology at the center of the organization.

Meanwhile, those who have already implemented AI are better equipped to manage and streamline their entire business model, including supply chain processes, channels, products and deliver on consumer needs with speed, scale and specificity. So, what I am trying to say is AI can play a vital role in recovering faster from the ongoing crisis and establishing more resilient enterprises.

Anshita: Right, so you mentioned that AI plays a vital role. Can you further explain how AI enables businesses to find success in the new reality and assess the true potential of AI across the entire business chain, including the five major areas, which we’ll discuss as we go.

Abhinav: Before I answer your question, let me tell you that these areas may have different degrees of relevance for sectors and industries, and the usage may differ accordingly too.

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Hello and welcome to the first episode of our metaverse podcast series. My name is Archana Modawal, and I am a Content Writer at Softweb Solutions, an Avnet Company. I am delighted to welcome our guests Abhinav Srivastava, a Senior Business Development Manager at Softweb Solutions and Jay Parikh, a System Architect at Softweb Solutions. The topic for today's podcast is - The metaverse, its fundamentals and implications on society at large.

 As the title suggests, today we will be talking about the most trending topic of current technological advancements – The Metaverse. Jay, would you like to throw some light on today’s topic?

Hello. Good morning, everyone! Welcome to another episode of our podcast series. In this podcast, we will talk about RPA and how it solves business processes. With me, I have Wilton Rogers III. Wilton is a businessman. I came across RPA in 2017. I saw how RPA could help businesses. My approach was to see how I could bring down the downstream. With years of trial and error, I was able to build the company to support businesses that want to implement an end-to-end RPA solution. Now, we are RPA service providers of many services and programs.

I am Zalak Patel, associated with Softweb Solutions from the last six years and primarily focusing on digital transformation initiatives. That includes technologies such as RPA, AI, data analytics and so on.

1. RPA as a game changer is not a new thing, of course. What are the key challenges it is addressing? How is it transforming business processes?
2. What are the underlying factors in RPA adoption that are roadblocks while decision-makers consider RPA?
3. There are a lot of talks between RPA, intelligent automation (IA) and hyper-automation. Are these terms connected or different in nature?
4. Some companies have adopted RPA. And some companies are adopting it down the line. What are the key barriers while adopting RPA? Or what are the common challenges that companies, from SMEs to large enterprises, face?
5. Around us, we see many advantages or benefits of RPA. Are there any disadvantages, minuses, or drawbacks of RPA adoption?
6. What are the critical RPA trends for 2023 that businesses will witness?
7. Would you mind naming industries with the highest RPA adoption?
8. Is there any golden advice or a thumb rule you would like to recommend for successful RPA implementation?

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 Understand the underlying factors behind blockchain functioning and how it can help businesses to transform. Additionally, know the challenges, myths and benefits of blockchain technology. Today’s our guest speaker is Dr. Stelios Kampakis, a data scientist with 10+ years of experience. He will also focus on how businesses can adopt blockchain, what is decentralized finance, blockchain applications and more through the following questions.

• What is Blockchain technology? And how does Blockchain work?
• How can organizations adopt Blockchain?
• What is a common myth about Blockchain? What’s something people seem to misunderstand about Blockchain? 
• What are the challenges of adopting Blockchain into business?
• There’s a buzz in the market surrounding decentralized finance. What are your views about that?
• What are some of the uses of Blockchain in the Metaverse?
• What is one piece of advice you’d give to someone planning to implement Blockchain in their business/industry?

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Anshita: Hello and welcome to another episode of our digital transformation podcast series. My name is Anshita Solanki, and I am a Senior Content Writer at Softweb Solutions, an Avnet company. I am delighted to welcome Pushpak Parmar, Business Development Manager to talk about digital transformation in the manufacturing industry.

So, in today’s podcast on digital transformation, we will have a discussion with Pushpak on how digital transformation is changing the face of businesses across diverse industries. But before that, if you are new to the channel, I recommend you check out the line-up of our previous episode on ‘Time to move beyond digital transformation’. And if you are an existing listener, I would like to thank you for joining again.

Hi Pushpak, it’s great to have you here. I’m excited to discuss a few use cases related to the manufacturing industry, but before we do that can you just give us a glimpse into the significance of digital transformation across the manufacturing sector?

Pushpak: Yes, sure. To start with, as we know, there’s a lot going on in the current times. We have observed that digital adoption is accelerating in almost every industry, and the manufacturing space is no exception. And Anshita, if you look at the manufacturing industry, it is so broad and diverse. And the issues that have plagued the world recently are highly unprecedented. So, embracing digital transformation has become a necessity for businesses to stay competitive in this rapidly changing market.

Anshita: Absolutely!

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Pushpak: Hello everyone, welcome to the first episode of our digital transformation podcast series.

My name is Pushpak Parmar. I am working as one of the Business Development Managers at the Digital Transformations division at Softweb Solutions, an Avnet company. I am joined by Zalak Patel today.

Zalak: Hi all, I am Zalak Patel, and I work closely with Pushpak at Softweb Solutions as BDM. In this episode, we are going to talk about the need to further digital transformation and why is it significant to act on a digital-first strategy rather than just formulating it.

Pushpak: So, we have got a lot on digital transformation that we can be riffing on, Zalak. As we all know, digital transformation is not a new concept. The need for it has always been there. It’s just that COVID-19 has acted as a catalyst for accelerating the pace of the digital shift. And we can see how it has accelerated the adoption curve of digital initiatives almost overnight. Take healthcare. The pandemic gave telehealth the mother of all booster shots. But that’s not all. According to Dell’s Digital Transformation Index 2020, eight in ten enterprises fast-tracked their digital transformation programs in the year 2020.

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Hello everyone, I am Jeet Rathod, business development manager for Mobility solutions at Softweb Solutions, an Avnet Company. 

I welcome you all to today’s podcast where I will be speaking on how the use of mobile apps has increased tremendously in recent years, changing the entire landscape of digitization. Also, I’ll be sharing some core reasons why mobile sales apps are a viable asset for businesses in this digital era.

So, Before we begin this episode, let us have a look at the current market scenario of mobile apps adoption. 

Here’s an interesting fact that indicates the huge consumption of mobile apps. According to a research conducted by Statista, the number of mobile apps downloads in 2020, was 218 billion. This is truly a big digit to believe. 

In our everyday life, we use various mobile apps to fulfill our several daily requirements. To our surprise, today, 1.85 million apps are available for users to download. These apps have become highly significant in how we live our lives nowadays. We may listen to almost any music, meet new people, manage diaries, documents and even make payments through them. 

All thanks to the advancements of smartphones and mobile apps that are forcing the global business ecosystem to drive digitization with mobility. 

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Hello Everyone!

And a very good day to all of you!

I’m Nikunj Mistry, Senior Business Development Executive at Softweb Solutions, An Avnet Company.

It has been a while since we connected so here I am today, presenting you with a brand-new podcast episode. We are going to talk about IoT, the trending technology that has acquired a firm position as the central core of every business.

IoT is undoubtedly making our lives easier and convenient. It is streamlining the tedious and time-taking business processes which eventually add up to creating conveniences.

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Hello everyone!

And a very good day to all of you!

I am Parth Bhatt, Business Development Executive at Softweb Solutions – An Avnet company.

Welcome to our podcast on ‘understanding enterprise mobility as the new norm for a successful business.’

We are well into 2021 and most enterprises have already adopted some form of a mobile strategy in their organization, especially since the outbreak last year. However, as technology keeps evolving it is necessary for businesses to plan ahead so that they can deal with uncertainties and make them most of newer opportunities.

There are a lot of factors of mobility that go into deciding, such as devices to choose, understanding the trending and emerging wearables to accompany your mobile strategy and knowing which mobile solutions to deploy.

Of course, new technologies will bring new opportunities, but also new threats. App and cloud security, GDPR, software overload and modern UI/UX standards are just some of the challenges that today’s modern enterprises have to deal with.

And so, having said this, today’s podcast is based on enterprise mobility to help you ensure that you are on the right path for your enterprise mobility strategy this year.

Suyash Deo: Good morning, David. It is my immense pleasure to have you on this podcast channel.

David Linthicum: Happy to be here.

Suyash Deo: Thank you. So, for our listeners, a real quick introduction: David Linthicum is a chief cloud strategy officer with Deloitte. He’s been in the industry for quite a long time. He is a speaker, podcaster and an author. So, David, it’s a long track record but I had to summarize in short. But again, thank you for joining the podcast.

Today’s topic is the evolution of DevOps in 2021. So, let’s quickly jump on some of the key questions. I’ll be asking very basic questions because our listeners are also non-technical and operational people.