Hey everyone, I am Suyash Deo, Functional SME for IoT and Advanced data practices at Softweb Solutions, an Avnet company.

I welcome you all to a brand-new podcast episode today where I will be speaking on how the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing companies to go digital and contributing to the Industry 4.0 revolution. I will also tell you how manufacturing companies are utilizing digital transformation during this time to turn their factories into smart factories and getting ready for the new normal.

Before starting the episode, let us look at the current scenario of the world and how the pandemic is forcing the global business ecosystem to move towards digitization across industries.

• How COVID-19 pushes a digital transformation boom across the world?
• The current scenario of the world, the challenges and how to mitigate them with technology.
• How IoT technology can fast-track certain digital transformation objectives of businesses?
• Different ways in which, IoT can help bring the digital transformation and how to get started.
• The rise in adoption of Industry 4.0 is reflecting a greater trend of automation.
• What will be the post-pandemic businesses look like?

Currently, the global economy is in the severe slowdown mode amid the upsetting developmental targets of economies across the world. The disruption caused by the pandemic left nothing untouched and will change the way we have lived and worked. With social distancing as a new norm, the way businesses operate and people connect has changed to remote workforces, seamless digital experiences and new social norms.