SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud) : The emerging Enterprise IT model

The emergence of social media, increasingly accessible through smartphones and tablets, has made information from all across the world accessible at a touch.

The emerging technology enablers – Data analytics and cloud computing – will play a critical role in allowing businesses to tap into their customers and understand their buying behavior.The amalgamation of all these four enablers – social media, mobility, Data analytics and cloud computing – collectively referred to as SMAC will be the leading business-technology enabler of the next decade .This is the new enterprise IT model delivering an organization that is more connective, collaborative, real-time and productive.

The four pillars of SMAC are:

Real word examples: Retailers are strategically deploying the SMAC Stack across key business processes to combine the best of virtual and physical retail shopping experiences. 

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Courtesy: Cisco, Cognizant and KPMG India