The term digital transformation is increasingly creeping into the boardrooms of businesses both big and small. Finally, there is a realization at the top of many organizations that digital has genuinely changed the world and that business as usual is no longer an option.
Unfortunately, few executives understand either the nature of digital or how it has changed things. Worse still they are not turning to us, as digital experts, for the answers. In this post, I want to encourage you to embrace the new boardroom buzzword and move from digital implementor to digital transformation advocate.
http://mediatemple.net/blog/tips/digital-transformation-care/
Flipkart is the biggest ecommerce firm in India, with around 37% market share, according to industry estimates. It confirmed the deal but didn't say how much SoftBank had invested. The Economic Times pegged the deal between $2.4 — $2.5 billion (around £1.9 billion). Flipkart had already raised $1.4 billion (£1.1 billion) as part of the same funding round from Tencent, Microsoft, and eBay. Overall, the shopping company now has $4 billion (£3.1 billion) in cash.
http://www.businessinsider.com/softbank-invests-billions-in-indias-flipkart-2017-8/
