Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud (SMAC) technologies have come a long way, from being disruptive to transforming into essential building blocks of new platform of revolutionary phenomenon like the Internet of Things (IoT) and intelligent automation. 'ICT in a Connected Environment' - prepared jointly by CII and PwC highlights the journey of SMAC to newer emerged
technologies which have found a place at the core of our day to day lives and businesses, alike. This background paper, released at 15th ICT East, held from 4 – 5 August, 2016 at Kolkata, highlights the impact of these new technologies in the Manufacturing, Healthcare and ICT space. It also covers the vision of CEOs regarding these transformative technologies and the impact of SMAC on the overall computing environment.