{"id":678,"date":"2021-01-31T01:39:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T20:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/?p=678"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:24:59","slug":"what-all-has-changed-post-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/what-all-has-changed-post-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"What all has changed post COVID-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last one year, many things have changed for us. Here is a list of areas in business &amp; life that have changed as observed by me &amp; students who were attending the class for subject of BigData in MBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Digital payments now have wide acceptance&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Work &amp; study from home is now a reality, locations matter a lot less now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Cyber security is now at the fore-front<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Digitization of everything &#8211; Though we need to be careful of what, how and when we digitize<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Mental &amp; overall health for people is now a priority&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. OTT platforms are now providing opportunities to various type of actors, film makers and others beyond the traditional ecosystems&nbsp;of cinemas &amp; multiplexes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. True democratization of knowledge \/ information &amp; opportunity is happening, if you want to showcase your talent &#8211; internet &amp; digital gives you that space&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8. Healthcare services are now online \/ tele-medicine is a reality&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9. Pharma companies are now collaborating in a big way&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10. Public health is now a priority for governments&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11. Digital innovation in physical businesses is now at the fore-front&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12. Online learning is widely accepted not just by certificate providers but by universities&nbsp;as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13. Hiring &amp; business models are changing&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14. RegTech is now mainstream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15. Local shops \/ stores \/ super-markets are now converging and getting a voice on various online app ecosystems \/ platforms &#8211; should the local stores act as small warehouses and deliver via app ecosystems, this could be the new model&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16. Newspapers \/ magazines are going for online subscription based models and shifting away from paper based publishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17. App ecosystems have changed rapidly to accommodate alternative business models of deliver anything rather than specific things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">18. Hotels, airlines &amp; restaurants are looking at alternative solutions to problems that they faced in pandemics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a short compilation of changes that we see around us.&nbsp;<strong>It is not the strongest who survive, it is the ones who evolve and change that survive<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What else do you think will change in the near term?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email me:&nbsp;Neil@TechAndTrain.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last one year, many things have changed for us. Here is a list of areas in business &amp; life that have changed as observed by me &amp; students who were attending the class for subject of BigData in MBA. 1. Digital payments now have wide acceptance&nbsp; 2. Work &amp; study from home is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/what-all-has-changed-post-covid-19\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What all has changed post COVID-19?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[138],"tags":[139,140],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pandemic","tag-change","tag-pandemic"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7do02-aW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":551,"url":"https:\/\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/three-waves-of-analytics-notes-on-articles-by-prof-davenport\/","url_meta":{"origin":678,"position":0},"title":"Three waves of Analytics \u2013 Notes on articles by Prof. Davenport","author":"Neil Harwani","date":"February 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"References: Analytics 3.0How Analytics Has Changed in the Last 10 Years (and How It\u2019s Stayed the Same) ANALYTICS 1.0 - Business Intelligence, RDBMS & Data Warehousing Vertical scalingBetter results and analysis meant higher processing power & memoryComplex systemsChances of singular failureBackup was compulsoryStorage in RDBMSTransformation in business dimensions and facts\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Analytics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Analytics","link":"https:\/\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/category\/analytics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Analytics.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Analytics.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Analytics.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Analytics.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Analytics.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":740,"url":"https:\/\/www.techandtrain.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/devops-in-networked-technology-infused-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":678,"position":1},"title":"DevOps in Networked &#038; Technology infused world","author":"Neil Harwani","date":"August 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"My original article below, co-authored with Prof. Nityesh Bhatt. 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