The future of Digital India lies in seamless control of data

With digitization at its peak, Indian businesses realize the importance of security. Securing data by implementing the right data protection and data recovery solutions, against any kind of traditional as well as emerging threats is crucial and unavoidable.

Indian organizations are increasingly adopting data protection solutions across verticals. However, it is critical for them to ensure that their data protection solutions are well suited to meet the needs of the organisation. This means that the recovery of the data should be almost near instant so that the businesses do not suffer.

As India inches closer towards becoming a digital economy, there has been an increased focus on data protection from the businesses as well as the Indian government. Hence, here are few trends to watch out in 2018, when it comes to data protection:

• Seamless control of data: There will be a shift in the movement of data from devices to data centres to cloud operating environment. Data is the new currency and as it is bound to grow larger and complex in the virtual environment, adaptation to fast and efficient data protection infrastructure will be critical. Moreover, organisations are now realising the value of data recovery too. Both data protection & recovery combined together will aid organisations in having seamless control over their data and be prepared for any kind of data breaches.
• Health and BFSI to be early adopters of data protection: These two sector will be the prime sectors that need to secure their data, more than ever. As hospitals increasingly store EMR records online & banking witnessing an exponential increase in online payments, the influx of all this data hold high value. Hence, it needs to be protected. Hence, generating the need of data protection.
• Securing your backups: Today there are a host of solutions available. However, what is crucial is the response time during a data breach along with its effectiveness. Therefore, need to have an Isolated recovery solutions by businesses in India, will increase. This will help businesses safeguard their critical data despite any external threat.

Dell EMC provides a wavelength of right & suitable data protection & recovery solutions to its customers/businesses of all kinds from small to midsize to large enterprises. Its portfolio ranges from Integrated Data Protection Solutions (IDPA) to Data Protection Suits to Data Backup & Protection solutions. Dell EMC is a one stop to cover the complete continuum of data protection for businesses.

Ripu Bajwa, Country Manager- Data Protection Solutions, India, Dell EMC, “With India embarking on its digital journey, awareness regarding the importance of data protection & recovery solutions has grown phenomenally. As the Indian industry landscape is rapidly changing, it is important for to provide customers with solutions that are easy to deploy as well as are cost effective. Dell EMC’s Data Protection & Recovery portfolio equips businesses with complete data protection, anywhere and anytime.”