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Sudha KV, VP, Dell Technologies India is associated with the company's R&D centre at Bangalore. Here she talks about her work.
What kind of innovation is Dell Technologies doing in its R&D centre at Bangalore?
Sudha KV - Dell Technologies’ R&D centre at Bengaluru is led by some of industry's finest engineers and highly skilled technical staff, is at the locus for innovation of cutting industry leading infrastructure solutions. It is where Dell Technologies’ server solutions software is conceptualized, and next-generation upgrades are introduced across portfolios. Needless to say, product innovations are very critical for our business. These have also resulted in us filing a number of patents and with our sustained efforts of forming an Innovation Focus Group and adopting a systematic approach has enabled us to file 100+ patents every year. We have gotten into newer areas like Analytics, Security, AI, ML/DL in keeping with the industry trends and business needs. With the aim of integrating software with hardware capabilities, we run over 7 petabytes of networking traffic, 1,600 virtual machines, and 1,400 test configurations to mimic all possible customer scenarios.
How is the technology of new-age servers evolving?
Sudha KV - Servers need to be prepared for new-age workloads and be resilient to sophisticated cybersecurity threats. Infrastructure optimization should be key to design as businesses look at simple, manageable IT solutions for handling their mission-critical data. Servers are responsible to bring businesses to scale and are a critical element of a holistic IT structure.
Dell Technologies has been innovating in servers to integrate pace, optimal operations, strength and resilience. Our Dell EMC PowerEdge server portfolio is upgraded to re-imagine the demands of IT at the Edge. It is designed to empower businesses with the help of emerging technologies like AI, ML, cloud, IoT and containers, helping India Inc. realize growth in the age of digital transformation at competitive levels.
The PowerEdge servers are made to drive innovation through intelligent collaboration. They are designed to help our partners and customers take advantage of its impressive agility, performance, unrivaled security, manageability, and scalability. With Dell functioning as a trailblazer on the path towards creating a fully autonomous infrastructure, we are ready to support our customers and partners through their transformation journey, to be ready for an automated future.
What kind of challenges are coming in the way of evolving these new-age technologies and how are you resolving them?
Sudha KV - Organisations all around the world are going digital in order to modernize operations and foster innovation. Yet digital transformation is often easier said than done. The sheer number of new technologies and variety of operating models available can make it difficult to meet today’s requirements and prepare for tomorrow’s challenges. Dell Technologies is taking measures to motivate Indian businesses to take a future-ready approach for planning their IT strategy. Our portfolio of as-a-service offerings simplify digital transformation by increasing IT agility and control
How is the reception of these technologies across India?
Sudha KV - Our servers have been well-received in the market and continue to be adopted widely across key businesses. Businesses have a greater degree of awareness towards new-age technologies presently. There is growing interest around adoption of modern IT solutions and upgrading existing infrastructure despite challenges at the workplace. IDC estimates that by 2024, more than half of data center infrastructure will be consumed and operated via an as-a-Service model and Dell is already in the forefront of that model. Dell Technologies has been recognised as the leader in mainstream servers’ category in India, with the highest ever industry share of 44.9%, as per IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker Q12022. We remain committed to the needs of our customers and partners and are driving adoption of technologies for success in their digital transformation journey.