Dell’s channel business continues to be the key pillar of India’s success

Anil Sethi, VP & GM Channels India, Dell Technologies has been driving Dell’s channel business growth by implementing unique GTM models that work with the DNA of Dell. Prior to Dell, Anil has worked in various organizations across infrastructure, software and services domains, in various geographies and in different capacities – both in customers as well as partners facing roles.   To redefine or refresh the partner program   In this context Anil said, “Channel continues to be the key pillar of India’s success and when I talk about better numbers…

Enterprises expected to invest in infrastructure and cybersecurity

PRAVEEN JAISWAL Founder and Director, Vehere   CLOUD TECHNOLOGY & WFH   Let’s be honest. WFH may stay for a while but eventually, people will flock back to their workplace. When that happens, some zealots might be scrambling to evaluate their spending. Investment decisions based on long-term viability of a technology adoption is always a better way forward.   ADOPTION OF HYBRID MULTICLOUD   AS OPERATING MODELS It will again depend on how the postpandemic world shapes up when normalcy returns. Based on the early trends we see; it is unlikely that…

The future of cybersecurity depends on a platform approach

HUZEFA MOTIWALA SE Director, India & SAARC, Palo Alto Networks   CLOUD TECHNOLOGY & WFH   As cloud-related workloads have increased, so have the number of enterprise security incidents. The quick transition to a remote model has created huge challenges for the IT team to ensure secure remote access. The rapid growth of the cloud has created another serious concern. The overnight shift to remote working has encouraged many enterprise users to use Shadow IT, SaaS-based applications that are used by employees. The wider move to the cloud beyond light-touch…

SBI serving customers with its vast network

Organisations Name : State Bank of India (SBI) Head of the Organisation: Dinesh Kumar Khara  Designation: Chairman     Services Offered: Accounts, Investments & Deposits, Loans, Cards, Digital Banking, Information & Services   The largest bank of India, SBI is a multinational, public sector banking and financial services statutory body and serves over 44 crore customers through its vast network of over 22,000 branches, 58,500 ATMs, 66,000 BC outlets. It is focused on innovation, and customer centricity, which stems from the core values of the Bank – Service, Transparency, Ethics, Politeness and Sustainability. The…

Akamai technologies empowering users to shift more compute and data to the edge

Incorporated in 1998, Akamai secures and delivers digital experiences with its intelligent edge platform to the top brands globally. Akamai aids them to realize competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power of their multi-cloud architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps and experiences closer to users than anyone – and attacks and threats far away. Its portfolio of edge security, web and mobile performance, enterprise access and video delivery solutions are supported by unmatched customer service, analytics and 24/7/365 monitoring. In a chat with VARINDIA, SIDHARTH PISHAROTI, Regional Vice President – India, SEA &…

Acer leads the way for PC Gaming in India

SANJEEV MEHTANI Country Manager- Sales, Acer India PC gaming is turning out to be a favourable choice among millennial gaming enthusiasts, and this shift can be attributed to factors such as quality of gameplay, affordability, availability of high-end hardware and software, and improved internet bandwidth. Hence, the best PC games getting more demanding and more comprehensive than ever. PC with the best processors and graphics cards, reliable and highperformance laptops is a must in today’s gaming industry. In terms of gamers today, we not only have a strong community of…

Service providers are in a unique position to assist a business’s growth; optimisation initiatives and digital transformation needs”

With a vision to manage IT infrastructure in simple ways, Nutanix brings together compute, storage, networking, and virtualization in one invisible stack. Nutanix’s industry-leading Enterprise Cloud platform is enabling thousands of companies to run their apps and workloads with unparalleled performance. Companies around the world use Nutanix software to leverage a single platform to manage any app at any location at any scale for their private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments. In a chat with VARINDIA, RITESH SYAL, HEAD & DIRECTOR, CHANNELS & ALLIANCES, INDIA, NUTANIX reckoning the halcyon days before pandemic and the…

A10 Networks committed to deliver secure application services for on-premises, multi-cloud and edge-cloud environments at hyperscale

n a chat with VARINDIA, Sanjai Gangadharan, Area Vice President, South ASEAN, A10 Networks discusses the security challenges faced by businesses during the pandemic, how the company is addressing Malware and DDoS threat challenges, concept of Secure on-demand Education etc.     How A10 Networks is addressing the business challenges during these difficult times, where security is the major concern of everyone?   Since the onset of the pandemic, employees have been working remotely at a scale most companies have never seen before. Owing to this, cybersecurity has become the biggest and constant threat for businesses.…

DigitalOcean ensures data center footprint to safeguard the regulations and needs of local

Prabhakar Jayakumar Sr. Director & Global Head, DigitalOcean   How is the data center industry bringing it across the wire and what kind of opportunity DigitalOcean is foreseeing in India?  A lot of the businesses that are coming up, could predominantly have been offline businesses and are trying to have a digital presence. Digital transformation is no longer something that only enterprises are focused on. Everybody wants to have a footprint in the digital world and the cloud makes that easy for them. If you could be a local offline…

NSDL ensures safety and soundness of Indian marketplaces

Organisations Name : National Securities Depository Ltd.   Head of the Organisation:  G V Nageswara Rao  Designation: MD & CEO Services Offered: Basic Services, Value Added Services, NSDL CAS   NSDL is one of the largest depositories which handles most of the securities held and settled in dematerialized form in the Indian capital market. The enactment of Depositories Act in August 1996 paved the way for establishment of NSDL. Using innovative and flexible technology systems, NSDL works to support the investors and brokers in the capital market of the country. NSDL aims at ensuring the…