How the Indian Data center market will look by 2025 – Challenges and Outlook

The data center growth in India is currently exceeding the annual growth rate of American and European data center market. There are yet many cloud computing companies who have not yet made their entry in India, so this says that the data center market in India is bright. However the question is how do we reach there and what would the data center market in India by 2025 look like.

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Jabez Tan, Head of Research, Structure Research

Data center investments for tier 2,3 & 4 cities in India

Most of the data centers in India currently remain polarized in the top metro cities. It’s highly essential that data centers are also developed in other cities of India to help promote data localization & economy. This session will share insights on how Tier 2,3 & 4 cities can benefit the local economy and protection of data.

What is driving demand for data centers in India – Internal or Outsourcing?

The data center growth in India is expected to grow by 4% during the 2019- 2015 cycle. While business in India is adopting hybrid cloud systems at a growing rate. The main question is whether internal growth in business or outsourcing of IT systems in India is growing the demand for data centers.

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NK Singh, Founder & CEO, Data Center Guru

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Vinod Nair, Service Head of Data Centre Operations, HDFC Ergo

Dhaval Pandya, Head IT – CIO & CDO, JSW Paints Private Limited

Alok Bhushan, Head – Global Partners, Equinix

Overcoming operational & security challenges for data centers

The manual operations of managing data centers are labor-intensive, complex, slow and are prone to high-errors. Another challenge is to secure the data of any organization into the data center with no security breaches and data losses. This session will help you understand challenges and implement strategies to overcome operational and security challenges for data centers operations.

Modernizing data centers through AI & ML

Most of the buzz around artificial intelligence centers on software based tech. But AI and ML is important down among the server racks in the guts of the enterprise data center. AI’s potential to boost data-center efficiency & by extension improve the business. This session will talk about what benefits AI & ML can provide in the functioning of data centers and what are the adoption challenges.

Why hyperscale data center are here to stay in India

India’s Data Centre market has a significant headroom for growth compared to other mature markets. A key driver is consumer demand for app-based and OTT services running on the cloud.These specialized data centers are different from the regular data centers and more challenging to build, especially in areas where real estate and power are scarce or expensive.This session will take you through the essential, challenges and benefits of hyperscale data center establishment in India.

Accelerating Data Center sustainability to the forefront with new age power and cooling technologies

In the dynamic, fast-paced data center industry, a passion for change is essential. Enhanced data center cooling system reliability, with best-in-class cooling control technology is now demand of the hour and this session will share insights on recent trends, mechanisms and how to overcome challenges.

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Venkatesh G, Deputy Editor, W.media

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Kevin Kant, CEO, Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions

Marcel Jacobs, Managing Director, Circl8

N.K.Jain, Founder, N.K. Jain Consulting Engineers

How the 5G rollout will help edge computing in India

Currently, 5G’s primary focus is to provide an enhanced mobile bandwidth experience to consumers. But expanding bandwidth is just one aspect of it. The biggest beneficiaries of 5G’s ultra-low latency and edge computing’s decentralized data-processing. This session will help understand how 5G will change edge computing forever.

Cloud Computing priorities & outlook for new decade

The future of cloud computing is bright however with the cloud ecosystem being so wide, India INC needs to decide which specific subjects of cloud to focus and while also working on a road map for the future to make sure that Digital India dream is achieved in the next few years. This keynote address will deliver insights on India INC’s future outlook and mission for Cloud computing in India.

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Mohit Kapoor, Group CTO, Mahindra Group

Mayuresh Purandare, Head – IT Infrastructure and Cyber Security, Marico Limited

Rohit Chatter, CTO, Inmobi

The National Cloud Initiative

In order to promote cloud tech adoption the Gov of India launched various initiatives under the National Cloud Initiative. This session will give you inside tracks on how this initiative is turning around cloud computing in India and what the future of Digital cloud will be like in India.

Dealing with cloud migration challenges

Cloud migration can be an extremely daunting task for enterprises especially with vendor lock – in issues, migration of critical workloads or legacy applications. This session will bring together experts to discuss their experiences and how they went about successfully migrating their business applications from on-prem to cloud, the challenges they faced and how they overcame them.

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Shobhana Lele, CIO, The Bombay Dyeing Manufacturing Company Limited

Selecting the right cloud service provider

This session will discuss the key considerations for selecting the right cloud provider for your business.

Automation in cloud enabled with RPA

The complexity of any software application under development has become more challenging due to the focus on quick releases. However with AI & ML what used to take a month for delivery can become a weekly affair with updates factored in almost on a daily basis. Learn more through this session on how AI & ML can facilitate easy development and operation of cloud systems.

Preparing for successful multi cloud deployments

Enterprises looking to rapidly scale up and enhance agility opt for multi – cloud deployment as it helps avoid single points of failure and tackle vendor lock -in and downtime issues. However, not all cloud environments are equal and it is imperative for enterprises to work on a multi-cloud deployment strategy that delivers operational and cost efficiency. How can this be done? What are the factors that need to be considered before adopting a multi-cloud environment?

Role of cloud in shaping the future of streaming platforms in India

As the demand for content on request increased, It became difficult for OTT platforms to manage network and thus came cloud to make sure network and bandwidth is stretched to meet demand of viewers. This technology has forever changed the operations & business of OTT platforms. Learn more insights on the role of cloud for shaping the future of OTT platforms through this session.

How cloud will decide the future of India’s banking & financial sector for 2021

The earlier reluctance to move core activities to the cloud has softened. Many banks are putting strategies in place to migrate their core services such as consumer payments, credit scoring, wealth management, and risk analysis to the cloud. However the role of cloud in enhancing the financial services sector is not over yet. Join us for our dialogue session and learn the future of cloud for India’s BFSI sector.

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Akshay Dhanak, Group CIO, Magma Fincorp

Assessing enterprise cyber resilience – Why cyber security matters?

Enterprise cybersecurity is not only the biggest elephant in the room, It’s the biggest elephant in the digital world. In 2020 the losses due to cybersecurity have been in trillions which is more than the GDP of half of the countries in the world. Data and technology is exploding in India.This session will focus on why endpoint security becomes absolutely essential for your enterprise. What are the advanced endpoint security tools that can enable enterprises to prevent and manage security threats?

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Dr. Burzin Bharucha, Advisor, EY

Panelists: –

Bharat Panchal, CRO – India, Middle East & Africa, FIS

Gary Brantley, CTO, Beazer Homes

Strategic roadmap for 5G rollout in India

Given the evolutionary nature of 5G networks, India needs to ensure rapid rollout of the technology to avoid being caught on the wrong end of the digital divide. But is India truly ready with a strategic plan in place? Do find out through this session.

How Digitization is affecting the flow of opportunities & Funding in India

The digital market in India is going to grow by more than 30% by 2025.Foreign entities are now investing in India as the country rises to the forefront of the technology landscape in Asia. However these figures are possible to reach only through help from internal and external investments. Learn from top experts on how the favorable digital climate in India is attracting investments from within and outside India.

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Alok Kumar, CEO, OLX Autos India

Vineeta Hariharan, Chief – External Projects, Ministry of Small, Micro and Medium Industries – Gov of India

Information security – Overcoming challenges with your cyber toolkit

Organizations of every size and in every industry feel the necessity and urgency to strengthen their cybersecurity efforts. Enterprises have moved beyond simply securing the perimeter and now recognize the need to protect a growing digital infrastructure that is global, elastic, dynamic and mobile. Learn through this session on the latest tools that organizations need to have for securing their IT operations.

Digitizing your SMEs through tech

There was a time when technology was only affordable for large scale industries while SMEs still followed an age old process. Things have now turned, Due to development of technology tools in India such resources are now available at low cost and now is time for SME’s to power themselves with technology.
Learn what measures India INC and the SME’s community is taking to ensure digitization reaches to the bottom of the industry pyramid.

Revolutionizing E – Commerce with Blockchain

As blockchain technology is becoming a driving force in the global economy, it is also gaining critical acclaim in the e-commerce industry. E-commerce is among the sectors that are increasingly using blockchain technologies to facilitate financial transactions. Learn more on the revolution of E commerce with blockchain from our experts.

Talent, Skills & Next gen technologies – Is your workforce ready to manage the threats & create resilience

Although technology has advanced. Upskilling the workforce with essential skills is a major challenge. Learn more about how HR leaders and technology leaders can work together on filling this gap.

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Vinit Sinha, Director – Cybersecurity SME, Mastercard

Ajay Bakshi, Global Transformation Head – Shared Services, Xerox

What is the current cyber security policy in India and what needs to change?

The current cybersecurity policy was established in 2013 with a vision to build secure and resilient cyberspace for citizens, businesses and the government. Anticipating the boom in the IT industry and the resulting need of a cyberspace policy, the document was published with a mission to protect information and information structures, prevent and respond to cyber threats, and minimize the damage from cyber incidents. However with recent years going away the threats have multiplied. This discussion will share insights on the new requirements for cyber tech space in India.