Fujitsu predicts exponential growth in data

IT infrastructure provider, Fujitsu Technology Solutions (FTS) projects a positive trend in the storage space in India. In an interaction with The DQWeek Dr Helmut Beck, VP, storage, Fujitsu Technology Solutions highlights the challenges faced by the CXO community and an approach to tackle such situations.

Beck said, "We see this continuous exponential growth in data. Today, the bigger question is how to manage data and to protect data. The CIOs and CTOs highlighted that they constantly face challenges in the form of budget limitation, compliance and consolidation." The VP states that the company technology heads should try to utilize three main techniques to solve data management related issues. This strategy is to identify and deploy solutions, which offers virtualization, automation and consolidation.

Beck said, "This approach is not restricted to big data centers, it also applies to mid-size companies and even for smaller companies. They have the very same challenges as big datacenters." "To combat the issue pertaining to data, one must have a solution which has scalability in three dimensions including capacity, performance and SLA which is summary of high availability of resilience and compliance," he informed. "Tape is not dead, it by far is the securest, and best as compared to the price performance ratio and the cheapest form of storage medium available in the market," said Beck.

Talking about the Indian companies, Pallab Talukdar, CEO, Fujistu India said, "Indian vendors have a much stronger appetite for risks. The solution buyers in this country have a different mindset from the European counterparts." He further added that with global MNCs foraying into India have also brought along with their global best practices, which are implemented in this market. "On the other hand, there are Indian IT heads who are managing IT for global companies in overseas market. It is an interesting flux that we see and observe that completely new model is evolving. Also, the vendors here are particular about the RoI and they ensure the solution is squeezed to the last drop of its performance," Talukdar added.

Indian market is maturing rapidly in terms of technology adoption and utilization. One big trend that the company is observing is that the manufacturing vendors have huge data and now they have begun to analyze these data to enable them take effective strategic decision in times to come.