5G Will Help Both Consumers and Enterprises of India: Vivek Kalra

How are AI-driven networks going to help Telecom Operators?

Data traffic has seen explosive growth driven by various applications and use cases. Telecom networks are more critical than ever and have become pervasive in all aspects of our lives. Operators are focused on delivering quality of service’, enhanced customer experience and are keen to add agility and self-healing capabilities in their networks.

AI and automation play a key role there. Automation controls service experience for customers and operations experience for operators. Operators are starting to focus their automation investments in areas of network planning, optimisation, assurance, and operational efficiencies.

India is transforming into a huge market for data centers. How are these data centers evolving, and how will it impact the operations of India Inc.?

India has one of the world’s largest telco markets, and we have seen some of the biggest industry players here looking to get a slice of the data center market. While we continue to see telcos partnering with global hyper-scalers to offer value-add services and even seen some looking at building their own data center campuses, the data center market in India is still in its nascent stages.

To keep up with the explosive growth of data and cloud computing in India, data center operators need to rethink their data center operations with a focus on delivering assured experiences. This starts by simplifying operations from design to deployment through everyday operations and assurance with the power of automation.

By building modern, automated data centers, companies will be in a stronger position to support India’s data center market as well as its digital transformation agenda.

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a surge in cyber-attacks. How can companies strengthen their IT infrastructures to make them attack-proof?

The threat landscape in India is only growing more complex and sophisticated. Service providers and enterprises alike need to adopt a modern security approach that will not sacrifice network performance and impact the end-user experience.

To achieve this, these companies need to look at unifying all network elements into a threat-aware network and adopt a Connected Security Strategy. This approach to network security gives organisations the ability to safeguard users, applications, and infrastructure.

By extending deep network visibility and security policy enforcement to all points of connection across the network, companies in India can better bolster their cybersecurity posture.