Interview: Paul Henaghan, VP, Data Centre Solutions, APJ, Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies is doing a lot of work around smart cities across India with its partners, primarily the local agencies and government bodies, says Paul Henaghan, the company’s vice-president for Data Centre Solutions, Asia Pacific & Japan. “We are now focusing on finding the right strategy from the India perspective. Bringing people into the digital payments world has created a level of interest and innovation out of India which motivates us,” he tells Sudhir Chowdhary in an interview.

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What’s new in the enterprise technology space? What trends are resonating with customers?

In the last couple of years, there has been a lot of work and money invested to understand how to capture data and how do we grow our capabilities around it. We are now finding more conversations around how to utilise investments made in the different environments, to harness the true power of data in order to drive business and serve our customers better. We now see real maturity when it comes to the concept of data.