Panel Discussion: Building Resilient Data Centers

Panelists in this video:
+ Rahul Tomar, CTO, Shriram Life Insurance
+ R Rajappa, CGM – Datacenter, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
+ Ajay Kumar Nema, GM – IT, Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation Ltd.
+ Abhishek Anant, IOFS, Joint Director, Data Centre, Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd.
+ Vinay H P, Director – India ITBU, Rittal India
+ Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer (Moderator)

Key Highlights:
[1] Rahul Tomar, CTO, Shriram Life Insurance:
+ To build intelligence, we need data, and for data, we require capacity plans. For capacity plans, we need use cases, and for use cases, we must understand core business areas

[2] R Rajappa, CGM – Datacenter, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.:
+ We are deploying advanced IT solutions to monitor all the key factors, from selecting the land area for the data center to its design at the rack level. The entire data center must have a resilient architecture, and we are ensuring that

[3] Ajay Kumar Nema, GM – IT, Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation Ltd.:
+ Scalability of hardware is crucial because replacing existing servers becomes challenging for various reasons. Additionally, there must be clear planning for disaster recovery

[4] Abhishek Anant, IOFS, Joint Director, Data Centre, Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd.:
+ One cannot wait for infrastructure to fail and service delivery to be interrupted. We should ensure the entire service delivery chain, including both non-IT and IT systems, is resilient

[5] Vinay HP, Director – India ITBU, Rittal India:
+ We believe redundancy should be built in right from the source level to ensure data resiliency and business continuity