Enterprises don’t struggle with AI ambition, but with data readiness and governance: Venkat Sitaram, Sr Director and Country Head, ISG, Dell Technologies India

As AI adoption accelerates across Indian enterprises, the real challenge is shifting away from models and algorithms to the fundamentals that make AI viable at scale, i.e., cybersecurity, infrastructure modernisation, power and cooling. What was once a technology upgrade is now a boardroom-level rethink of how IT environments are built, secured and sustained.

In this interaction, Venkat Sitaram, Senior Director and Country Head, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies India, explains how AI is forcing organisations, across both MSMEs and large enterprises, to refresh legacy systems, prioritise cybersecurity, and rethink data centre design. He also outlines why liquid cooling is rapidly moving into the mainstream, how Dell is tailoring AI adoption for different customer segments, and what sovereign AI means in practical terms for India’s innovation journey.

Dell Technologies works across both large enterprises and the MSME segment. With the rapid rise of AI and evolving ...