Dell EMC feels fortunate in pronouncing that it conducted an offsite: Data Innovation Summit - From Information to Insights at The Leela Kovalam from 13 December to 15 December 2018. Indeed a perfect platform where decision-makers & thoughtful speakers from different industries shared & exchanged their invaluable knowledge on numbers & facts, innovation & transformation. The over-whelming response that we received gives us a heads-up for many more such Summit in future. Mr. Srihari Palangala, Senior Director & Head of Indian Marketing at Dell EMC, initiated the Summit with his keynote session on, "Engines of Human Progress". How Dell EMC is paving a way to digital future remained the topic of discussion. A panel discussion was moderated by IDC on the topic, "Understanding the Value of data & recognize it as an Enterprise Asset". The discussion was headed by Mr. Ranganath Sadasiva, where they discussed how innovative accelerating technology is enhancing the Information Transformation for the DX Continuum. IDC analyst Mr. Rajnish Arora & other leaders from the industry gathered for an interactive workshop on how companies are planning to deploy some of the exciting technologies to accelerate their digital journey. Mr. Rajnish Arora, Vice President for IDC's Enterprise Computing research group in Asia/Pacific, delivered a session on, "Data - Fuel to DX Journey". He well explained how data is inevitable for the economic growth of any & every industry. Mr. Ranganath Sadasiva, Director of IDC India's Enterprise Practice, exchanged his views on, "Designing for Digital - Data is the new Fulcrum". He provided an understanding of the Storage adoption in the Indian context, emerging trends & challenges. Mr. Deep Roy, Head of India Pre Sales, Modern Data Center Team, India at Dell EMC, conducted a session on, "Make It Real - Modernize your Data center with Dell EMC". He emphasized on how the Modern Data Center is the future of IT Infrastructure. Mr. Nikhil Madan, Director of Unstructured Data Solutions at Dell EMC held a session on, "Unlocking your Data Capital". The session discussed a data strategy with Isilon and ECS that can boost the value of "data capital" of an organization. Mr. Nitin Bhatia, Software Manager in Data Protection Solutions at Dell EMC, shared his irreplaceable words on, "Dell EMC for Data Protection: Key Ingredient in Modernization & Transformation". How can you protect your data from cyber-attack via Dell EMC's Data Protection portfolio, was well illustrated by him.   The night ended on a perfect note with the magical musician spreading the charm of his soulful music among all, Kutle Khan. His melodious singing gave a perfect finish to the evening followed by dinner & cocktail.