Indian firms see great value in data, 47% already monetising it: Dell study

Survey finds leaders in data protection in the country rose from 1% in 2016 to 30% in 2018, while data protection adopters were up from 12% in 2016 to 60% in 2018

With data becoming a mainstream conversation, more and more businesses in India realise the importance of leveraging it for better outcomes. A recent study has found that 93 per cent of the businesses in India see the potential value of data and 47 per cent of the businesses are monetising it.

The Global Data Protection Index by Dell EMC took into account inputs from 2,200 IT decision makers from public and private companies with over 250 employees across 11 industries and 18 countries about the maturity of their data protection strategies. 

"There has been a great realisation of the potential value of