Where your data resides is a fundamental question: IBM's Hans Dekkers

IBM Asia Pacific head on India's data sovereignty push, AI adoption, and cloud evolution

Hans Dekkers, general manager, IBM Asia Pacific, was recently in India to announce collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra on quantum technologies and the opening of IBM’s India Client Experience Centre in Mumbai. In a conversation with Shivani Shinde at IBM’s new office in Mumbai, he speaks about why data control is becoming a critical demand in a volatile geopolitical climate. Edited excerpts:

 

We met exactly a year ago, and the global macro and geopolitical climate has worsened. What trends have you seen among your client base?

 

The last one year has seen a huge disruption. What we see now