India, March 13 -- Srikant Sastri, Chairperson Geospatial Data Promotion & Development Committee, and Kamal Nath, CEO, Sify Technologies, were in conversation with Minu Sirsalewala, Executive Editor, CyberMedia on how can India handle the oncoming data explosion?

Nath, Sify, said most of the data is getting generated outside the data center. Every piece of digitalization will happen on data. Data also gets stored. Form factor of content is also key. Video is also the key, and shatter all barriers. With 5G, it is becoming more popular. It can also move from video to VR.

Sastri, GDPDC, we also have platforms that generate lot of data. Enterprises also generate lot of data. Hotels, telcos, banks, etc., also have data. Government has a ton ...