SNIA India T/E/N Storage Meetup - June 2025 - Hosted by Dell Technologies

PLEASE NOTE: This is a SNIA event being generously hosted by a SNIA member, in this instance Dell Technologies

"Ransomware Protection - Are You Cyber-Threat Ready?" by Shelesh Chopra, Dell Technologies

This topic will cover - Changing Landscape of Cyber threats & How businesses can build strategies to prepare themselves when they are struck by Cyber attacks.

Followed by “Storage for AI 101 - A Primer on AI workloads and their storage requirements” by PK Gupta, Dell Technologies

This presentation will be an introduction to the key AI workloads with a description of how they use the data transports and storage systems. This is intended to be a foundational level presentation that will give participants a basic working knowledge of the subject.

Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to identify the major categories of AI workloads.
Participants will be able to articulate some of the special workload characteristics of the AI workloads for the transport and for the storage.
Participants will be prepared to join more in-depth explorations of AI workloads in other presentations.

Meetup Agenda:

2:00PM: Registrations open

2:30PM: Meetup Commences with a brief introduction about SNIA India

2:45PM: Talk on 'Ransomware Protection - Are You Cyber-Threat Ready ?' by Shelesh Chopra, Dell Technologies

3:30PM: Talk on 'Storage for AI' by PK Gupta, Dell Technologies

4:30PM: Networking and refreshments

S peakers:

Shelesh Chopra is the Senior Director, Software Engineering, Integrated Data Protection Software, Dell Technologies

Shelesh is a seasoned Product Engineering leader with 20+ years of experience and a track record in building high performing teams that developed products and solutions recognized as best-in-class by the industry. His work includes leading product & process transformations, building organization agility by implementing modern Scrum methodology, building self-sustaining teams, leading and managing critical customer relations and leading global programs and product initiatives.

Shelesh has been responsible in building Software Engineering teams that developed industry leading product and solutions. He also established various cross functional teams like Development, Quality, Sustaining, Performance & Scale. Shelesh is accredited with 300+ Granted Patents. He is a technology enthusiast focused on innovation that envision high impact to customers. His work has led to several Industry-First innovations at product, process, and solution levels.

Pushpendra Kumar Gupta is the Global CTO and APJ Presales Lead for Global Alliances Presales

PK Gupta leverages 40 years of IT management experience (28 years in Dell) to drive global data storage and solution architecture. As APJ Presales Lead and Global CTO for Global Alliances Presales, PK cultivates relationships with business executives across the world to deliver exceptional technical support according to business needs.

A globally recognized technology leader, PK has served on international advisory boards in India, Singapore, and Malaysia. Dedicated to global technology advancement, PK founded Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) chapters in India and South Asia. Represented Dell Technologies on the Global Board of Directors and Data Protection & Privacy Committee for the SNIA International. He is co-chair for recently formed Digital Twin Consortium Regional Branch Office (DTC RBO) for South Asia and India as well. He has also been invited by universities and industry organizations to present on technology trends in various industries for data decade, data protection & privacy regulations, cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), storage management and disaster recovery. In recognition of his contributions to company success, PK was inducted into the Dell Technologies Data Protection Solutions Hall of Fame, awarded the Global Elite Leadership Golden Jacket, APJ President Leadership award, 2012 SNIA Industry Impact Award and recently given 2024 SNIA Lifetime Achievement Award. He also achieved President Club 10 times in last 16 years.

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