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CIO OPINION
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WHEN THE
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
IS RESTRICTED, THE
MOVEMENT OF DATA
NEEDS EVEN MORE
ENABLING.
Ravi Naik, the Senior Vice President and CIO of Seagate Technology
How to make sure
data is going places
when we cannot
Ravi Naik, the Senior
Vice President and CIO of
Seagate Technology, proposes
five best practices for a
displaced workforce.
At a time when many people
around the globe find
themselves working from
home, it is every company’s job to do
right by its employees and to fulfill its
commitments to its customers – even if
it involves some pivoting.
From laboratories to emergency rooms,
grocery stores, janitorial services, through
data storage companies, businesses
around the world are working to introduce
order and safety where chaos and harm
may loom.
As the majority of employees
throughout the world heed the call to
work from home, the onus, more than
ever, is on data to do the legwork for
us. When the movement of people is
restricted, the movement of data needs
even more enabling.
Good data management these days,
more than ever, must include attention to
efficient flow of data.
Why? Smart data activation, after all,
can lead to connection – even if from
afar. It means using AI and the cloud
to collaborate on vaccine development,
finding treatment and triaging patients.
It also means schoolchildren learning
virtually, employees working safely,
doctors seeing their patients remotely
and relatives seeing their loved ones smile
in real time.
At Seagate Technology, we realize that
we have a dual job to do: 1) Keep our
employees safe, and, at the same time,
2) Keep enabling the critical flows of data
around the world, which has been our
focus for over 40 years.
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