AI is changing everything — but Dell says data remains the enterprise’s crown jewel
The breakneck expansion of AI is forcing enterprise IT leaders to urgently rethink how infrastructure and cyber resilience work together to protect critical assets.
Above all else, securing foundational data is now paramount for enterprises as they forge ahead with agentic AI deployments. But doing so requires organizations to shift away from traditional backup paradigms to embrace dynamic recovery strategies designed for modern threats, according to Rob Emsley (pictured, left), director of cyber resilience marketing at Dell Technologies Inc. However, data remains the ultimate constant.
“At the end of the day, it’s the data layer that’s still the crown jewel,” Emsley said. “Whether or not the data has been interacted [with] by a human or a digital agent, the data is still the data.”
Emsley and Simon Jelley (right), vice president of product management at Dell, spoke with theCUBE’s John Furrier and Dave Vellante at Dell Technologies World 2026, for an exclusive interview on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed the growing intersection of AI infrastructure and enterprise cyber resilience. (* Disclosure below.)
