In this Let’s Talk Data podcast, Acceleration Economy analyst Pablo Moreno welcomes Quest Software Data Empowerment Director LATAM Richard Rule for a discussion on data management trends specific to Latin America and the major difficulties that are preventing faster cloud adoption.
Highlights
00:01 — Pablo introduces guest Richard Rule, who details his role in information and systems management at LATAM and Quest Software.
02:04 — Rule explains the challenge of moving companies from legacy software to new cloud infrastructure. He reports cloud and multi-cloud environments already encompass 82-86% of industries globally, with Latin countries getting a late start (between 45-50%).
04:48 — Adequate cybersecurity measures are the biggest obstacle preventing faster cloud adoption.
06:30 — Pablo digs deeper into multi-cloud security and how it compares to data held on-premise. Rule emphasizes that the cloud is still hardware, requiring security within every cloud vendor’s systems. Data in the cloud is “as safe and as unsafe” as it is on a personal computer.
08:33 — Private data is vulnerable either way. People are often astounded by how long it takes a cyberattack to happen; it can take years for malicious actors to gather bits of sensitive intelligence.
10:01 — Rule stresses both external and internal protection. Robotics and advanced biometrics are the future; he suggests Latin America is “behind the curve.”
11:31 — Companies must protect and understand their own data.
12:24 — The pandemic transformed cloud industries with an “explosion of data.” The speed of adoption hasn’t kept up with necessary security measures.
14:00 — Cloud adoption in Latin America is moving at exponential rates, despite its challenges.
