For enterprises, data backup is only the beginning

(June 2026) Organizations are generating and storing more data than ever before. As cyberattacks grow more frequent and sophisticated, protecting that information and restoring it quickly has become a critical business challenge.

Data protection is no longer just about backup. Increasingly, organizations need to detect threats earlier, recover faster, and keep critical systems running when attacks occur.

Jerome Wendt, CEO and Founder of Data Center Intelligence Group (DCIG), says that businesses must assume they will eventually face a cyberattack. Song Ke of Huawei believes meeting that challenge requires a combination of software, hardware, and end-to-end data protection capabilities.

In a Transform Talks interview with Huawei’s Executive Editor-in-Chief Gavin Allen, Wendt and Song discuss the growing ransomware threat, the importance of rapid recovery, and how organizations can better protect and derive value from their data.