| During a crucial business session presentation, Nitin | | | | broadband connectivity and increase in storage |
| Kumar, a budding entrepreneur in the IT sector, lost | | | | requirements among the SME segment," said Dibakar |
| all important data that he had stored in a hard drive, | | | | Mohanty, an independent IT analyst at Guwahati. |
| when his computer crashed and the system failed. | | | | Considering the robust growth in the SME segment, |
| Not only did he lose valuable data but he also lost | | | | companies providing storage and data management |
| precious time retracing the information that he had | | | | solutions are making the most of the favourable |
| collected over a considerable period of time. This in | | | | situation. |
| itself highlights how imperative data storage and | | | | "To tap the lucrative market, data management |
| remote backup have become for businesses of all | | | | companies are offering SMEs in India a host of |
| size. | | | | integrated solutions and data storage devices |
| SMEs to up data storage spending | | | | especially designed to cater to their evolving needs," |
| Data storage and backup services are critical areas of | | | | said Sukriti Shah, a senior executive working with |
| day-to-day operations for SMEs to secure vital data | | | | Techsoft, a small-sized hardware suppliers in Sangli, |
| essential for running their business. However, not only | | | | Maharashtra. |
| storing data but ensuring a dependable backup is also | | | | Realising the relevance of securing data and stepping |
| very critical for small businesses. | | | | up data storage facility, SMEs have upped their |
| "Data management solutions and backup services | | | | spending to increase their storage capacity. Besides |
| have been gaining significance among individual users | | | | escalating their expenditures on data storage, |
| as well as small businesses in the last few years. | | | | companies must also pay attention to see how |
| Demand for data storage facilities and online backup | | | | reliable their backup services are in order to keep |
| services are on the rise not only in urban areas but | | | | their records intact. |
| also rural regions, thanks to the rapid proliferation of | | | | |