SMEs to increase spending on data storage, backup services

During a crucial business session presentation, Nitinbroadband connectivity and increase in storage
Kumar, a budding entrepreneur in the IT sector, lostrequirements 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 lostcompanies providing storage and data management
precious time retracing the information that he hadsolutions are making the most of the favourable
collected over a considerable period of time. This insituation.
itself highlights how imperative data storage and"To tap the lucrative market, data management
remote backup have become for businesses of allcompanies are offering SMEs in India a host of
size.integrated solutions and data storage devices
SMEs to up data storage spendingespecially designed to cater to their evolving needs,"
Data storage and backup services are critical areas ofsaid Sukriti Shah, a senior executive working with
day-to-day operations for SMEs to secure vital dataTechsoft, a small-sized hardware suppliers in Sangli,
essential for running their business. However, not onlyMaharashtra.
storing data but ensuring a dependable backup is alsoRealising 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 servicesspending to increase their storage capacity. Besides
have been gaining significance among individual usersescalating 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 backupreliable their backup services are in order to keep
services are on the rise not only in urban areas buttheir records intact.
also rural regions, thanks to the rapid proliferation of