Are You Overwhelmed by Your Data? You Probably Should Be.
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Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMBs) have the same data protection needs as larger enterprises. And on an increasing larger scale, according to a new report at CIO.com.
Here are some excerpts from the report:
“Millions of small- and medium-sized businesses are vastly underserved by suppliers of data protection hardware and services, even though the organizations have many of the same needs as large enterprises, a new research report revealed.
In its first report on the topic, research firm Storage Strategies NOW (SSG-NOW) said that SMBs are experiencing an explosion of data growth not dissimilar to the one larger business counterparts experienced years earlier.”
In my meetings with SMBs, most of them have put together their own system over the years and only call an IT company when the system breaks. But data storage and access has skyrocketed along with the complexity of the computer systems that manage the data. Sending the backup tape home with an administrative assistant just doesn’t get it anymore. The days of walking around with unsecured data, or not being able to recover the computer system for several days following a crash, are officially over.
“SMBs in the U.S. are expected to spend from $30 billion to $60 billion on data protection technologies, such as backup arrays, tape libraries and online cloud services this year alone, she said.”
I believe it. The choices and types of equipment are endless.
“Connors said the small business segments that often have the largest amounts of data include energy exploration and extraction, engineering, health care practices, law firms and motion picture/video production, “to name a few.”"
To read the entire article go to CIO.com.
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