IDC says smaller firms are fast catching up with enterprises
This year is shaping up to be a "breakthrough" 12 months for the storage technology used by small businesses, experts predicted today.
According to IDC, small and medium businesses (SMBs) are showing a growing interest in the storage systems used by larger companies, and the share of total storage technology spending represented by advanced approaches is set to increase in 2006.
"The stars are aligning to make 2006 the breakthrough year for SMBs stepping up to advanced storage solutions," said Ray Boggs, vice president for IDC's SMB research practice.
"The deployment of local area networks and broadband has helped drive storage needs to unprecedented levels, and a growing number of manufacturers have been crafting storage products and services to meet the often conflicting SMB needs of performance, ease of use and affordability."
Laura DuBois, research director for storage software at IDC, added: " Medium-sized firms have the same requirements as larger firms for the improved backup and recovery that disk-based data protection schemas can deliver, and are perhaps more open to using exclusively disk in their protection processes."
IDC's study also noted that, while SMBs continue to rely on internal disks to meet their storage needs, such firms will increase their storage area network capacity in the overall mix in the next 12 months.
The top small business storage priority for the next year is to expand storage capacity, but enhancing disaster recovery is the top priority of medium-sized businesses.
Small businesses devote the largest share of disk storage to email and digital content. In contrast, medium-sized firms devote the largest share of their disk storage to backup, recovery and data-intensive applications.
This year is shaping up to be a "breakthrough" 12 months for the storage technology used by small businesses, experts predicted today.
According to IDC, small and medium businesses (SMBs) are showing a growing interest in the storage systems used by larger companies, and the share of total storage technology spending represented by advanced approaches is set to increase in 2006.
"The stars are aligning to make 2006 the breakthrough year for SMBs stepping up to advanced storage solutions," said Ray Boggs, vice president for IDC's SMB research practice.
"The deployment of local area networks and broadband has helped drive storage needs to unprecedented levels, and a growing number of manufacturers have been crafting storage products and services to meet the often conflicting SMB needs of performance, ease of use and affordability."
Laura DuBois, research director for storage software at IDC, added: " Medium-sized firms have the same requirements as larger firms for the improved backup and recovery that disk-based data protection schemas can deliver, and are perhaps more open to using exclusively disk in their protection processes."
IDC's study also noted that, while SMBs continue to rely on internal disks to meet their storage needs, such firms will increase their storage area network capacity in the overall mix in the next 12 months.
The top small business storage priority for the next year is to expand storage capacity, but enhancing disaster recovery is the top priority of medium-sized businesses.
Small businesses devote the largest share of disk storage to email and digital content. In contrast, medium-sized firms devote the largest share of their disk storage to backup, recovery and data-intensive applications.
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