SMBs Enhance Data Security Tactics, IDC Says

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- The days when small and medium businesses (SMBs) were just burning DVDs from time to time to protect their data are over. SMBs are increasingly adopting technologies like replication or disk-to-disk-to-tape backup, previously seen only in enterprise datacenters, a special report from IDC revealed. Of course SMBs are not ready to adopt enterprise-scale products that might be too complicated and expensive, and over-deliver. They look for solutions appropriate to their needs, which wont require significant financial and human resources to acquire, deploy, and manage.

Among key findings of IDC’s special report are the following:

"Vendors looking to capitalize on the SMB interest in various data protection technologies need to develop product capabilities and position their offerings with messages important to SMB customers," said Laura DuBois, program director, Storage Software at IDC. "Such messages should focus on how smoothly a product can be integrated into an existing IT environment, what functionality it provides, and how easy the product management is."

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