SSG-NOW launches data protection report for SMBs
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Storage Strategies NOW (SSG-NOW), a specialist storage analysis and research organization, this week released the findings of a new report on disaster recovery and data protection challenges encountered by the small-to-midsized business (SMB) market. The report “Data Protection and Recovery in the Small and Mid-sized Business” outlines the explosive growth in data SMBs are experiencing and how technologies such as backup and recovery software, hardware appliances, hosted services and target arrays can help SMBs prepare for the unexpected.
The new report outlines technology solutions from more than 50 hardware, software and hosted service vendors and includes detailed specification and pricing information. Best practices for selecting, deploying and managing data protection solutions are also included as well as real-world use case scenarios.
Key findings include that there is a disconnect between the size of the business and the amount of data it needs to protect; that SMBs are moving to cloud-based technologies because of a lack of IT resources and the desire to not build out their infrastructures; and, that an overwhelming number of SMBs are moving away from tape to disk-based or cloud-based backup as their primary mode of backup.
The report costs $5,000 and is available by e-mailing jbagley@ssg-now.com
