Q & A
EDITOR ’ S
The enterprise Storage market is maturing and fast-paced . In MEA , the market is expected to witness a CAGR of 15 % year on year with the increased government support and the growing demand for core technologies like Artificial Intelligence ( AI ), Machine Learning ( ML ) and Internet of Things ( IoT ).
As we are witnessing major sectors such as telecom , healthcare etc starting to adopt the core technologies such as AI , ML and IoT , IT resellers should focus on the innovative All Flash NVMe technologies which can offer modern data experience with innovative
JITHIN VARGHESE – PRODUCT MANAGER & SENIOR SOLUTION ARCHITECT – VAD TECHNOLOGIES
cloud-ready solutions , performance , best-in-class support and hold up against ransomware attacks .
Given that cloud storage is being touted as the future of enterprise storage , it is important that resellers are prepared and understand what ’ s happening . Yes , most of the companies will start adopting the cloud storage model especially hybrid cloud ( onpremises cloud ) in which the infrastructure will be deployed within the company data centre to provide cloud services offerings . Also , we are seeing a huge shift towards storage-as-a-service from the CAPEX model . That being the case , channel partners need to build a comprehensive product and
Channel partners need to build a comprehensive product and solutions offering , from primary storage , servers , network infrastructure , data migration and secondary storage appliances to cloud enabled solutions . solutions offering , from primary storage , servers , network infrastructure , data migration and secondary storage appliances to cloud enabled solutions by bundling the multi- vendor solutions .
That aside , data is now the new oil and data privacy has become an important aspect of all the leading enterprises . Adoption of cloud-based storage has left the data vulnerable to cyberattacks , so the cloud service providers ( both the on-premises and off-premises ) have to maintain the latest security measures and up to par which is still an ongoing challenge . Also , adopting the changes that is need fast enough .
Going forward , we will witness a huge demand in new technologies such as Kubernetes containers data service solutions , which will help companies to run any cloud-native data service in any cloud , using any Kubernetes platform , with builtin high availability , data protection , data security , and hybrid-cloud mobility .
Due to the rising penetration and high demand of the core technologies such as AI , ML , and IoT , companies will prefer to have a high-performance modern cloud- ready enterprise storage technologies with the highest data reduction , low form factor , best-in-class support , scalability , agility and always on data protection .
To be able to capitalise on all these technologies that are opening up , channel partners should tackle the skills challenges the MEA market is grappling with through on-going vendor trainings and allocating dedicated resources to help them to adopt these new technologies .
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