October 6, 2008

Study: Home-Based Businesses to Spend $1.3 Billion on Security, Storage

Home-based businesses (HBBs) in the United States are on track to invest $1.3 billion on IT security and storage-related solutions this year. HBB owners are focusing on areas such as data security, data backup and disaster recovery, according to the latest study by New York-based Access Markets International Partners.

With regard to IT storage, U.S. HBB owners rely more heavily on CDs and external PC drives to backup data files. However, backing up data over the Internet is emerging as a significant trend. HBBs are opting for offsite storage solutions and reveal the strongest adoption plans for online storage and backup this year.