Agility, Availability, Connectivity, Security are key drivers in the distributed work scenario 

Sameer Bhatia 
Country Manager, India & SAARC - Seagate Technology

Owing to the massive digital push that the world experienced, one thing is clear that a flexible hybrid work model is here to stay, offering much-needed flexibility and tremendous potential for businesses and employees to deliver more. 

Seagate sees four key drivers that enable the critical data flows and business operations, while keeping employees productive and safe - Agility, Availability, Connectivity and Security.

While digital tools, data storage and data management have gained tremendous importance in the new normal, working from home has also brought attention to the cyber threat issues. For the businesses to protect their data from the vulnerabilities, it is essential to store data on encrypted drives.

As businesses embrace distributed deployment models, focus on data encryption and hierarchical storage - in flight and at rest - is likely to increase. Object storage will be the de-facto standard for capacity storage for quick augmentation, displacement and scaling of data. Seagate’s Rethink Data report also indicated that data growth and data sprawl are on the rise; the amount of new data created each year is growing at a CAGR of about 26%. By 2025, 44% of data created in core and edge will be driven by analytics, AI, deep learning, and IoT devices.