MSMEs shifting data on cloud to allow faster roll out of applications 

Sanjay Patodia, CEO & Director, Galaxy Office Automation
 

The key trends 
MSME’s are now taking efforts to evolve with ‘digital first’ approach, in the era of automation and digitalization. As top tier partner to major IT OEMs like Dell, VMware, Lenovo, CheckPoint etc, we are observing the following trends:

Reducing Capex and managing tech refresh of IT hardware as priorities, is driving mid sized companies to sign up for “Everything as a Service” ie Services & applications that users access on the internet upon request.

Application Modernisation- MSMEs want their apps to run from anywhere and any device, thus Identifying the right strategy for application modernization is challenging for them. Solution considered is to break an existing monolith application into loosely coupled micro services or simply containerizing an application and moving it to platforms like Kubernetes.

Securing their data and investing in data protection & business continuity solutions.

 
Cloud to scale the customers’ business 
Many Small, medium enterprises are migrating their data on cloud as it allows faster roll out of applications, auto scaling of the business and pay as you grow model for customers depending on their need.

The latest technology adoption trends in MSMEs 
Latest Technology adoption that Indian MSMEs have implemented is:
Enable secure access for remote workers.
Public Cloud subscriptions for front end apps.
Edge computing & IoT for manufacturing and remote asset management.
Sales automation with Open source software’s like CRM
Implementing HRMS software 
Implementing mid market ERP software
MSMEs today are moving faster towards cloud adoption because of manageability issue, lack of skill set to manage data, pay as you grow model which allows customers to act depending on their need.