By:-Owais Mohammed, Sales Director, India, Middle East, and Africa at WD
“India’s MSMEs continue to evolve and innovate as the backbone of our digital economy, and this year’s theme rightly places human-centred entrepreneurship at the heart of the global AI conversation. As AI becomes embedded in everyday business, it is unlocking new opportunities for MSMEs to scale, improve productivity, and deliver more meaningful outcomes.
However, the true enabler of this transformation is data. In a digital-first economy, data powers every decision, customer engagement, and innovation. To effectively translate AI into real impact, MSMEs depend on structured, reliable, and scalable data storage capabilities. With data volumes expanding through AI training cycles, real-time inference, and continuously generated application data, the ability to store, manage, and access information becomes critical not just for efficiency, but for enabling smarter decisions, personalized experiences, and long-term competitiveness, while ensuring that innovation remains inclusive and human-focused.
At WD, we believe that empowering MSMEs with a strong data foundation is key to building a more resilient and future-ready AI ecosystem. Our storage solutions are designed to help businesses securely capture, preserve, and unlock the full value of their data, ensuring technology serves people. This is how we see human-centred entrepreneurship come to life, enabling MSMEs to not just adopt AI, but lead with it.”