LAS VEGAS: Bullish on India, the U.S.-based IT major NetApp has said it will soon introduce the latest storage and data management tools in the country to help domestic enterprises, SME and start-ups grow faster, besides strengthening its research and development centre in Bengaluru.

"We are in the best position to help SMEs as we have the right technology and can assist Indian companies to embrace Cloud and Hybrid Cloud and benefit from the latest technologies," Karthik Ramarao, Chief Technology Officer (APAC), NetApp told PTI on the sidelines of a conference 'Insight 2014' here.

The new offerings from the company like Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3, Cloud ONTAP and OnCommand Cloud Manager, he added, "will help companies grow at faster pace with great cost efficiency. Companies can leapfrog using these tools."

The latest IT tools, he said, would be of immense help to companies in sectors like banking, telecom, manufacturing, IT/ITeS, healthcare and oil and gas.

U.S.-based NetApp is a $6.3 billion company with 150 offices around the world. It employees over 12,000 people and has the largest R&D centre at Bengaluru.

Talking about the company's India plans, Ramarao said that the firm was on its way to strengthen its Bengaluru R&D facility which currently employees 2,000 persons and is the single largest research unit of the company.