2026 Strategic Roadmap for Storage

See what’s next for object storage, cyber resilience, and STaaS in this new report from Gartner®.

Download to learn:

• How SLA-based, automated operations will govern more storage tasks—and what that means for your team’s time and costs.

• Why a centralized control/data plane and hybrid cloud strategy simplify backup, DR, and AI data pipelines.

• What active cyber defense looks like in storage (NIST-aligned practices, behavioral analytics) and how to build it into your environment.

Who should read

I&O and security leaders modernizing backup/DR, AI data lakes, or multicloud storage—especially those seeking lower, more predictable TCO with high performance.