Magic Quadrant For Primary Storage
StorageNewsletter.com, Wednesday, October 4,2023
Leaders Dell, Pure Storage, Huawei, NetApp, IBM, HPE, Infinidat and Hitachi Vantara deeply analyzed
Primary storage users are embracing infrastructure consumption-based services for hybrid, multidomain, mission-critical applications, and to align costs to business demands. I&O leaders should use this research to automate operations, reduce complexity and churn, and transform IT operations.
Strategic Planning Assumptions
- By 2026, storage consumption-based platform SLA guarantees will replace over 50% of traditional on-premises IT capacity management, budgeting, assessment, sourcing and fulfillment activities, up from less than 10% in 2023.
- By 2027, less than 30% of the IT storage infrastructure budget will be spent on hardware management and support IT skills, down from 85% in 2023.
- By 2028, consumption-based STaaS will replace over 35% of enterprise storage capital expenditures (Capex), up from less than 10% in 2023.
Market definition/description
Gartner's view of the primary storage market is focused on innovative storage technologies and hybrid platform initiatives, IT cloud operating models, and as-a-service deployment and fulfillment methods that will shape the future needs of end users.