Gartner's Storage Sermon For 2026 - 2029
Blocks & Files, Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
Enterprise storage planners and buyers must adopt cyber-storage, autonomous storage and manage by SLA outcomes
So says Gartner's 2026 Strategic Roadmap for Storage as storage is 'undergoing a profound transformation' because of data proliferation, AI, malware and cloud-like consumption models viewing storage as a service.
The roadmap is based on three strategic planning assumptions. First, less than five percent of enterprise storage admin tasks are governed by SLA outcomes and automated, policy-driven monitoring. It will rise to 33 percent by 2028.