Enterprise Storage Platforms

Enterprise storage platforms provide file, block and object data services for structured and unstructured workloads. Heads of infrastructure and IT operations can use this research to evaluate vendor platforms and support capabilities for modern storage infrastructure.

Market Definition

Gartner defines enterprise storage platforms (ESPs) as the market consisting of products and services designed to unify support for diverse block, file and object storage workloads and use cases. ESP products and services include appliances, software-defined storage (SDS) and storage as a service (STaaS). An ESP includes data management and data storage services provided through a centrally managed, multidomain control plane. They enable organizations to leverage AI-powered telemetry for platform structured and unstructured workloads.

ESPs enable on-premises and hybrid IT operating models to increase flexibility, improve productivity and efficiency, improve asset management and enhance cyber resilience within the data storage environment. The foremost purpose of ESPs is to support structured and unstructured data storage workloads.

ESPs allow IT clients to consolidate multiple vendors across block, file and object workload infrastructure to simplify vendor management and reduce sourcing complexity. Use cases range from databases to high-performance file storage, and to backup and archiving. Global enterprise storage vendors have the technological, financial and operational means, platform strategies and roadmap initiatives to deliver ESP products and services.

ESP features leverage advanced AI-enabled telemetry that uses data collection and monitoring, in conjunction with machine learning technology, to enhance IT operations and support processes. The storage controller operating system is the foundation for platform innovation, providing a path to a software-defined storage (SDS) architecture that enables and simplifies hybrid IT platform services for multidomain infrastructure operations management.

Report 2026

Here is a summary of the vendors featured in the Gartner magic quadrant **2026 ** report.
For the full analysis and detailed insights, you can read the report here and view the magic quadrant graphic here.

Market Status	Market Vendor
Leader	Everpure
Leader	Huawei
Leader	HPE
Leader	NetApp
Leader	Dell Technologies
Leader	IBM
Visionary	Hitachi Vantara
Niche Player	IEIT Systems

Report 2025

Here is a summary of the vendors featured in the Gartner magic quadrant 2025 report.
For the full analysis and detailed insights, you can read the report here and view the magic quadrant graphic here.

Market Status	Market Vendor
Leader	Pure Storage
Leader	NetApp
Leader	Huawei
Leader	HPE
Leader	Dell Technologies
Leader	IBM
Visionary	Hitachi Vantara
Niche Player	DDN
Niche Player	IEIT Systems