As of May 24, 2025, the storage industry has witnessed several significant developments:
StorPool Recognized Among Top SDS Block Storage Solutions
StorPool Storage has been named one of the top five solutions in the 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Modern SDS Block Storage Solutions report. The evaluation considered over 20 SDS block storage solutions, assessing features like data protection, deployment options, and technical support. StorPool’s platform is designed for modern, large-scale cloud infrastructures, offering speed, agility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. (newswire.ca)
Gartner Highlights Emerging Storage Trends
Gartner has unveiled key storage trends for 2023, emphasizing:
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Storage as a Service (STaaS): Managed STaaS solutions provide cloud-like consumption models while maintaining enterprise-level functionality.
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Cyberstorage: By 2028, all storage products are expected to include cyber storage capabilities, focusing on active defense beyond recovery from cyber events.
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Flash QLC Adoption: By 2027, businesses are projected to use QLC in 25% of their SSD flash media, up from 5% in 2022, due to cost advantages and improved durability.
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NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF): By 2027, 25% of companies will deploy NVMe-oF as a storage network protocol, up from less than 10% in 2023.
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Native Container Storage: By 2027, 80% of Kubernetes deployments will require advanced features for persistent container storage, up from 30% in early 2023.
- Captive NVMe SSDs: By 2026, captive NVMe SSDs will replace more than 30% of on-premises deployed capacity, up from less than 5% in 2023.
These trends highlight the industry’s shift towards more flexible, secure, and efficient storage solutions. (bigtechweekly.com)
Lightbits Labs Introduces NVMe over TCP Storage Solutions
Lightbits Labs has launched storage software that runs NVMe over TCP with optional hardware acceleration. This system supports scale-out shared external block access storage at latencies similar to direct-attached SSDs, offering a cost-effective and efficient solution for modern storage needs. (rainierco.com)
Barracuda Enhances Threat Detection with AI
Barracuda has introduced new multimodal AI-powered threat detection tools. These tools provide adaptive, context-aware protection against emerging attacks by simultaneously analyzing diverse data types, including URLs, documents, images, and QR codes, enhancing the accuracy and speed of threat detection. (solutionsreview.com)
Cohesity Expands Cyber Resilience Capabilities
Cohesity has announced new cyber resilience features at Nutanix .NEXT. By integrating Cohesity DataProtect with Nutanix’s native time machine capabilities, customers now have seamless protection from everyday application and user-related errors, as well as disasters like complete site failures or malicious attacks. (solutionsreview.com)
These developments underscore the storage industry’s ongoing efforts to enhance data protection, scalability, and performance in response to evolving technological demands.
