Gartner's 2017 strategic roadmap for storage recommends that organizations focus new storage initiatives on agility, automation and cost reduction. It advises deploying self-managing storage solutions to reduce reliance on experts and tools. The roadmap also recommends aligning data center storage vision with applications/workload locations and mobility. Gartner sees challenges around data, storage and performance management as well as increased complexity from public cloud pricing models.

1. Gartner research sets destination for
agility, automation and cost reduction.
MAPPING THE ROAD TO
BETTER DATA
STORAGE STRATEGIES

2. In its “2017 Strategic Roadmap for Storage,”
Gartner makes several recommendations
for where modern enterprises should
navigate their storage infrastructure.

3. Gartner found “developing a
private/public/hybrid cloud
strategy” remains at the top
of the list of CIO concerns.

4. Among the research firm’s other top
findings were these takeaways:
CIOs are focusing new storage
initiatives on agility,automation
and cost-reduction goals.

5. Cloud storage remains polarizing.
Business leaders are more
optimistic; IT is more cautious.
BUT

6. Gartner recommends leaders
“deploy self-managing
storage solutions that
reduce reliance on storage
experts and external
management tools.”

7. Gartner also recommends
CIOs “align the vision
of data center storage
and data protection
infrastructure with the vision
of applications/workloads
location and mobility.”

8. Among Gartner’s additional
recommendations:
“Map business priorities and outcomes
to IT key performance indicators to guide
strategic roadmaps for storage projects.”

9. On the road to a future state in which storage
is defined based on its agility, performance,
extensibility and cost, Gartner reads these
signposts defining the current state of the market:

10. DATA, STORAGE
& PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT
= CHALLENGING
BIMODALIT
(predictable
& exploratory)
= PERVASIVE
PUBLIC CLOUD
STORAGE PRICING
INCREASED
COMPLEXITY

11. Under these conditions,“storage
infrastructure management consumes
highly skilled staff resources,” while…

12. “…public cloud storage services lack
infrastructure transparency and recovery
options and require new skills.”

13. Gartner marks out the trail
for iterative migration toward
“a more connected storage
environment,” placing high
priority on short-term plans
for high-growth, high-impact
environments.

14. The first stop
on that path
is evaluating
the range
of public
cloud storage
services
based on:
PRICING
PERFORMANCE
AVAILABILITY
SECURITY
MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS

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