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About gartner.com (Tech Companies)

This page provides details about gartner.com (Tech Companies) which was ranked #18 out of 100 in the list of sources (8 citations (1.9% share)) in answers from AI models (Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest), OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest), X.AI Grok (latest)) when they were asked the following 1 question: "What does the Cloud Storage industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry." on Dec 30, 2025 by AI Chat Watch. This source is referenced for brands: Lydia Leong, Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference, Gartner.

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Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest) (3 citations)

What does the Cloud Storage industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry.

[...] ston/) - **Aaron Levie** - CEO & Co-founder of Box - [Twitter/X](https://twitter.com/levie) - **David Friend** - Co-founder & CEO of Wasabi - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/frienddavid/) ### Industry Analysts & Researchers - **Lydia Leong** - VP Analyst at Gartner (Cloud infrastructure) - [Gartner Profile](https://www.gartner.com/en/experts/lydia-leong) - **Jerome Wendt** - President & Lead Analyst at DCIG - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeromewendt/) - **Krista Macomber** - Research Director at IDC - [IDC](https://www.idc.com/) ## Emerging Trends ### 1. **Edge Storage & Computing** - Moving storage closer to data generation points - C [...]

gartner.com/en/experts/lydia-leong December 30, 2025

[...] uropean cloud event 7. **KubeCon + CloudNativeCon** - [https://www.cncf.io/kubecon-cloudnativecon-events/](https://www.cncf.io/kubecon-cloudnativecon-events/) - Cloud-native computing ### Related IT Infrastructure Events - **Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference** - [https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences](https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences) - **VMware Explore** - [https://www.vmware.com/explore.html](https://www.vmware.com/explore.html) - **Dell Technologies World** - [https://www.delltechnologiesworld.com](https://www.delltechnologiesworld.com) ## Professional Communities & Organizations ### Industry Organizations 1. **Storage Ne [...]

gartner.com/en/conferences/na/infrastructure-operations-cloud-us December 30, 2025

[...] rage/) - SearchStorage resource 6. **ZDNet Cloud** - [https://www.zdnet.com/topic/cloud/](https://www.zdnet.com/topic/cloud/) 7. **ComputerWeekly Storage** - [https://www.computerweekly.com/news/storage](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/storage) ### Research & Analysis Firms 1. **Gartner** - [https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/insights/cloud-storage](https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology) - Magic Quadrants for cloud storage - Market research and forecasts 2. **Forrester Research** - [https://www.forrester.com](https://www.forrester.com) - Cloud infrastructure reports 3. **IDC (International Data Corporation)** - [https://www.idc.com](https://www.idc.com) - Market shar [...]

gartner.com/en/information-technology/insights/top-technology-trends December 30, 2025

OpenAI ChatGPT Latest (1 citation)

What does the Cloud Storage industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry.

[...] //www.reddit.com/r/googlecloud/) - [Reddit r/sysadmin](https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/) - [Reddit r/kubernetes](https://www.reddit.com/r/kubernetes/) --- ## 9) Top publications, analyst firms, and media covering cloud storage ### Analyst firms (market maps, MQ/Wave-style evaluations) - [Gartner](https://www.gartner.com/) - [Forrester](https://www.forrester.com/) - [IDC](https://www.idc.com/) ### Trade press / technical media that frequently covers storage - [TechTarget SearchStorage](https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/) - [Blocks & Files](https://blocksandfiles.com/) - [The Register](https://www.the [...]

gartner.com/en/information-technology/insights/top-technology-trends December 30, 2025

Google Gemini Flash (latest) (1 citation)

What does the Cloud Storage industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry.

[...] ent globally. [AWS re:Invent](https://reinvent.awsevents.com/) * **Flash Memory Summit (FMS):** Focuses on high-speed storage technology. [FMS Website](https://fmsummit.com/) * **Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference:** Premier event for enterprise decision-makers. [Gartner Conference](https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/infrastructure-operations-cloud-us) * **KubeCon + CloudNativeCon:** Vital for those using containerized storage (Kubernetes). [KubeCon](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/) ### **6. Professional Communities** * **SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association):** The primary body for storage [...]

gartner.com/en/conferences/na/infrastructure-operations-cloud-us December 30, 2025

X.AI Grok (latest) (3 citations)

What does the Cloud Storage industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry.

[...] xcels in analytics integration [Google Cloud Storage](https://cloud.google.com/storage) [Synergy Research Group](https://www.srgresearch.com/). Market leadership confirmed by Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage (2023), positioning AWS, Azure, and Google as Leaders [Gartner Magic Quadrant 2023](https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/4024360). ### Best Products and Services Top-rated based on reviews, performance, and features: - **AWS S3**: Best overall for durability (11 9s), scalability, and ecosystem [AWS S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) [G2 Cloud Storage Reviews](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-storage). - **Azure Blob Storage [...]

gartner.com/en/documents/4024360 December 30, 2025

[...] irona.com/). ### Emerging Startups and Trends **Trends**: - S3-compatible storage explosion (e.g., zero-egress models) [Cloudflare R2 Announcement](https://blog.cloudflare.com/zero-egress-fee/). - AI/ML-optimized storage (e.g., disaggregated storage for GPUs). - Edge/multi-cloud storage for IoT/5G [Gartner Trends 2024](https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/insights/top-technology-trends). - Sustainability: Low-carbon storage [Backblaze Drive Stats](https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q2-2024/). **Emerging Startups**: - **Vast Data**: AI-native disaggregated storage [Vast Data](https://www.vastdata.com/). - **Scality**: RING object storage [Scality](https://ww [...]

gartner.com/en/information-technology/insights/top-technology-trends December 30, 2025

[...] s=cloud%20storage). ### Top Publications and Media - **Blocks and Files**: Dedicated storage news [Blocks and Files](https://blocksandfiles.com/). - **StorageNewsletter**: Daily storage updates [StorageNewsletter](https://www.storagenewsletter.com/). - **Gartner**: Research reports/Magic Quadrants [Gartner IT](https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology). - **IDC/Canalys/Synergy Research**: Market analytics [IDC](https://www.idc.com/), [Canalys](https://www.canalys.com/), [Synergy Research](https://www.srgresearch.com/). - **The Register**: Cloud/storage coverage [The Register](https://www.theregister.com/). - **ZDNet/TechRepublic**: Enterprise cl [...]

gartner.com/en/information-technology/insights/top-technology-trends December 30, 2025