NetApp Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Storage Platforms
NetApp is ranked first in the Hybrid Cloud Storage Use Case in the 2026 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Storage Platforms
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced it has been recognized by Gartner as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Storage Platforms, continuing to acknowledge NetApp as a Leader in this market from its inaugural edition of this report in 2025. The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the company’s overall Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Additionally, the 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Storage Platforms report ranks NetApp first in the Hybrid Cloud Storage Use Case and second in the Hybrid Platform Services Use Case.
NetApp believes this recognition validates the company’s ability to help customers address their most pressing data challenges while offering more predictable hardware delivery timelines than its competitors. The NetApp Platform is an intelligent, governed foundation that provides zero-copy access to an organization’s data, wherever it resides. It enables seamless connections to AI and analytics ecosystems, supported by secure, best-in-class hybrid multicloud storage. By delivering real-time, in-place access to AI-ready data, it eliminates the need for constant extraction, transformation, and consolidation. With the NetApp Platform, organizations can more easily unify storage for every cloud and workload, proactively protect against evolving threats, keep their data ready for AI, and maintain the control needed to modernize with confidence and turn data into business advantage.
