FEATURE : STORAGE

Making global data storage predictions in the face of an ongoing , highly dynamic pandemic , might at first glance appear akin to reading tea leaves . We asked a number of experts to identify the biggest drivers in the

2022 data storage market , and trends related to six technologies have emerged : cybersecurity ; data sovereignty ; Artificial Intelligence ; cloud ; sustainability ; and connectivity and performance .

Cybersecurity has been making the headlines on an increasingly frequent basis and this is unlikely to change as we move through 2022 , predicts Candid Wüest , VP Cyber Protection Research , Acronis . Throughout 2022 , Wüest expects ransomware to expand further to MacOS and Linux , as well as new environments such as virtual systems , cloud and OT / IoT . Wüest says that this will increasingly lead to consequences in the real world and thus result in more demand for official regulations and sanctions .

Paul Speciale , CMO , Scality , has a somewhat similar view : “ Not only have we seen more ransomware attacks in 2021 , but these attacks have also gotten bigger and more expensive . In 2022 , storage solutions will be combined with advanced application-level , server and network security mechanisms to provide corporations with end-to-end solutions against cyberattacks across their IT stacks .”

Sergei Serdyuk , VP Product Management , NAKIVO , identifies the growing commitment to cloud computing as an additional issue : “ Business data has become much more vulnerable to loss or encryption by ransomware . The accelerated migration of massive amounts of business data to the cloud deepens this problem further . We believe that in 2022 , businesses and managed service providers will prioritise

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