NetApp's official statement adds the detail the trade coverage left out: besides holding its Leaders placement (unbroken since the report's first 2025 edition), NetApp ranks first in Gartner's companion Critical Capabilities research for the Hybrid Cloud Storage use case and second for Hybrid Platform Services — credited to native cloud integrations and a unified control plane. NetApp pitches the platform as an intelligent, governed base that connects AI ecosystems to data where it lives, feeding unstructured data to AI without costly movement.
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Official PR: NetApp Leader in 2026 Gartner MQ — ranked No. 1 for Hybrid Cloud Storage in Critical Capabilities
NEWS Aug 26, 2026 NetApp's official statement adds the detail the trade coverage left out: besides holding its Leaders placement (unbroken since the report's first 2025 edition), NetApp ranks first in Gartner's companion Critical Capabilities research for the Hybrid Cloud Storage use case and sec…
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