As organisations manage increasingly complex hybrid and multicloud environments, protecting business-critical data across SaaS applications, cloud workloads, and on-premises infrastructure has become more challenging. At the same time, ransomware threats and evolving recovery requirements are driving the need for stronger, more integrated data protection strategies.

Gartner’s Critical Capabilities for Backup and Data Protection Platforms report evaluates 11 vendors across 12 critical capabilities and six use cases. The research provides insights to help IT and infrastructure leaders compare solutions and assess their suitability for evolving business and recovery requirements.

Explore the key areas covered in the report:

• Compare 11 vendors: Evaluate backup and data protection solutions across six use cases.
• Assess critical capabilities: Explore 12 capabilities covering integration, security, management, and recovery.
• Strengthen cyber resilience: Understand the convergence of backup, security, and ransomware recovery.
• Prepare for future demands: Explore emerging trends in agentic AI, SaaS protection, and cloud recovery.

Access the Gartner report to evaluate backup platforms and make more informed data protection decisions.