Storage decisions increasingly shape an enterprise’s ability to support AI, access historical data, and maintain resilient hybrid operations. This paper examines the 2026 priorities of elastic capacity, tape and archive modernization, cost control, and business continuity across mainframe and cloud environments.
Explore three complementary approaches: structured data and archive delivery with PropelZ, file movement with FlowZ, and virtualized disk and tape storage with Zaac. The paper helps IT leaders understand how these capabilities fit into an incremental storage strategy that supports new workloads while preserving application compatibility.
