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Hitachi Vantara Recognized as a Challenger in the Inaugural 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Infrastructure Platform Consumption Services (IPCS)

This 2025 report recognizes Hitachi Vantara’s Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute among other vendors. Hitachi EverFlex extends the capabilities of the VSP One data platform by delivering consumption-based infrastructure services—including storage, compute, and data protection—as-a-service, tailored to hybrid and multi-cloud environments with SLA-backed guarantees. Together, EverFlex and VSP One unify data management across block, file, and object storage, enabling real-time AI data integration, observability, and governance.

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Accelerating Innovation Through SLA-backed Infrastructure Consumption

We’re proud to be named a Challenger in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Infrastructure Platform Consumption Services (IPCS). In our view/opinion this recognition reflects our strategic vision and ability to deliver flexible, scalable, and intelligent infrastructure services through our Hitachi EverFlex IaaS portfolio that empower organizations to innovate faster and operate smarter.

Why Hitachi Vantara for Consumption Services?

  • EverFlex STaaS for AI & ML Workloads
    Purpose-built for modern data demands, our services support GPU-enabled compute, Kubernetes, and bare-metal options—all under a unified control plane.
  • Consumption-Based Agility
    Our flexible consumption models help customers align IT spend with business outcomes, reduce risk, and accelerate time-to-value.
  • Unified Infrastructure Management
    Simplify operations across hybrid and multicloud environments with integrated tools for orchestration, automation, and observability.
  • Customer-Proven Outcomes
    From global enterprises to AI-driven startups, our customers are achieving real transformation through EverFlex-powered infrastructure.

What It Means to Be a Challenger to us

To us, Being a Challenger means we’re disrupting the status quo. We’re combining deep enterprise expertise with modern delivery models to help customers move from legacy infrastructure to as-a-service platforms—without compromise.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Infrastructure Platform Consumption Services, Jeff VogelTony Harvey, 15 October 2025

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