Unlock Key Strategies to Lead in the AI Era

Your AI is only as good as the data foundation behind it. It’s the data pipeline, storage architecture, and operational discipline underneath that matters.

Hitachi Vantara’s 2025 State of Data Infrastructure Global Report surveyed IT leaders across 15 markets to find out what separates organizations getting measurable AI ROI from those burning budget on inaccurate models. The gap is alarming — and it comes down to infrastructure maturity.

Inside the report:

• The maturity model: Six dimensions — Scalability, Reliability, Security, Governance, Sovereignty, Sustainability
• The reliability gap: Why optimized organizations are 3x more likely to have AI-driven operations
• Storage strategy shift: How mature organizations move 
from private cloud as default to risk-based, governed 
hybrid architectures
• Year-over-year trends: Security concerns up 19 points. Employee AI confidence down 12 points.
• Action blueprints: Tailored next steps for Emerging, Defined, and Optimized organizations