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Hitachi Vantara named leader for object storage by GigaOm Radar
Hitachi Vantara has been identified as a Leader in the latest GigaOm Radar for Object Storage, in a report that assessed 22 prominent object storage vendors in terms of innovation, scalability, and their ability to address the evolving needs of modern data environments.
The company's Virtual Storage Platform One Object (VSP One Object) was highlighted for its performance and new capabilities introduced since its release in late 2024. Of particular note is its industry-first native support for Amazon S3 Tables, allowing enterprises to conduct SQL-based analytics directly on object storage, and reducing reliance on traditional and more complex data pipelines.
Recognition and features
The GigaOm Radar for Object Storage evaluates vendors on factors such as innovation, platform readiness, reporting, and overall contribution to enterprise IT strategy. Within this context, Hitachi Vantara was recognised for its capabilities in reporting and analytics, storage optimisation, and public cloud integration.
According to the report, object storage solutions such as VSP One Object are becoming increasingly significant to organisations managing exponential growth in unstructured data, including images, videos, IoT, and AI workloads. The GigaOm analysis underscores the value of performance, security, and edge readiness as key drivers for business and IT leaders when selecting storage solutions.
Whit Walters, GigaOm Analyst, said: "Hitachi Vantara is a global technology provider whose strategy centres on the VSP One common data plane, designed to unify block, file, and object storage. Within this framework, Hitachi VSP One Object serves as an enterprise-grade object storage component, providing scalable, secure, and self-healing storage for diverse workloads like backups, archives, AI, and data analytics."
Recognised under the Innovation/Platform Play quadrant, Hitachi Vantara was noted for delivering advanced reporting features that enable organisations to track usage patterns, monitor capacity trends, and forecast future needs. The solution also automates identifying redundant data and offers public cloud integration, including support for S3 Object Lock and S3 Tables.
S3 Tables capability
VSP One Object introduces the ability to perform SQL queries directly on object storage, which allows businesses to move unstructured data into structured tables and run analytics in a streamlined manner. This capability is considered a significant development for modern data lakehouse deployments, as it reduces the need for complex data movement, extraction, and loading traditionally associated with analytics on large datasets.
Octavian Tanase, Chief Product Officer at Hitachi Vantara, said: "By enabling SQL queries directly on object storage, you eliminate the need for complex data pipelines and reduce infrastructure overhead, providing data lake simplicity with enterprise-grade power. These enhancements to the VSP One portfolio reflect our broader vision for the future of data infrastructure – one unified platform, with a single control plane of VSP 360, across a single data plane for block, file, object, SDS, and mainframe storage. By enabling a fully integrated view of data across your cloud and on-premises environments, we provide customers with the flexibility and scalability to achieve new heights for data availability in the age of AI."
The architecture is built to support open data formats such as Apache Iceberg and automates complex tasks like compaction, snapshot management, and metadata cleanup, reducing operational overhead and allowing organisations to focus on data analysis rather than infrastructure management.
Meeting modern data demands
VSP One Object is positioned within the broader VSP One portfolio, which brings together block, file, software-defined storage, and object storage. Its purpose-built architecture is intended to support a diverse range of use cases, including data protection, long-term retention, edge computing, and real-time analytics.
The upcoming release plans to enhance these capabilities further by offering support for VSP One Block NVMe-QLC and TLC flash-based storage, which is expected to deliver improved price and performance metrics for enterprises navigating increasing storage demands and cost pressures.
Recent accolades
The company recently received further industry acknowledgements, including the 2025 Fortress Cybersecurity Award for Data Protection from Business Intelligence Group, highlighting the VSP One Object platform. Additionally, Hitachi Vantara was recognised as a Leader and Fast Mover in GigaOm's Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimised for AI Workloads, as well as a Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Primary Storage.
