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Seagate survey: 62% of firms unprepared for AI-driven storage growth

Seagate Technology's 2026 Data Infrastructure Readiness Report, based on a survey of 2,712 enterprise IT decision-makers across seven countries, found that 99% expect AI to increase storage needs over the next three years, with nearly a third anticipating growth exceeding 50%. Yet only 38% of organizations feel their infrastructure can actually keep pace with that demand.

zdnet.com · 2026-09-18

Madrona survey: 77% of enterprises re-evaluate AI vendors every six months

A new Madrona Venture Group survey of 150 enterprise IT professionals finds that most companies review their AI vendor choices twice a year or continuously, rather than locking into multi-year deals as they did with traditional SaaS. The report also shows fewer than half of enterprise AI pilots reach full production, though that marks an improvement over MIT's earlier finding of a 95% failure rate.

techcrunch.com · 2026-09-03