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Data Storage Management ServicesReviews and Ratings
Features of Data Storage Management Services
Updated August 2025
Mandatory Features:
Scanning file data residing in any environment, including file shares, object storage or cloud office environments, and other structured data applications.
Performing data classification based on metadata (e.g., author, creation date, document type, department and keywords).
Complete auditing of DSMS actions on data by maintaining a detailed record of all data activities to support transparency and security.
Generating reports based on data classification and storage utilization, which provides insights into data organization and resource allocation, and supports informed decision making and compliance with governance policies.
Implementing data life cycle management capabilities, such as archiving, data integrity checks, tiering, data cleanup, retention policy management, migration and quarantining of data.
A common administrative interface with role-based data and access controls to distribute administrative functions of the DSMS solution.
Creating and applying tags within data or DSMS solutions (e.g., assign descriptive labels or keywords to items).
StorageMAP is a software that provides organizations with visibility, management, and optimization of unstructured data across heterogeneous storage environments. The software enables users to discover, analyze, and classify data residing on-premises or in the cloud, supporting informed decision-making around data migration, archiving, and storage cost reduction. StorageMAP offers capabilities such as intelligent data placement, risk mitigation, and reporting, aiming to help businesses address challenges related to storage complexity, security, and compliance. The software is designed to simplify data governance and improve operational efficiency by consolidating information and supporting automated workflows for unstructured data management.
DBVault is a secure data archiving and compliance platform designed for organizations using Oracle NetSuite and other ERP systems. It enables businesses to safely back up, retain, and access historical financial and operational data; including transactions, journal entries, invoices, audit trails, and customer records; without disrupting live ERP performance. DBVault provides advanced search, reporting, and audit capabilities, helping organizations meet data retention and regulatory requirements such as GDPR, SOX, and PIPEDA. With role-based access control, automated archiving, and immutable storage, DBVault ensures that sensitive financial data remains secure, accessible, and compliant. Built for scalability and certified under ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, DBVault helps enterprises reduce ERP storage costs and maintain complete visibility across historical records. Trusted by leading organizations.
Semantic Intelligence is a data security governance platform that uses context-aware AI to discover sensitive data, monitor risks, automate remediation, simplify compliance, and accelerate investigations. It delivers smart, targeted protection by understanding how data is used, shared, and exposed. Concentric AI also offers managed services to keep security programs lean, scalable, and effective. This end-to-end platform protects data at rest, data in motion, and all the GenAI tools users interact with so organizations can stay compliant, reduce exposure, and safeguard critical information wherever it lives and however it travels.
BigID Next is a software that enables organizations to discover, classify, and manage sensitive data across various environments including cloud, hybrid, and on-premises infrastructures. The software utilizes automated scanning and identification techniques to locate structured and unstructured data assets, supporting compliance with regulatory requirements. It offers capabilities for data mapping, policy enforcement, and risk assessment to address privacy, protection, and governance challenges within enterprises. BigID Next provides tools for data inventory, access control, retention management, and remediation of data-related issues, assisting businesses in mitigating data exposure risks and streamlining controls over personal and confidential information.
Commvault Cloud is a software designed to facilitate data protection, backup, recovery, and management across multiple environments including cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures. The software provides centralized control for managing workloads and automates data security and compliance tasks. It enables organizations to safeguard their data assets, mitigate risks related to data loss or breaches, and address business continuity requirements. Commvault Cloud software supports integration with major cloud platforms and virtualization solutions, offering scalable capabilities for data storage optimization, disaster recovery, and ransomware protection. The software addresses the business need for ensuring data availability, enhancing operational resilience, and streamlining information governance.
Komprise Intelligent Data Management is an AI-ready unstructured data management platform that helps enterprises discover, classify, govern, and deliver file and object data to AI, analytics, and data lakehouse environments without moving files. The Global Metadatabase continuously indexes file and object metadata across every NAS, cloud, and object storage silo. Smart Data Workflows curate and govern the right data for AI, filtering out duplicate and stale files and detecting sensitive content. KAPPA data services extract custom metadata from proprietary file formats at scale, and Transparent File Tables expose that metadata as queryable Apache Iceberg tables for Snowflake, Databricks, and other lakehouse platforms. The platform also delivers the storage cost optimization enterprises rely on Komprise for: automated tiering of cold data, elastic migration across storage vendors, and full visibility into data growth and cost, without disrupting users or applications.
Solix Common Data Platform (CDP) is a cloud-native data management platform, trusted by Fortune 2000 organizations, that unifies structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data across every source, application, and cloud into a single governed system. CDP is not a single application — it is the foundational layer powering every Solix product, including Enterprise AI, Data Lake Plus, Enterprise Archiving, and Enterprise Content Services, through four pillars: Solix Connect ingests data from ERP, CRM, mainframes, SaaS, and databases; Solix Metadata Management provides centralized cataloging, lineage, and a business glossary; Solix Data Governance enforces retention, legal hold, and compliance; and Solix Data Ask delivers full-text search and self-service access. Deployable as managed SaaS on Azure, or multi-cloud and on-premises environments, CDP aligns with SOC, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR, giving enterprises a single platform to cut costs, reduce risk, and power AI and analytics.
ZL Tech Platform is an information governance software designed to manage unstructured data across organizations. The software offers features for information archiving, eDiscovery, records management, compliance, and analytics within a unified framework. It centralizes data from sources such as email, file shares, and collaboration tools, enabling organizations to handle data lifecycle requirements, retention policies, and legal holds. The software aims to address business challenges related to regulatory requirements, data privacy, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency by providing oversight and control over large volumes of enterprise information.
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What are Data Storage Management Services?
Gartner defines the data storage management services (DSMS) market as products and services designed to provide a unified view and orchestrate the life cycle of enterprise data residing in multicloud, hybrid and SaaS environments. Using data discovery technologies and tools, DSMS products and services perform data classification, categorization and tagging to provide insights on structured and unstructured data. These insights enable data management business outcomes, such as creating storage efficiencies, optimizing costs, enabling analytics workflows, and better managing data compliance and security.
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