IDC projects a tenfold increase in AI agents by 2027. That growth is landing just as a hardware shortage is pushing up prices and stretching lead times for drives and servers. Is your storage infrastructure ready to scale when adding capacity is harder than ever? 

A new IDC Spotlight report, sponsored by Cisco and Qumulo, breaks down why software-defined storage on integrated hardware is becoming essential for hybrid cloud environments handling today's AI, data, and security demands. 

In this report, you'll learn:

• Why explosive AI agent growth is straining traditional storage architectures
• The productivity cost of operating without an AI-ready data foundation—up to a 15% loss
• How data and ransomware risk is escalating, with 30% of detection and response alerts expected to carry financial damage estimates by 2028
• What to look for in a prevalidated, integrated hardware-software stack