Finding value from data requires management of data copies and data life cycles, ensuring it meets governance and regulatory requirements, managing security, and ensuring safe access to data regardless of whether it is in the cloud, on-premises, at the edge or any combination.

And it’s solution providers who are driving that storage discussion with their customers about how storage technology will be managed.

As part of CRN’s 2022 Storage 100, here are 20 of the hottest data management vendors today.