Huawei has been recognized as a Challenger in the 2025 Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms report published by Gartner on June 24, 2025. The designation highlights Huawei’s position in the global market for its OceanProtect data protection solutions.
Recognition for OceanProtect Solutions
Huawei’s OceanProtect portfolio delivers backup and data protection services to customers in over 150 countries and regions, serving industries such as finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare, government, and public utilities.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant report places vendors into four categories—Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries, and Niche Players—based on their ability to execute and completeness of vision. Huawei’s position as a Challenger reflects its growing market presence and strengths in execution, even as it competes with long-established players in the space.
Advanced Data Protection Technologies
Huawei says its OceanProtect suite is designed to address critical industry challenges, including ransomware protection and efficient backup and recovery. The company offers a range of solutions, including:
- OceanProtect Backup Storage
- OceanProtect Appliance
- OceanCyber Data Security Appliance
These products integrate cutting-edge technologies such as large-capacity all-flash scale-out architecture, multilayer inline variable-length deduplication, and forever incremental backup without synthesis. Huawei also emphasizes multilayer ransomware protection enabled by network-storage collaboration and in-depth copy detection.
Focus on Innovation and Customer Needs
By recognizing key trends in data security and listening to customer demands, Huawei aims to deliver robust, efficient, and secure backup and recovery solutions. The company has pledged continued investment in data protection architecture, algorithms, hardware, and its broader ecosystem.
Looking ahead, Huawei says it will focus on convergence and innovation in its data storage solutions, with the goal of becoming the preferred data infrastructure provider for industries worldwide.
For additional details about Huawei’s data storage products and solutions, visit:
Huawei OceanProtect
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