A Look Back at 2025

A selection of 2025 data management and storage industry facts

By Philippe Nicolas | January 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm

2025 was an exceptionally eventful year across data storage, data management, and adjacent segments.

We set out to compile the most significant facts, news, and events of the year – including funding rounds, IPOs, M&A activity, and key product and technology trends. We asked Coldago Research to distill this into a single summary slide, making for an insightful and engaging exercise.

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