Resilience Architectures
for 2027
Independent research on what midmarket and enterprise organizations are running today — and where they are heading in 2027 — across backup, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience solution stacks.
Sponsorships Available Now • Project begins June 2026
Why resilience Architectures Matter
The average organization uses 2.8 backup solution stacks — and only 7% rely on a single stack to protect everything. That fragmentation reflects a market full of storage, software, and services that lack clear differentiation and can be perceived as interchangeable. Fixing that requires you know which architectures buyers are actually running, what they plan to change, and why … and then equipping your marketers, sellers, and partner ecosystem with that knowledge.
That’s what RA27 is built to deliver — behavioral and intentional data on what’s deployed, what’s working, what’s planned, and what is driving those decisions across backup, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience solution stacks.
What Topics are covered
The Resilience Architectures for 2027 maps the specific architectural decisions buyers are making, and the drivers behind them — surveying IT and security decision makers across the midmarket through large enterprise.
“Target Sample: N=600+ in US, UK, FR, DK, AU with 25% midsized & 75% enterprises.
The research will examine:
- Current and planned usage of datacenter technologies: backup appliances, deduplication, object storage, generic storage, and tape
- Current and planned usage of cloud-based resilience services: hyperscale storage, purpose-built protection clouds, and BaaS/DRaaS delivery models
- Buyer preferences across form-factors and architectures: unified platforms vs. best-in-breed stacks, how resilience integrates with cybersecurity, IT operations, and BC/DR
- Hypervisor, hyperscale, and hybrid-IT considerations affecting resilience strategies
- Top operational challenges with current solutions and driving purchase intentions • 2027 budget intentions and vendor preference signals across the resilience stack
Architectural models assessed will include:
Cloud-based:
- Generic hyperscale storage
- Purpose-built Protection Clouds
- First-party (vendor) BaaS
- Third-party (MSP) BaaS
Datacenter:
- Generic datacenter storage
- Backup appliances
- Deduplication appliances
- Object-storage appliances
- Tape
how you can engage
DPM is seeking a limited number of co-sponsors, ideally representing non-overlapping segments of the resilience ecosystem. Sponsorships are limited and segment alignment is managed — so that each sponsor’s campaign assets carry real differentiation, not just shared access.
- Backup or resilience software provider
- Hyperscaler or cloud platform
- Appliance or storage vendor
- Managed service provider
- VAR or GSI
Each co-sponsor receives access to the survey questionnaire draft prior to fieldwork, with the opportunity to suggest questions or refinements that matter to your portfolio. Early engagement ensures the research unlocks the most actionable insights for how your market actually thinks.
Co-sponsors gain three core deliverables: Strategic Debriefs, a Co-Branded Webinar, and a Custom Research Brief — plus optional add-ons including sales enablement presentations and a private customer survey URL.
wHY THIS wILL BENEFIT YOU
- Input into survey framing and focus areas
- Early access to research findings
- Private debriefs supporting GTM strategy and enablement
- A complementary marketing asset drawing from Resilience Architectures research data
- Independent research that strengthens sponsor narratives without promotional bias
Why Independent Data Matters Here
This isn’t vendor research dressed up as independence — and it isn’t lofty C-level only insights. DPM focuses on solution scenarios and capabilities that affect buying decisions with no technology affiliation, no platform to promote, and no agenda beyond the data.
For vendors competing in congested categories where every solution is ‘cyber resilience’ and all of them are ‘AI-enhanced’, this independent data and its derivative content is the difference between your claim of what customers want and a proof point by an impartial advisor.
For additional thought leadership aircover, DPM will publish three Forbes articles:
- ‘What to look for in Datacenter resilience architectures‘
- ‘What to look for in Cloud-powered resilience architectures‘
- ‘Making the case for Protection Storage‘
when it will happen
Sponsorships Available through July 2026
Survey Fieldwork Begins: August 2026
Sponsor Debriefs & Data Release: October/November 2026
Public Launch & Forbes Articles: November/December 2026
SKO & Q1 Campaign Window: January 2027
Want to see where this research shows up in the real world?
Data Protection Matters research doesn’t sit on a shelf.
Jason Buffington’s work regularly appears in industry publications, conference stages, podcasts, and executive discussions — shaping how organizations think about resilience, recovery, and what actually works in practice.
Interested in Participating in Resilience Architectures Research?
Resilience Architectures for 2027 gives vendors independent, behavioral data on what midmarket and enterprise buyers are actually running and planning — grounded in 600+ real decision maker responses, not vendor assumptions. Data debuts in Q4 2026, timed to fuel FY2027 planning cycles, SKO content, and year-end pipeline initiatives. Co-sponsors receive 90 days of shared exclusivity from debut — before the data is available to anyone else.”
Sponsorship opportunities are limited.
Participation is structured and limited — and fieldwork begins whether you’re in it or not.
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About Data Protection Matters
Data Protection Matters (DPM) delivers independent research and insight on backup, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience.
Led by industry analyst and speaker Jason Buffington, DPM helps vendors and service providers understand how organizations actually plan, buy, and operationalize resilience.
- Independent industry analyst
- Published in Forbes and industry media
- Research focused on real-world adoption, not theory
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